Book Reveiw 8-2
Moses
By Carole Boston Weatherford – Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 0-7868-5175-9
Publisher: Hyperion
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Rina Risper
How to: Avoid the winter doldrums
The post-holiday season can produce a feeling of fullness and warmth — but not for all. For many, this time is often the darkest of the year as winter has settled in for a long, dreary stay.
Hispanic Elders Face Double Economic Crisis
Many Hispanic elders don’t know they’re eligible to receive Social Security even if they’re not citizens.
Ask the Business Librarian 8-2
Q: With the economy being what it is these days, I’m wondering if it’s even worth it for me to make any investments right now. Do you have any tips that can help me decide?
Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration
The Regional Inaugural Balls are an inaugural tradition that President-elect Obama continued, inviting guests from the Midwest, the West, the East, the South, and the Mid-Atlantic regions to their own celebrations. It is one of the 10 balls that the president and Michelle attended. Photo by Barbara Roberts Mason
JUSTICE: Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity
In the days after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans fractured along racial fault lines as its government collapsed. Read about it in our next edition. White vigilante gunmen nearly killed Donnell Herrington.
Photo by Chandra McCormick & Keith Calhoun
The way Donnell Herrington tells it, there was no warning. One second he was trudging through the heat. The next he was lying prostrate on the pavement, his life spilling out of a hole in his throat, his body racked with pain, his vision blurred and distorted.