04:36 PM CDT on Monday, June 30, 2008
By Michelle Homer & Rucks Russell / 11 News
HOUSTON — The Pasadena man who shot and killed two suspected burglars last November was no-billed by a Harris County grand jury Monday.
Horn’s attorney, Tom Lambright, first heard the news in a phone call from 11 News.
“I’m sure Joe will [...]
13 Myths About Affirmative Action: A Special Series on a Public Policy Under Siege
This 13- part series provides listeners with a guided tour of the current controversy about affirmative action. Each installment in this sequential series is structured to explore a widely held belief or assertion about affirmative action. Upon closer inspection, each belief [...]
LT. COL. CHARLES “CHUCK” DRYDEN, PIONEERING MEMBER OF WW II TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
Lt. Charles Dryden, left, prepares for a WWII mission.
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Lt. Colonel Charles “Chuck” Dryden
June 26, 2008, 8:51PM
By The Associated Press
© 2008 The Associated Press
— Charles “Chuck” Dryden
ATLANTA (AP) — Lt. Col. Charles “Chuck” Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World [...]
IN FILMS BASED ON FACT, WHITE ACTORS TAKE PARTS MEANT FOR OTHER RACES
By LUCHINA FISHER
June 4, 2008
In the new movie “Stuck,” which opened last week, actress Mena Suvari plays a young woman named Brandi, who, after a night of partying, strikes a homeless man with her car, sending him through her windshield, and leaves [...]
I originally posted on the upcoming July, 2008 Italian Vogue issue back in May (http://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/viva-vogue-italia-a-fashion-mag-that-appreciates-black-female-beauty/) that will feature black models. Here is an update.
BEAUTIFUL IS BLACK: VOGUE ITALIAN
Vogue Italia
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, photographed by American photographer Steven Meisel, looks stunning in an image from the July issue of Italian Vogue. In recent years, Campbell’s beauty has [...]
A CAMH exhibition unearths this country’s strangeness
By Kelly Klaasmeyer
Published on June 26, 2008
America is a weird place, all the more so because most Americans think our country is completely normal. (All those other countries are the weird ones.) Toby Kamps knows we’re strange. Senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, he organized the show [...]
By LYNN ZINSER
Published: June 27, 2008
EUGENE, Ore. — When Allyson Felix folds her long legs into the starting blocks in the first round of the 100 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials Friday, she will feel a little more at home than usual.
Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press
June 27, 2008
Allyson Felix is a two-time [...]
By JEFF ZELENY
Published: June 28, 2008
UNITY, N.H. — Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton set off on their maiden political voyage on Friday, trading their rivalry from the presidential primary battle for a newfound display of harmony intended to set a fresh tone for any Democrats still harboring bitterness from their grueling duel.
June 27, [...]
