The Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program of Maynard Evans High School has been a source of tremendous pride at Evans High School.The program with its 175 Cadet Corp, has been a path to a brighter future for many Cadets in hopes of a career in the military or an opportunity to obtain a [...]
Maynard Evans High School has had a rich winning baseball tradition, reaching its heights in the 1994 season with a victory over Dr. Phillips in the district tournament while reaching the district final. In resent years however, Evans Baseball had fallen on tough times.
James W. Macon, educator, businessman, and newspaper publisher died last week while home with family.
A great man, a distinguished man, Macon sought to serve the African American community thorough education and publishing. T
The longtime publisher of The Florida Sun newspaper, Macon felt it was his duty to encourage and inform Central Florida’s African American [...]
“CNN International’s CNN Today program, airing at midnight Eastern, led with the graphic ‘Bush Resigns.’ Of course, they meant ‘Blair Resigns.’ Freudian slip on the part of a network accused of anti-Americanism?”
This appeared on screen for 12 seconds. (Two seconds before, President Bush had appeared on screen, but the chyron accurately said “Pressure over Iraq.”)
May 12 2007 | Posted in
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By RICK KLEIN and Z. BYRON WOLF
GOP Grows Wary of War
After years of relying on near-total Republican loyalty on the Iraq War, President Bush is suddenly confronting a major revolt inside his party’s ranks in Congress, with a growing number of Republicans fearful of an electoral backlash if the president doesn’t change course.
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May 10 2007 | Posted in
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By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist
“African-Americans detest this war,” Black said yesterday in a phone interview. “Everybody kind of knows the truth behind this war. It’s a cash cow for the military defense industry, when you look at the money these contractors are making. African-Americans saw this at the beginning of the war and now [...]
May 9 2007 | Posted in
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Are kids with pending immigration cases being treated as prisoners?
May 6 2007 | Posted in
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For Tarick, it’s like music to his ears.
“After a concert, hearing the applause and seeing everyone cheering for you, it just stops your heart,” he says.
Follow the money
By Joshua Frank
There’s not question that industry loves Barack. As of March 31, UBS, the second largest bank in Europe, has given over $165,000 to his campaign. The Exelon corporation, which is the nation’s largest nuclear plant operator, has donated almost $160,000. The investment Goliath, Goldman Sachs, has also fattened the [...]
May 2 2007 | Posted in
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