With no federal unemployment insurance and rapidly disappearing state coverage, the percentage of people benefiting from unemployment insurance is at its lowest level in more than three decades, according to a report by According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on low- and middle-income families. EPI said the unemployment … [Read more...]
Myrtle Thomas
The funeral for Myrtle Thomas will be Saturday April 4 at Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 2600 East 38th Street in Minneapolis. Burial will be at Fort Snelling. Time of service tba. Judge LaJune Thomas Lange thanks everyone who prayed for her Mother during her illness. … [Read more...]
National Urban League Report: Black America remains in crisis
When it comes to the equality in America, a new report by the National Urban League says that Blacks are missing nearly 30 percent of the pie. The annual State of Black America (SOBA) report compared how well Blacks were doing in economics, health, education, social justice and civic engagement. In the introduction to the report, Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National … [Read more...]
Brown baby manikin
A few weeks ago I wanted to re-learn a skill that I had been taught. I needed to update my certification for training in Adult and Child CPR, AED, and First AID. I attended the class and noticed that I was the only African American there. I had no problem with this. I was there for a lifesaving course that would serve me if I ever needed to help someone. When one works in the … [Read more...]
Book Review: ‘The Loneliness of the Black Republican’
Eddie Murphy made his Saturday Night Live debut back in November of 1980 in a spoof of the TV show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom entitled In Search of the Negro Republican. The basic idea behind the pointed political skit was that Black Republicans were such a rare, strange and alien curiosity that you’d have to mount an expedition just to find one. While that silly SNL … [Read more...]