Steven Spielberg has acquired the rights to make a film about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Dreamworks Studios said it had secured the rights to make the film from the King estate, which it hoped would create the “the definitive portrait” of the murdered activist’s tumultuous life.
“We are all honoured that the King Estate [...]
Former NBA great and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale has lost his battle with cancer. The 44-year-old Oklahoma native died Friday morning after a two-year struggle to control the disease.
Last summer he had his right leg amputated, and at the time, he thought he had put the deadly disease behind him. He was ready to [...]
“How am I going to pay my phone bill?” “My lights are almost two months behind.” “The rent is due.” A mind that is cluttered with money worries may be flooded with one or two or all of these thoughts at one time or another.
Very interesting article about corporal punishment over on Time.com – here’s an excerpt:
Teachers say they resort to physical punishment because of the inherent problems of India’s public education system, specifically, the immense challenge of maintaining control of huge classes of unruly children. “Most children in my school are criminal-minded,” says Dr. S.C. Sharma, the principal [...]
While we were so focused on the captain of the U.S. cargo ship that was rescued from the Somali pirates, our attention was diverted from the very person that lead the charge to get him back to his family.
The Navy Times ran a story on Rear Admiral Michelle Howard who took command of the Navy’s [...]
On April 28, 2009 American
history will be made. The National Congress of Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) will
introduce Sojourner Truth as the first African American woman to have a
memorial bust in the United States Capitol building amidst hundreds of guests.
After nearly a ten year effort spearheaded by the late Dr. C. Delores Tucker,
former chair of NCBW, [...]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday evaluates a case involving race, testing and job promotions. A case from the New Haven Fire Department poses the questions: Just what is a job-related test? How should a city evaluate applicants for leadership positions? If a city thinks a test that was used will result in a lawsuit, does [...]
Stories of race and gender prevailed at this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, with “Ruined,” Lynn Nottage’s harrowing tale of survival set against the backdrop of an African civil war, winning for drama Monday and books about slavery, civil rights and Andrew Jackson also receiving awards.
In a rare victory for the short story, Elizabeth Strout’s “Olive Kitteridge,” [...]
One of the biggest problems with having children is the remarkable fact that they tend to be the source of parental stress.
Recently, I was a judge at Georgia Mathfest, an event where more than 5,000 kids engaged in mathematical activities, games and all around fun.
One of the main events was math-bate, a combination of math and debate in which teams were given scenarios and had to analyze and solve them mathematically. They also had to think [...]
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