An alliance of five minority contractor and workers organizations have formed the Rosa Parks Minority Inclusion Initiative. Spokesman Eric Vickers said the initiative will ensure that minority businesses and workers are included in a number of multi-million dollar construction projects throughout the region. The group is seeking 25 percent minority inclusion on contracts, 35 percent […]

Internationally acclaimed poet Nadia Anjuman was beaten to death, and her husband and mother have been arrested. The United Nations condemned the killing Tuesday as symptom of continuing violence against Afghan women four years after the fall of the Taliban. Nadia Anjuman – who was widely praised for her first book of poems, titled “Gule […]

A Washington Post-ABC poll has disturbing information for President Bush. For the first time in his presidency a majority of Americans question his integrity, and growing doubts about his leadership have left him with record negative ratings on the economy, Iraq and even the war on terrorism. On almost every key measure of presidential character […]

While thousands of New Orleans residents suffered and hundreds died, FEMA director Michael Brown was concerned with his attire and finding a dog sitter. Marty Bahamonde, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s only employee in New Orleans when Katrina struck Aug. 29, said he e-mailed Brown on Aug. 31, “Sir, I know that you know the […]