Foster child beats the odds
MIAMI – Nearly 19 years ago, Willie Singleton was born to a woman whose powerful addiction to crack cocaine trumped any maternal instinct to safeguard …
WAKE UP CALL: Great Expectations: Can Barack Obama live up to them?
“Are we expecting too much from Obama?” This was the thought-provoking inquiry that my Uncle Windsor asked me in my back yard as my family …
THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS: High drama at high noon on the hill
Drum roll, please!! So this tiny, old black man strolls into the Senate Chambers to take what he thinks is rightfully his and this shriveled …
Former Detroit mayor’s aide starts 120-day jail sentence
DETROIT (AP) _ The former chief of staff to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Tuesday began a 120-day jail stay as part of a text-messaging …
Lauderdale detective pleads guilty to money laundering
FORT LAUDERDALE — A Fort Lauderdale police detective who was assigned to investigate money laundering has pleaded guilty to laundering money himself, and has resigned …
Morris Brown holds second rally to pay water bill
ATLANTA (AP) _ Morris Brown College, which is scrambling to pay off a $380,000 overdue water bill that had threatened to close the school after …
Community Events Calendar Jan. 2 – Jan. 16
Friday, Jan. 2 Jesus is My Homeboy Photography Series: Artist David LaChappelle puts the phrase, “if Jesus were to come to Earth no one would …
BET, TV One plan extensive inauguration coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven't paid much attention to presidential inaugurations before. …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 1-2-09
A NEW YEAR We’ve welcomed in the New Year, and the celebrations are behind us. Now, it’s time to get to work, and commit to …
Hurry up and wait
In the military, one quickly learns that life and military protocol are paradoxical. Sergeants bark out orders, rushing recruits here and there. Enlistees are hurried …