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Senator Klobuchar announces funding to bolster security of Metro Transit System

Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:51

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced that Minnesota will receive over $1.3 million for Metro Transit to hire additional law enforcement officers. The funding, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will save or create police officer jobs and help ensure the security of the Metro Transit system.

Clinton to visit Nigeria as tensions in North heat up

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 14:30

(GIN) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be visiting the oil-rich nation of Nigeria from Aug 10-12 where a religious uprising is said to be spreading in the northern mostly Muslim states.

U.S. to pay for one million homes in Angola

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 14:04 GIN

(GIN) – Angola, Africa’s top oil-exporting country, plans to build about one million homes for its poor people in the next five years with financial support from Unites States. US ambassador to Angola Dan Mozena was quoted as saying that the US will loan the southern African country $400 million for the construction of the one million homes.

Recession pushing more women to become primary breadwinners

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:49

In Minnesota and across the country, far more men have lost jobs during the recession than women, a situation that has reversed the role of 'family breadwinner' in some homes. Dr. Ira Wolfe, an expert on workforce trends and author of "The Perfect Labor Storm," says this trend began even before the economy went bust. "That shift already happened to occur. "

Black Boys of Distinction hosts “Project I Can 2” July 31 to August 1

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:29

One year after launching the Black Boys of Distinction mentorship program to change the negative statistics of black male youth, Pastor Tommy Quick is organizing the Project I Can 2 Symposium to continue to raise awareness about the importance of community-wide participation to help save black boys.

“Criminal” investigation into Michael Jackson’s death focuses on drug Propofol

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:13

(Taylor Media Services) Was Michael Jackson a homicide victim? His sister LaToya says he was and his father Joe Jackson is suspicious. Also suspicious is the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) with reports emerging last week that the probe into the “King of Pop’s” death has now become a criminal investigation. Several media sources, led by TMZ.com, say the LAPD is treating the 50-year-old singer’s death as a homicide.

Italy elects its first Black mayor; but she is a member of a right-wing party

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:11

(Taylor Media Services) A small Italian town has elected the first Black mayor in the country’s history. She is Sandy Cane - the product of an Italian mother and a Black American father who met one another in Italy during World War II. However, what makes Cane especially unique is that she is a member of Lega Nord - a right-wing political party which critics have called racist and xenophobic.

Black fraternity inducts Bill Clinton as member

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:10

(Taylor Media Services) Despite last year’s bruising battle for the Democratic Party presidential nomination which left many Blacks angry with his wife Hillary, former President Bill Clinton still appears to maintain his popularity with African Americans. That was demonstrated last weekend when the historically Black fraternity Phi Beta Sigma inducted Clinton as an honorary member.

Obama says the history of slavery should be taught in all U.S. schools

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:03

(Taylor Media Services) President Obama said in an interview last week that even though, or because, it is such “a terrible part” of American history the slavery endured by the ancestors of African Americans should be taught “in a meaningful way” in all U.S. schools.

Major compilation of Black historical records now available online

Friday, 24 July 2009 16:02

(Taylor Media Services) The historic Virginia Freemen’s Bureau records are now available online for historians and African Americans desiring to research their family histories and possibly discover ancestors from slavery. The Virginia records are generally considered the earliest compilation of historical data on Blacks. The records include names, marriages, educational skills, work contacts, health care and other data.

HIRE MN rallies at MnDOT Headquarters St. Paul for equal hiring

Friday, 24 July 2009 14:51

HIRE Minnesota served a Missing Persons Report to the Minnesota Department of Transportation Thursday to remind the agency that women and people of color are missing from highway construction sites around our state. See video below.