Private student loans no better than using a credit card for college
Private student loans no better than using a credit card for college ...
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Protest planned to support Walmart workers on “Black Friday”
The day after Thanksgiving, so-called “Black Friday,” will be a moment for national protests over the conditions faced by thousands of Walmart workers. ...
Read more ›Governor Scott lobbying for Hispanic vote in 2014
Many experts think the Florida governor election in 2014 will be decided by the Hispanic vote ...
Read more ›Dolphins locker room flap is bad example for youth
[caption id="attachment_12500" align="alignleft" width="144"] Derek Joy[/caption] Dolphins locker room flap is bad example for youth By Derek Joy The ongoing saga surrounding the Miami Dolphins forced attention on workplace issues beyond football. Two offensive linemen - Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito - are at the center of what some have described as conduct ranging from pranks, to hazing, to bu ...
Read more ›“Knowing when to let go”
“Knowing when to let go” ...
Read more ›Political campaigns reflect the politics of political trickery
[caption id="attachment_12500" align="alignleft" width="144"] Derek Joy[/caption] Political campaigns reflect the politics of political trickery By Derek Joy And so, the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared. Pretty much so in the municipal elections. The cities of Miami, Miami Beach and Homestead saw voters have their say last Tuesday. Miami Dade County voters had their say on the $800-million bo ...
Read more ›Eliminating the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Pipeline
Eliminating the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Pipeline Joint Op-Ed by NAACP Fort Lauderdale/Broward President and Broward County Public Schools Superintendent By Nadine Drew It may be startling, but it is a fact that in the 2011-2012 school year, Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) led the entire state of Florida in the number of students arrested on school campuses. The majority of these incidents involved non ...
Read more ›Be careful with Crist
Current Governor Rick Scott has not been a good friend of Black voters, Black workers, Black businesses, Black schools, Black communities or Black citizens. ...
Read more ›Department of Corrections wants Gov. Scott to open more prisons
Incarceration is big business in Florida and after closing several prisons in 2012, the Department of Corrections wants some of them re-opened ...
Read more ›JFK: Black America’s Great White Hope
Like millions of White Americans, Blacks, too, were inspired by Kennedy’s image of youthful vigor, and his promises that, after the political and cultural blandness of the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, he would “get the country moving again.” ...
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