Wachovia Acknowledges Ties to Slavery

“Two predecessor banks of Wachovia Corp. owned slaves before the Civil War, the nation’s fourth-largest bank said Wednesday as it made an apology to black Americans.”“The bank said incomplete records make it impossible to know how many slaves were owned by either institution, but that specific transactional records show the Georgia bank owned at [...]

Bush Refuses to Double Aid to Africa

“President Bush refused on Wednesday to budge on his administration’s opposition to doubling aid for Africa, a major proposal on the agenda for a summit meeting of industrial nations next month in Scotland.
Asked Wednesday about the issue, Mr. Bush said, “It doesn’t fit our budgetary process.”
TheStateOf: I wonder why it doesn’t fit into [...]

Bush Refuses to Double Aid to Africa

“President Bush refused on Wednesday to budge on his administration’s opposition to doubling aid for Africa, a major proposal on the agenda for a summit meeting of industrial nations next month in Scotland.
Asked Wednesday about the issue, Mr. Bush said, “It doesn’t fit our budgetary process.”
TheStateOf: I wonder why it doesn’t fit into [...]

Black Athletes, White Women (Revisited)

“I was watching a golf tournament on television, as Tiger Woods extended his winning streak on the PGA tour. His winning streak is virtually unprecedented, and yet something more unusual caught my eye. There … in a sea of White golf fans, Tiger was embracing his wife, an angelic White woman.”
“My question to Tiger and [...]

President Bush, Sec. Rice Discuss Faith-Based Initiative for Africa

(Rev. T.D. Jakes, Bishop Charles E. Blake, pictured)“Escalating its courtship of a politically powerful constituency, the Bush administration is teaming up with some of the nation’s best-known and most influential black clergy to craft a new role for U.S. churches in Africa.
The effort was launched last week, when more than two dozen leading African [...]

Black Athletes, White Women (Revisited)

“I was watching a golf tournament on television, as Tiger Woods extended his winning streak on the PGA tour. His winning streak is virtually unprecedented, and yet something more unusual caught my eye. There … in a sea of White golf fans, Tiger was embracing his wife, an angelic White woman.”
“My question to Tiger and [...]

President Bush, Sec. Rice Discuss Faith-Based Initiative for Africa

(Rev. T.D. Jakes, Bishop Charles E. Blake, pictured)“Escalating its courtship of a politically powerful constituency, the Bush administration is teaming up with some of the nation’s best-known and most influential black clergy to craft a new role for U.S. churches in Africa.
The effort was launched last week, when more than two dozen leading African [...]