The Supreme Court ruling in favor of white New Haven firefighters who said they were victims of reverse discrimination will probably leave employers confused, civil rights advocates and labor attorneys say.
The racially-charged “Jena 6” case came to a quiet end last week as the remaining five young defendants accused of beating a classmate accepted a plea deal.
I got an email recently from the coach of a youth baseball team, the Imani Sluggers. It seems that the Sluggers – both boys and girls – had completed a season to remember. In 16 games they did not record a single win.
Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Wednesday announced that the transition of the Memphis and Sexual Assault Resource Center (MSARC) from the City of Memphis to Shelby County Government “has been successfully completed.”
The way Dr. Dharmesh Patel figures, if the blood pressures of 1,000 people are addressed at a health fair, you can save 25 cardiovascular events and 17 strokes over a 6-year-period.
Elaine Fifer had plenty of common sense observations about health to share between health screenings last Saturday at the Tri-State Defender Summer Health Fair and Family Fun Day at the Orange Mound Community Center.
Thanks to a persistent Doris T. Hill and her church’s mission work in Haiti, two children from the impoverished, third world nation are only days away from enjoying the love and hospitality of local families after surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
Recently, my iTeen editor posed a question that really made me think. He asked, “What was the last book you read?” The question caught me off guard, but I now I have a reply. ...
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 20 years since the summer of ’89 when “Do the Right Thing” made such a splash upon arriving in theaters. This refreshingly frank exploration of black-white relations earned Spike his first Academy Award nomination
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