Dilemma X

U.S. Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe African Americans By Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON— After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era […]

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 Fight over Atlanta mass transit raises race issues By RAY HENRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — A proposal to change the power structure of metro Atlanta’s mass transit system raises the complicated politics of race in Georgia. The tension is evident when comparing the demographics of mass transit riders against those […]

Meteorite Crashes in Russia Reuters More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a […]

The new American Airlines- Creating A Giant ___________________________________________ US Airways-American Airlines $11B Merger: A Signal That Big Airline Deals Could End Forbes The creation of America’s largest airline further condenses an already consolidated industry and might conclude an end to this era’s bold-faced deals. American Airlines will merge with US Airways in a $11 billion deal, […]

History: The modern U.S. Presidents’ views on race relations and the economy for African Americans Dilemma X Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 On May 18, 1896 the United States Supreme Court gave its ruling on the Plessy v. Ferguson case down a landmark decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities […]

Netherlands (Dutch) Queen Beatrix abdicates in favor of her 45 year old son Queen Beatrix is the longest-lived reigning monarch of the Netherlands RT Dutch Queen Beatrix, who has reigned for 33 years, has abdicated her throne in favor of her eldest son, Prince Willem-Alexander. In her televised address Beatrix, the oldest ever Dutch monarch, […]

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops International Holocaust Remembrance Day Deutsche Welle Auschwitz is synonymous with the mass murder of Jews, Roma and Sinti, and other groups persecuted by the Nazis. January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops. Germany, 1945. People immediately recognized the loud, […]

____________________________________ Video: United States of America: Debt Limit Explained _____________________________________ The United States House of Representatives  votes to suspend debt limit until May 2013 By Lori Montgomery and Rosalind S. Helderman The Washington Post A plan to suspend the federal debt limit cleared a key hurdle in the House on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 easing […]

Reparations: Martin Luther King Jr. , Barack Obama and America’s apology Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Poor People’s Campaign” The unfinished  dream in the 21st Century Dilemma X On January 21, 2013, at 11:55 AM Eastern Time, President Obama delivered his Second Inaugural Address from the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Monday, January 21, 2013 […]

American Airlines unveils new logo, look American Airlines introduces new, lighter look to logo, plane bodies By David Koenig Associated Press DALLAS — American Airlines is getting a new look. The airline showed off the first plane bearing a new logo and paint job at Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday. The familiar red, white […]