Dilemma X

Remembering Yesteryear   In 2005 King County in the state of Washington was re-named after Martin Luther King, Jr.     King County, Washington (home to Seattle)   Offical county seal         Population: 1,931,249 (2010) Black/African American:  6.2%  White:  68.7%  American Indian and Alaska Native:  0.8%  Asian: 14.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific […]

In 30 years the United States is projected to no longer be majority white in population. How will that change America?     Poll- What do you think? ___________________________________________   Video:   ___________________________________   Census: Minorities Constitute 37 Percent of U.S. Population May 17, 2012   By Doris Nhan | National Journal   The Census […]

Will African American Christian pastors and Muslim imams tell their congregations to stay home on election day in 2012? Barack Obama went on record as the first American president to support same-sex marriage. Video: _____________________________ Video: 1950s Education on “Homosexuals”   ____________________________ Video: Mike Wallace – “The Homosexuals” (1967)   ____________________________________ Video: Reality Check– President Barack Obama and Mitt […]

10 Jobs That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago Meghan Casserly Forbes Employment trend watchers have been pinpointing the sectors where jobs are anticipated to increase forever—every five years the BLS projects its own outlook and sites like our list what’s become old news: that careers in a handful of sectors (most linked to technology, a […]

London 2012 Olympics: organizers hoping torch relay will ignite slow-burning enthusiasm back home The ancient Greeks knew a thing or two about legacy. Athletes first gathered to compete at the stadium in Olympia, which will on Thursday stage the lighting of the London 2012 torch, almost 2,800 years ago.     By Paul Kelso The […]

Is now the time to remove wig wearing as part of court dress in Africa’s Commonwealth of Nations and those in the Caribbean? The use of wigs in British courts dates back to the 1680s. The Commonwealth of Nations is an organization of 54 independent member states. All members except Mozambique and Rwanda were part of the British […]

‘Supermoon’ Alert: Biggest full moon of 2012 occurs this week   Photo of the supermoon in  2011 By SPACE.com Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month’s full moon coincides […]

Duke University study finds racial disparity in convictions by all-white juries Duke University has released a new study that finds that all-White juries convicted Black defendants significantly more often than when the defendant was White. This article examines the impact of jury racial composition on trial outcomes using a data set of felony trials in Florida between […]

Time to record history from the generation that lived Jim Crow Photos from the generations that were born into enslavement Dilemma X 70 years after being freed from enslavement in the United States, the Federal Writers’ Project of the Work Progress Administration (WPA), collected more than 2,300 first-person accounts of former enslaved African Americans and 500 photographs […]

    All about 4/20 marijuana holiday By The Associated Press Students and others across the country have long observed April 20 as a day to celebrate marijuana. Here are some questions and answers about the counterculture holiday and the state of marijuana in the United States: _____ WHO CELEBRATES? The observation is shared by […]