MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - On the day lifelong Republican Charlie Crist performs the final act in his month-long political stunt, Kendrick Meek will still face two conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate race in Florida.
"Governor Charlie Crist wan ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 11:08AM
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AHSHE…AND SO IT IS
Malcolm X coined the phrase “By Any Means Necessary,” which is the motto of Producer Toni Odom who will launch the Black Soap Opera Webisode Ahshe, on his birthday, May 19th.
"I wrote Ahshe, to speak to the black community that rarely is portrayed in mainstream media," ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 5:07PM
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Congratulations to Uplift, Inc. for winning a MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning grant!!! One of ten out of 800 applicants and the only DC based project! Awesome job! http://dmlcompetition.net/year_3/winners.php (http://www.youth-lab.or ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 3:48AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features the 11th President of Alabama A&M University, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/05/hbcu-presidents-dr-andrew-hugine-alabama-am-university/
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Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 1:43PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - Today, the Kendrick Meek for Florida campaign announced that 10,681 Floridians signed Kendrick Meek's petition to stop the expansion of drilling off Florida's beaches. While Governor Crist was for drilling near Florida beaches b ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 12:41PM
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Miami Gardens, FL - With the nomination of Elena Kagan sure to reopen the national discussion on a woman's right to privacy, and with Governor Crist still unsure of whether to veto HB 1143, a mean-spirited measure requiring pregnant women to pay for ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 11:19AM
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I recently read about a seller on Craigslist who was selling a diamond ring. He was contacted by a potential buyer and they wanted to see the ring in person. So they make they way to the seller's home and force their way in. They tie up him, his wife ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 4:32PM
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Miami Gardens, FL -- In a shocking example of self-contradiction, billionaire Jeff Greene admitted on Friday to profiting from Wall Street to protect his investments and wealth, which in turn resulted in the near collapse of the U.S. economy.
As ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 3:45PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Roberto Joseph, currently an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology in the Curriculum and Teaching Department of the School of Education, Health and Human Services at Hofstra University. Hear him ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 1:45PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - Kendrick Meek today released the following statement following reports that President Obama plans to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court:
"As the daughter of a public school teacher and a lawyer who de ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 9:48AM
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On behalf of my family, I wanted to extend a Happy Mother's Day greeting to your family. We all celebrate our grandmothers and mothers, aunts and sisters every day of the year, but Mother's Day is special for so many reasons. Throughout my life, stro ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 9:44AM
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http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/3995-meek-saves-schakowsky-from-choking-on-a-turkey-sandwich-
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) performed the Heimlich maneuver on Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) last month to keep her from choking on ...
Posted Saturday, May 8th 2010 at 11:37AM
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Miami Gardens, FL - Kendrick Meek released the following statement following the announcement that the U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs in April. Analysts expected a gain of about 190,000 jobs last month. The statement follows:
"The heavy burden o ...
Posted Friday, May 7th 2010 at 9:41AM
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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/96375-dems-propose-massive-increase-in-oil-company-liability-from-75-m-to-10b
Congressional Democrats are pushing their first legislative response to the Gulf Coast oil spill, proposing to vastly raise the liabili ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 3:17PM
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Several House and Senate Democrats rolled out legislation Wednesday that bars new offshore oil exploration until the federal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is complete and a report identifying ways to prevent future accidents is issu ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 3:12PM
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/06/1615462/drilling-becomes-issue-in-senate.html
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Kendrick Meek Wednesday backed two tough anti-oil industry bills, as the spill in the Gulf of Mexico began to emerge as a political dividing lin ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 3:07PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - While Speaker Rubio has perpetually pushed for drilling off Florida's beaches and Governor Crist has consistently changed his position on offshore drilling depending on the office he was seeking, Kendrick Meek has always stood s ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 10:06AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Margaret (Bush) Wilson. She became the second woman of the color admitted to practice law in Missouri and was a renowned lawyer. She was past board chairman of two historically black colleges and became cha ...
Posted Wednesday, May 5th 2010 at 10:33AM
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Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has been awarded PepsiCo's Harvey C. Russell Inclusion Award. The award is part of PepsiCo's prestigious Chairman's Award, the highest honor the company bestows.
The Harvey C. Russell Inclusion A ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 3:04PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding the budget proposal passed by the Florida legislature last Friday, calling on Governor Crist to veto the proposal:
"Over the past seve ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 3:04PM
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Today, The Black Scholars features Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, the 13th President of Tougaloo College - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/05/hbcu-presidents-dr-beverly-wade-hogan-tougaloo-college/ ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 2:48PM
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Miami Gardens, FL -- Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding the arrest of the individual who allegedly attempted to set off a car bomb in Times Square on Saturday. The statement follows:
"The arrest of the individual in New Yor ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 11:33AM
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Orlando, FL - Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer endorsed Kendrick Meek in Florida's U.S. Senate race today outside Orlando City Hall and praised Kendrick's lifelong commitment to public service. Last Friday, Gainesville Mayor-Elect Craig Lowe also endorsed Ke ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 1:29PM
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Miami, Fla. - Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek is launching a contest today where supporters who sign up for the campaign's text message program will be entered in a contest where the winner will have the opportunity to meet basketball ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 10:46AM
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"A very grave scenario." "Very catastrophic." That is how Federal officials are describing the situation developing in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sunk off the coast of Louisiana last week.
Some estimate that 210,000 gal ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 9:27AM
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