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Obama says US stands with Haiti, pledges $100M aid (AP)

Written by PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, 14 January 2010 17:13
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday that "one of the largest relief efforts in our recent history" is moving toward Haiti as he continued to mobilize the U.S. response to the island's devastating earthquake. Obama said the U.S. government is initially directing $100 million toward the relief effort, a figure he said would certainly grow over the year. "This is one of those moments that calls out for American leadership," he said. Write comment (0 Comments)
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Feeling of progress rises among African Americans

Written by Krissah Thompson - Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:07
Despite being hit especially hard by the bad economy, job losses and the high rate of foreclosures, African Americans' assessment of race relations and prospects for the future has surged more dramatically during the past two years than at any time in the past quarter-century, according to a new poll. Write comment (0 Comments)
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In Memoriam: Remembering Those We Lost in 2009

Written by BlackAmericaWeb.com
Sunday, 03 January 2010 12:18
Michael Jackson and Steve McNair were among the more famous, but there were others, including an NBA guard who gave new meaning to the phrase “taking charge,” one of the founders of the Delfonics, a famous gangster’s widow and the first black mayor of Stone Mountain, Ga., once a major symbol of the Confederacy. Here is BlackAmericaWeb.com’s list of the notable, and some little noted but noteworthy, who left us in 2009. Write comment (0 Comments)
Last Updated on Sunday, 03 January 2010 12:22
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Some see racist theme in alien adventure 'Avatar' (AP)

Written by Jesse Washington, Associated Press.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:56
- Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white — although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien. Strange as it may seem for a film that pits greedy, immoral humans against noble denizens of a faraway moon, "Avatar" is being criticized by a small but vocal group of people who allege it contains racist themes — the white hero once again saving the primitive natives. Write comment (0 Comments)
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Analysis: 2009 Transformed US Racial Dynamics

Written by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, 03 January 2010 03:04
The year began with a harmonious glow at the inauguration of the first black president, as America marked a stunning victory over its racial demons. ''That lasted about a day,'' President Barack Obama said two months later. He attributed that to the economic calamity threatening all Americans, but his statement also applied to the notion that all our racial problems had been solved. The dynamics of race were transformed in 2009 because the most powerful person on Earth was no longer white. But despite that potent symbol -- and sometimes because of it -- race remained a volatile and often divisive subject. Write comment (0 Comments)
Last Updated on Sunday, 03 January 2010 11:44
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With the election of the first Black President - Barack Obama, how will this affect racism?