Texas

Aug 23 2011

Criticized for glorifying graffiti

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—An art supply chain store canceled its “urban art” promotions in metropolitan Los Angeles at the request of City Councilman Dennis Zine, an ex-cop who accused the company of promoting graffiti, it was announced today.

Jun 28 2011

Largest revenue after AT&T

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles-based U.S. TelePacific Corp. announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tel West Network Services Corp. of Texas.

TelePacific, which does business as TelePacific Communications, says it has the largest revenue market share for small and medium size business customers in California and Nevada after AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink. The company and its 1,300 employees manage over 38,000 business accounts.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jun 16 2011

More than just an observation

As June 19 comes closer and conversations about celebrating the day that the last Africans in America received word of their emancipation from chattel slavery drew nearer, there are those folks who might wonder or even verbalize a familiar sentiment—“slavery was way back then; it has nothing to do with me today. Why should I go to such a celebration. It’s just old timey stuff.”

According to noted psychologist Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D., there are very good reasons to go to a Juneteenth celebration.

May 12 2011

Police unsuccessful in finding next of kin

LAKEWOOD, Calif.—Lakewood Regional Medical Center is trying to locate family, friends or acquaintances of a man who is receiving care after suffering a stroke. Austin Small can remember his name, but little else. Police officials have been unsuccessful in finding out more about him.
Unclaimed. It’s an adjective typically ascribed to inanimate objects, not people.

Apr 27 2011

National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference

SACRAMENTO, Calif.,—The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (www.nhclc.org), also known as The Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals, the nation's largest Christian Hispanic organization, held their annual Board Convention in San Antonio, Texas April 11-13, 2011. The NHCLC Board Convention brought together prestigious pastors from America's largest Hispanic Evangelical congregations and leaders of the most predominant denominations across the country. It culminated in a historical event with more than 2,000 people in attendance as Dr.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.