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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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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