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.
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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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