M.A. Lee Scholarship Fund Celebrates 6th Annual Gala with Actor Keith Robinson of ‘Dream Girls’Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:52PM*Orangeburg, SC – The MA Lee Scholarship Fund announces The 6th Annual M. A. Lee Scholarship Fund Gala. The Gala will take place on Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1175 Orangeburg Mall Circle, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29115 hosted by “Dream Girls,” actor/ singer, Keith Robinson beginning at 6:00 p.m. Hot off the heels of a highly [...]
Sacrificing seniors: debt & the welfare stateMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:27PMMedicare, Medicaid and Social Security are going broke fast, as we are paying out more than we are taking in ("Uncle Sam, Sugar Daddy," Michael A. Walsh, PostOpinion, July 18). So why do politicians demagogue the issue and say that the Republicans are trying to gut these programs when, if...
The Verizon HopeLine Mission is to End Domestic ViolenceMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:34PM*Verizon Wireless supports community efforts and those that are in partnership with their outreach initiatives. One such project is the HopeLine cell phone recycling and re-use program, which was started in 2001. Consumers are invited to bring old cell phones and accessories and put them in a donation bin inside Verizon stores or mail them [...]
Gallup: Unemployment Up Another 0.2% In JulyMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:15PMThe percentage of part-time workers who want full-time work is 9.4% in mid-July -- down from 9.6% at the end of June. However, more Americans are working part time but seeking full-time work in mid-July 2011 than was the case in mid-July 2010 (9.0%).
Earl Ofari Huthinson: Obama Has No Choice But to Tap The Fat CatsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:04PM*The news reports that President Obama was courting large campaign donors stirred complaints that this will put him he even deeper into political hock to fat cat donors and the corporate rich if re-elected. This was the oft-heard knock against Obama in 2008. A study by the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute did confirm that a [...]