Dr. Boyce Watkins Discusses Health Care On CNN's Anderson Cooper 360
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Dr. Boyce Watkins on NewsOne.com – 2/24/10
The Bottom Line
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Professor at Syracuse University and author of the book, "Black American Money." For more information, please visit www.YourBlackWorld.com.
DR. BOYCE: Al Sharpton, Tavis Smiley Fight Is Post-Obama America
By Dr. Boyce Watkins February 24, 2010 12:17 pm
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TAGS: Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Tavis Smiley
DR. BOYCE: Do Young Leaders Now Make the NAACP Relevant?
By Dr. Boyce Watkins February 22, 2010 2:59 pm
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DR. BOYCE: The Guts Behind Tiger Woods’ Press Conference
By Dr. Boyce Watkins February 19, 2010 12:47 pm
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TAGS: sex scandals, Tiger Woods
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
News: Dr. Michael Fauntroy Speaks on Felon Voting
“I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of the people. They never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
– Conservative activist Paul Weyrich, at a 1980 training session for Christian conservatives
While there are a number of very worthy issues that need to be addressed in this area, I propose that we include the issue of felon disenfranchisement in our deliberations. Felon disenfranchisement is critical as it impacts the outcomes of elections throughout the country. Too often, conservative, anti-minority candidates are elected because of the disproportionate removal of African Americans and other minorities from the election rolls. As the policies that disenfranchise felons disproportionately impacts African Americans (both those caught up in the criminal justice system AND the larger Black public which does not get the policies that it could because supportive people are not elected to office), we must understand it undermines the policies that we believe to be helpful to our community.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Dr. Boyce Speaks on Russell Simmons
Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons seems to feel that banks are not treating the poor in a proper fashion. This week, in a rant on his site, “The Global Grind,” Simmons had this to say:
“They trick customers into doing things that are not good for them through lack of transparency, and surprise them with new fees when they can least afford it. I’m learning an important lesson about ethics or lack of ethics in this industry. In fact, I’m fighting with a bank right now that doesn’t know what kind of ass whipping they are going to get when I expose them for the abusive practices and exuberant fees they are charging the poor. What they are doing is trying to double their already outrageously high fees in exchange for providing absolutely nothing to my customers.”
Simmons went on to try to create a “movement” by adding a call to action:
“Let’s start the biggest public discussion ever about how banks treat us and expose these banks for their unequal treatment and unconscionable conduct. The time is now.”
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
University of Alabama Huntsville Shooting
U. Alabama Huntsville is confirming that three people were killed in a campus shooting. The suspect was a female. Another student was injured, and the woman is in custody. Another student was injured as well. The shooting took place in the science building.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
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