Daily Archives: January 31, 2012

Report Finds that the Digital Divide in Mississippi Splits Along Racial Lines

hcsp.jpgAfrican Americans in Mississippi often have fewer options for high-speed Internet and spend a higher proportion of their incomes on the Internet than whites in the state, according to a new report underscoring how the digital divide splits along racial lines.
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Richard Land Says Christians Who Support Obama ‘Not Using Their Heads’

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The Southern Baptist Convention’s top public-policy expert says that Christians who still support President Obama are not using their heads.

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Black Churches Debate Whether to Tithe or Not In Economic Downturn

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To tithe or not to tithe, that is the question.

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Study Finds Black Segregation Lowest In Century

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Black segregation from other racial groups has hit its lowest point in more than a century — declining in all 85 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas — but social and income inequality persist.

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James “Alley Pat” Patrick: The Man Who Bailed Out MLK

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This Unsung Hero was a bail bondsman for civil rights activists as well as a radio pioneer.

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If Gingrich Loses In Florida, Can he Make a Comeback?

hcsp.jpgCan Newt Gingrich come back a third time? 

If he loses Tuesday in Florida’s primary — polls predict he will –Gingrich will spend the next month trying to prove the answer is yes.
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Over 3,000 March in New York City to Protest Ban on Churches Renting Schools

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Some 3,500 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall Park Sunday in protest of the ban on churches renting New York City’s public schools on the weekends.

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