San Francisco
I've always said that San Francisco's mayor was too handsome not to have a sex scandal. I guess I was right. BREITBART.COM: S.F. Mayor Apologizes for Affair
Chicago
The Chicago Defender has been told to tone down the blackness in their slogan.
'Chicago Defender'Editor & Publisher: Chicago Defender: It's 'Unapologetically Black' No More
Maryland
Jordan
Maryland
This is an odd story about a teenaged boy being victimized by three women in his home. If this was a 16 year old girl and three adult men, they would be tarred and quartered. At least the women are getting arrested and charged. WAPO: 3 Women Charged With Sexually Abusing Teen
I'm getting sick and tired of these black face or ghetto parties. Just kick them out of school. I don't know how these kids were brought up, but their parents need to be fined too. Someone just doesn't wake up one morning and say, "I'm going to put on black face and pretend to be black," because most white people wouldn't do it. This is about these kids values and morals. I feel sorry for them more than anything.
Jordan
This is the kind of stuff that just stabs at my hurt. For all of those people out there that say we should respect everyone's culture, this is why I say that's a bunch of bull. Any culture that condones this persecution of women, of young girls is not an equal culture. This has to be stopped. Examiner: Father Kills Daughter; Doubted Virginity
Texas
Never thought you'd hear me say anything positive about the Black Panther Party. All "white devil" jokes aside, the group appears to be making a positive difference in one neighborhood in Dallas. Residents are associating their presence with a drastic reduction in crime. Not only that, but the group actually wants to work with the local police. Yes, you heard it. The Black Panther Party wants to partner with The Man. WFAA.com: New Black Panther Party Members Fight Crime At Complex
South Africa
You never wish any disease on anyone except that guy that cut me off this morning. I wish Ebola on him. Otherwise, ones health is everything. We have become a world that seems to be wiling to live with AIDS. But there is no living with AIDS. There's only dying. It may not be like it was twenty years ago, but it is still a death sentence. In Africa, its an epidemic that will kill an entire continent. While it remains a mostly poor disease, it is finding its way into the upper classes. Unfortunately or fortunately, however you look at it, this might spur on more research and advances. Like someone said, if every member of Congress was suddenly infected with AIDS, we'd have a cure by the end of the week. I don't believe that exactly, but I certainly believe that the more "important" people, a disease hits, the more time and money is devoted to its cure and care. Yahoo! News: AIDS rising among S.Africa's rich, best-educated
Virgina
I'm in favor of testing. I think the only way to understand where kids can go is to know where they are. The mess about bias is a waste of time because if the test reflects the smartest of what is out in the world then what some see as bias is just reality. I can understand the issues argued in this WAPO article, WAPO: Va. Is Urged to Obey 'No Child' on Reading Test:, and I'm not surprised its turning into a fight. "The U.S. Department of Education threatened yesterday to take 'enforcement action' against Virginia if any school districts defy a federal mandate to give reading tests to thousands of immigrant students."