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NPR President Vivian Schiller apologized on Sunday for the network’s handling of the Juan Williams controversy. In a statement which was released Sunday, and was first seen by Politico, Schiller stood by the decision to fire Williams for his comments about Muslims on Fox News.
The firing of Juan Williams from NPR has been attributed to a number of motivations. His comment about being personally frightened about Muslims boarding his airplane was, itself, the main factor. The standard being applied to Juan Williams is manifestly not being applied to other NPR people. And I think it is simply this, that […]
Preparing for political life after a bruising election, President Barack Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more Republican, conservative and determined to stop him.
Is it conservative to criticize hip-hop? Recently I wrote an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal in which I expressed a feeling of deep disappointment and frustration that Barack Obama would show appreciation — without qualification — for rappers such as Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. I argued that the president can and should listen to […]
Bishop Arthur Brazier, pastor emeritus of Apostolic Church of God in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago has died at 89 according to Chicago Public Radio. Brazier worked with Martin Luther King and Saul Alinsky and fought against segregated schools and for affordable housing. President Barack Obama issued a statement, saying: Brazier […]
Dan Savage launched the It Gets Better Project in September to speak directly to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth who are bullied at school by peers, teachers, parents, churches and politicians.
When I clicked on the link to watch the “Black Marriage Negotiations” video that’s been invading inboxes and Facebook walls over the past week, I was expecting to see something funny. Not just because the subject line said something like, “LOL!!! YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS,” but also because marriage has always been a good […]
A former real estate agent drove with the partially mummified body of a homeless woman in the passenger seat of her car for between three and 10 months, according to a report.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio teacher accused of burning the mark of a cross on students’ arms says he dropped a lawsuit over his possible firing because it would have interfered with a public airing of his complaint in a different venue. The school board in Mount Vernon, Ohio, moved to fire middle school science […]
Wayne Bartley a middle school science teacher at Intermediate School 229 in the Bronx has been charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl and coercing another 13-year-old student to send him nude photos and photos of her feet according to The New York Daily News. Bartley also persuaded a different 13-year-old student at a […]