If you’re a fan of outstanding singers who present classic soul music, you definitely have Marsha Ambrosius on your treasured list. Her velvety voice has graced songs such as “Say Yes”, “Getting Late” and the late great Michael Jackson hit “Butterflies.“
The Village Voice has a good article on the reasons for lack of Black firefighters in New York City and the requirement test necessary to become a firefighter: “There’s no question that there is something very wrong with how the FDNY adds new employees. For nearly 40 years, various courts have issued injunctions to correct […]
The New York Post is reporting on a case where a cab driver settled a discrimination lawsuit against a cab driver who refused to take a Black passenger to Brooklyn, after picking up his white boyfriend. A taxi driver has agreed to settle a discrimination case by paying $2,000 to a white passenger who had […]
A Brooklyn judge on Wednesday blocked the city’s plan to hire 300 firefighters – saying the FDNY’s latest written exam still discriminates against minority-group applicants.
PHOENIX – The debate over Arizona’s new illegal immigrant law will likely move from protest lines and talk shows to the courtroom, where a judge could be asked to decide whether the state can enforce laws that until now had been the federal government’s exclusive domain. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the bill on […]
From the NY Times: Tahani Tompkins was struggling to get callbacks for job interviews in the Chicago area this year when a friend made a suggestion: Change your name. Instead of Tahani, a distinctively African-American-sounding name, she began going by T. S. Tompkins in applications. Vonne Orr, also searching for work in Chicago, removed her […]
From TPMLiveWire.com: On Hannity last night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she’s “all for” profiling Muslims if it saves “innocent American lives.” Speaking about the Fort Hood shooting, she said there were “massive warning flags that were missed all over the place” because of a “fear of being politically incorrect.” “Profiling” the alleged shooter, […]
