Posted Jan 24, 2013
The Rev. Greggory L. Brown, a 59-year-old pastor of a small Lutheran church, committed himself to ministry and a life pursuing social justice on April 4, 1968 - the day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was slain by an assassin's bullet.
And four year...
Posted Jan 25, 2013
WASHINGTON — Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, delivered the invocation at President Obama’s second Inauguration. Her spotlight at the historic event came as the nation honored ...
Posted Nov 27, 2012
Former Governor Mitt Romney ran a very competitive race for the Presidency, but the anatomy of his defeat marks a real turning point for the Republican Party. The white vote is shrinking and an African-American candidate can win nationally with ...
Posted Feb 09, 2012
Television is America’s No. 1 pastime, with an average of four hours and 39 minutes consumed by every person every day.
But more and more young people are tuning in elsewhere.
Americans ages 12 to 34 are spending less time in front of TV sets, eve...
Posted Feb 09, 2012
Unmanned aircraft can provide a number of tactical advantages for police, particularly in situations that require stealthy observation. But as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) works on proposed regulations for these vehicles, aviation experts...
Posted Feb 03, 2012
Federal prosecutors for the Northern District of Florida have notified Atlanta nonprofit the Alliance for Digital Equality and its founder that neither are the target of an investigation by their office.
U.S. Attorney Pamela Marsh sent a two-paragraph le...
Posted Jan 31, 2012
Only yesterday it was the exotic stuff of spy shows: flip on a computer and track the enemy’s speeding car.
But today, anyone with $300 can compete with Jack Bauer. Online, and soon in big-box stores, you can buy a device no bigger than a cigarette...
Posted Jan 31, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to bring its subsidy programs for low income families into the 21st century by offering funds for basic broadband service for financially disadvantaged Americans.
In its January open meeting Tuesday, ...
Posted Jan 30, 2012
THE SOURCE “The Therapeutic Value of Adolescents’ Blogging About Social-Emotional Difficulties,” by Meyran Boniel-Nissim and Azy Barak.
IN the days before the instantly pinged “OMG Where R U?,” the first words many teen...
Posted Jan 27, 2012
Just before Christmas the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced a small improvement to its 2,100 free online courses: The free online service will now grant, for a modest affordable fee, credentials for those online students who gain ma...
