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NASA and Mary J. Blige encourage Science Careers For Women
NASA is collaborating with award-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige to encourage young women to pursue exciting experiences and career choices by studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A public service announcement featuring veteran NASA space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin and Blige debuts this week on NASA TV and the agency's website at: www.nasa.gov. NASA's Summer of Innovation (SoI) project and Blige's Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN) have much in common. The SoI project is part of the President's Educate to Innovate Campaign. It started earlier this summer to help keep middle school students engaged in fun and stimulating STEM-related activities during the school break. "Working with FFAWN is a rare opportunity to help spread the STEM message into communities not always readily accessible to us," Melvin said. "Mary's presence can help NASA make the STEM message more appealing to these communities and increase the pipeline of underrepresented students going into these disciplines." Courtesy of unityfirst.com.
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Federal judge denies innocence claim of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis
A federal judge has ruled Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis failed to prove his innocence after Davis was granted a rare hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tuesday’s ruling against Davis sets the stage for Georgia officials to move forward with executing him for the 1989 shooting death of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah police officer. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Wyclef Jean appealing Haiti election ruling, says ‘trickery’ used
Wyclef Jean is appealing the ruling that excluded him from running for Haiti president, his lawyers announced in a press conference today in Port-au-Prince. Joining in the appeal is his uncle, the former ambassador to the United States, who was another of the 15 presidential hopefuls to be rejected Friday. Read more at csmonitor.com.
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African-American leaders and intellectuals express dissatisfaction with President Obama
With President Barack Obama’s approval ratings dipping below 50%, members of his strongest voting bloc have also started to voice displeasure with the way he has chosen to govern.
Since Obama has taken office African Americans have faced a number of disproportionate “highs,” few of them good, such as an exceptionally high unemployment rate, a high foreclosure rate, and a high number of African-American political figures deprived of the president’s support or dismissed from his administration ...Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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FAMU mourns death of Wilhelmina Jakes Street
Local civil rights legend and Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna Wilhelmina Jakes Street has passed away at the age 80. Jakes Street is celebrated locally for her role in initiating the Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956. Read more at RattlerNation.
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Sherrod rejects return to Agriculture
The Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month has declined to accept an invitation to return to fulltime work at the agency.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Shirley Sherrod did agree to work with agency in a consulting capacity to help it improve its civil rights performance.
She said “I just don’t think at this point with all that has happened” that she could take a fulltime position. Courtesy of blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Rep. Charles Rangel swats back at President Obama in candidates forum
If a Charlie vs. Obama battle is brewing for Harlem's hearts and minds, Rep. Charles Rangel's fans say their money is on him.
The embattled congressman zinged President Obama with a patronizing putdown during a candidates forum Monday night. Read more at nydailynews.com
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Actor Fishberne Footing the Bill
We all know that Laurence Fishburne is supposedly not speaking to his daughter Montana because she went and became a porn actress. But despite that, he is secretly footing her legal bills, reports TMZ. Read more at Freddie Bell Morning Show.
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Only in Florida: Congressional candidate Marleine Bastien robbed at gunpoint
Marleine Bastien, one of nine Democrats running in Tuesday’s primary for the Miami-based seat of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, was robbed at gunpoint this morning as she was leaving her car to enter a campaign event at a North Miami church.
Bastien’s sister, with her at the time, was also robbed. Read more at Saint Petersblog.
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KINDLY REMEMBER TO VOTE TODAY – AUG 24TH!
It’s voting day all across Tampa Bay, and it’s so so important for all of us to vote. Not only do we have some candidates who neeeeeed our support, but we also have a nationwide mandate to continue the momentum we started in the record-setting 2008 election. So don’t forget to go this morning, or take a few minutes on lunch break OR vote after you clock out for the evening. Polls are open until 7 in most Tampa Bay Counties. Then, check the Power Broker’s website for a listing of some of the victory parties being held in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.
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Andrews, Moore, Todd win Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge races
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Michael Andrews held onto his seat after his first contested election in 13 years on the bench, defeating criminal defense lawyer Deborah Moss, who raised questions about his judicial temperament. Read more at tampabay.com.
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St. Petersburg's Rouson runs away with Democratic primary in District 55
Democratic incumbent Darryl Rouson handily won his party's primary Tuesday night for the District 55 seat in the Florida House of Representatives.
Rouson took 74 percent of the vote in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties, winning more than 7,000 votes. Read more at tampabay.com.
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Kendrick Meek wins Democratic U.S. Senate race
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is the Democratic nominee for Senate, overcoming billionaire Jeff Greene's massive television and mail onslaught to win a bitter primary.
If he wins again in November, Meek will be Florida's first black senator. Read more at tampabay.com.
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Harold Dow, Veteran CBS News Correspondent, Dies
Longtime CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly Saturday morning.
Dow has been a correspondent for "48 Hours" since 1990 after serving as a contributor to the broadcast since its premiere Jan. 19, 1988. Dow was also a contributor to the critically acclaimed 1986 documentary "48 Hours on Crack Street," which led to creation of the single-topic weekly news magazine. Read more at cbsnews.com.
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Ax Handle Saturday, 1960: A day of defiance in black and white
Downtown sandwich shop Desert Rider is nothing if not old-fashioned.
If you stop by the stalwart Hogan Street lunch spot, order from the menu on the wall - you had better know what a "Donna's Fave" is. Come in on a hot summer day, and they'll offer you a refill on the cold Coke you're slurping as you wait for your sandwich. Have a seat on one of the stools at the counter, and you'll find yourself surrounded by a diverse lunch crowd. Read more at jacksonville.com.
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Are Voters Really Moving Beyond Race?
From Barack Obama ’s election as president to a white Congressman fending off African-American challengers in a majority-black district, have Americans moved beyond race as a determining factor in their vote choice?
A couple of weeks ago, Tennessee Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen, the white, Jewish incumbent, won re-nomination over former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who is African American. Read more at cqpolitics.com.
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Wyclef Jean: I’m not giving up my bid for prez yet
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will try to get the courts to overturn a decision disqualifying him from the race.
Speaking to The Associated Press by telephone from his home in Croix des Bouquets, Jean said his lawyers will file an appeal with the national electoral dispute office. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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African-American Mission Leaders Emerge to Impact World Evangelization
African-American leaders are positioned to take a leading role in the future of world evangelism at the upcoming Lausanne III Congress on World Evangelization, an historic and unique gathering of evangelical and other mission-minded believers, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, October 16-25, 2010. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Wyclef Jean In Hiding Due To Death Threats
Singer Wyclef Jean says he is in “hiding” after receiving death threats since announcing his plans to run for president of Haiti.
Jean told The Associated Press he had received a series of warnings, including a phone call telling him to “get out of Haiti”. Read more at newsone.com.
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Dr. Laura’s Disease: Edgy White Person Syndrome
White people saying “nigger.” That’s always pleasant right? Saying “nigger” eleven times with head held high? Feels more like a massage. A really racist massage.
In this week’s episode, we journey into the twisted, entitled mind of America’s favorite repressed, gay-bashing, antifeminist “radio therapist,” Dr. Laura. And what we find is a disease I like to call E.W.P.S., or Edgy White Person Syndrome. Read entire at newsone.com.
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