A friend and I recently renewed the debate of Pam Grier vs. Halle Berry. My parents hadn’t even met when Foxy Brown came out but I’ve always had a thing for Grier because of what her image represents. Not just was she sexy but she had an aura that was unmistakably black. Grier rocked an …
Portland Educator Gives Away Math Textbooks to Help Families Improve Student Achievement. Check out my piece in The Skanner. We need more people doing this, especially when the system is making painful cuts to education.
If I just immigrated to the US, didn’t speak English and turned on CNN I’d think John Boehner was the President. The man is unyielding no matter how ridiculous his positions are and beats you to death with the same few catch phrases in every speech. He’s Benjamin Netanyahu (Why don’t you click your “indefensible” …
Check out this Huffington Post story on the emerging sugar daddy business in colleges and how many students are selling their bodies to pay of their debt. You could call it the answer to Chris Rock’s assertion that he’s never got a smart lap dance. Here are some highlights: ” ‘It’s a very expensive job,’ …
Why the West is Committed to the Murderous Rebels in Libya | Common Dreams. I’ve been saying this for a minute but check out this excerpt: “In one respect, the foreign media has been more culpable than governments in giving credibility to the TNC as an alternative to Gaddafi’s regime. Official rebel statements and claims …
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If you mention the New World Order people will give you odd stares and might even label you a “conspiracy theorist.” However, it must’ve been important because my AP U.S. History teacher gave us a handout with extracts from President George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” speech laying out the plans for a multinational approach …
Carla Gary founded the Young Scholars to empower under served students of color, first generation and low-income potential college students. She realized just how much her pupils were learning when students from the program’s law cohort petitioned her for more freedom last year. “They wanted to travel across campus with no RA (Residence Assistant),” says …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7WrWOCKCc&w=425&h=349] Before college I thought of Adderall as something kids used to spice up their nose candy collection rather than an ADHD medicine. One evening my sophomore year, a friend hit me up saying she needed to get Adderall but didn’t want to walk to get it alone. It was around 2 am and …
Portland Schools Administrator Offers Free Math Books for Kids and Families. Check it out. My first piece in The Skanner. Also, be on the lookout for an update following the book giveaway.
There’s a scene in the movie EuroTrip where a man unwittingly gets stuck in a sexual contraption that resembles a torture device from Star Wars and he can’t pronounce the safe word to escape. I sympathize every time I turn on CNN and watch debt ceiling analysis. In this case, the safe word is probably …