Tuesday, March 15, 2016

East Orange NJ principal works 43 years at the same school.



Henry Hamilton had a pretty good idea of what the answer would be when he drove to the pension office in Trenton three years ago.
He could earn more money if he retired, but Hamilton had a greater reason to keep working than collecting a sweet benefit package.
Nothing could make him trade in his love for teaching children or being a principal for 43 years at an East Orange middle school.
"They (pension office workers) were looking at me like I was crazy,'' Hamilton said
He didn't flinch then, and he's not budging now. Hamilton just keeps moving the the retirement needle forward as he continues leading Whitney E. Houston Academy, a top kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school in the district.
Talk about finding your passion. He's 77 years old and could have hung up his school bell at 62.  But money isn't everything for this principal. His students and staff are.
Read more: East Orange principal chooses students over retirement

Monday, March 14, 2016

Melissa Harris-Perry on Leaving Her MSNBC Show

Many of us may have read Melissa Harris Perry's statement as to why she left her MSNBC show. Now watch her discuss what happened publicly for the first time on ABC's The View.


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Surprise, black voters not voting for Trump

Before the Republican presidential primaries began, Donald Trump insisted that “I am going to do great with the African Americans…. The African Americans love me.”

Now that we are in Mid-March of 2016, there have been multiple states holding “open primaries” — primaries in which a person of any party may choose in which primary they will participate: Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia.

This means that, if Donald Trump is right when he says “The African Americans love me,” black Americans will have departed the Democratic Party in droves in each state with open primaries to vote for the man they love so much: Donald Trump.

Did they? Let’s check American Community Survey and CNN exit poll data to find out.

Read more: In Open Primary After Open Primary, the Supposed Wave of Black Support for Donald Trump Fails to Appear

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Two girls make history on Detroit high school's debate team

Tamara Morrison and Tiera Colvin are members of the debate team at University Preparatory Academy in Detroit. They are the first team of women from Detroit to receive a bid to the Tournament of Champions. It's basically the Super Bowl of the high school debate world. Watch their inspiring story below.

Southern wins SWAC championship: Advances to NCAA Tournament

The Southern Jaguars defeated the Jackson State Tigers 54-53 in a thrilling finish to win the SWAC championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament. The coach's son, Trelun Banks, scored a game-high 19 points for the Jaguars.