Tag: U.S.
Jefferson County Refinances $2.24 Billion of Sewer Warrants in Mega Deal
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Jefferson County today completed its refinancing of $2.24 billion of sewer revenue warrants for a savings of $1.17 billion, which...
Birmingham And Partners to Commemorate 60 Years Since Church Bombing
birminghamal.org
Nearly 60 years ago, a bomb tore through Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls and rocking the nation. In remembrance of...
African-Americans in the U.S. Military: Profiles in bravery
Lt. Gen. Nadja West this year became the first black female lieutenant general and the highest-ranking woman to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy.
In...
TROOPS WHO SOUGHT STRIKE THOUGHT TALIBAN HAD HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 airstrike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware...
NEW JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN LOOKS OVER WAR ZONE IN IRAQ
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The new top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign...
North Korea warns U.S. it’s ready to use nuclear weapons ‘any...
(CNN)In its latest bout of saber rattling, North Korea says it is ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States and other foes...
Revealing Black Men During National Black Family Month
By Ben Jealous and Trabian Shorters
July is National Black Family Month, which is a good time to take a moment to celebrate the role...
Why the South’s Defeat was a Victory for Human Progress The...
by JOHN WIGHT
Counterpunch
If ever a cause was unworthy, that cause was the US Confederacy. If ever a cause was righteously defeated, it was the...
BALTIMORE STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE SWORN IN AS 73rd PRESIDENT OF THE...
Rawlings-Blake Makes History as the First African-American Female President of Organization
San Francisco, CA – The presidential gavel was officially handed to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie...
TWO TEXAS FEMALE PILOTS RACE ACROSS U.S. TO HONOR...
TWO TEXAS FEMALE PILOTS
RACE ACROSS U.S. TO
HONOR AMELIA EARHART
And to Inspire More Young Women
LETU.edu
Longview TX – June 17, 2015 – Amelia Earhart, see what...
