Chicago Defender back issues from May 2006:
Doty fund fights the spread of disease from released inmates
May 01, 2006; ... With thousands of Illinois-based inmates released from prison each year, Suzanne Stantley believes the state has failed many of them in one aspect: Many former-inmates are freed without being testing for the HIV virus, hepatitis or other sexually transmitted diseases. But Stantley, ...
Immigration rally organizers draw from diverse coalition of supporters
May 01, 2006; ... Jackson: African, Caribbean immigrants also affected Standing on the front lines of the immigrant rights movement is a network of eager volunteers and tech-savy organizers who have labored for weeks to make Monday's rally in downtown Chicago possible. The march through the Loop ...
Rally downtown today against genocide in Darfur, Sudan
May 01, 2006; ... An estimated 400,000 people have died in western Sudan since an outbreak of ethnic violence began there over three years ago. At least 500 people die every day in Darfur, and experts are still counting. To apply pressure to state and federal government and aid organizations, more ...
Celebrities, activists rally for Darfur on National Mall
May 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Thousands of people joined celebrities and lawmakers at a rally Sunday urging the Bush administration and Congress to help end genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. "Not on our watch!" the crowd chanted as a parade of speakers lined up for their turn on a stage on the National ...
Los Angeles was hot this weekend!
May 01, 2006; ... A week of new beginnings, tasty food and Jet Setters. Whenever, whatever the new BET ... BET unveiled its plans last Monday night in its annual upfront presentation to a capacity audience of advertisers, media buyers, corporate clients, executives and news media at the Hyatt ...
Duke lacrosse case raises profile of usually low-key election of district attorney
May 01, 2006; ... DURHAM, N.C. - It's the kind of election that doesn't normally draw much interest: A primary for district attorney, where the only people in town who know much about the candidates are those who work at the courthouse. That's not the case this year in Durham where rape allegations ...
Split widens between al-Qaida and other radical Muslim groups, experts say
May 01, 2006; ... CAIRO, Egypt - When terrorists blew themselves up in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula this week, the radical Palestinian group Hamas quickly joined Arab governments and Western leaders in condemning a "criminal attack against all human values." Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood called the ...
Rice forced to defend prewar planning after Powell raises issue of troop levels
May 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Just back from Baghdad and eager to discuss promising developments, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found herself knocked off message Sunday, forced to defend prewar planning and troop levels against an unlikely critic - Colin Powell, her predecessor at the State ...
Ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria, at least 28 people are missing and feared dead
May 01, 2006; ... DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The MV Nyamanga sank on Lake Victoria late Thursday, leaving 28 people missing and feared dead, Tanzanian police said Friday. The ferry was ...
Rebels reject draft Darfur peace agreements
May 01, 2006; ... ABUJA, Nigeria - Sudanese rebels rejected a draft agreement to end bloodshed in the western Darfur region in Sunday, calling for changes on the day of an African Union deadline. The Sudanese government had said it was ready to sign. A spokesman for one of Sudan's rebel factions, however, ...
Why Republicans will cave on immigration reform
May 01, 2006; ... Judging from the cold shoulder conservative Republicans gave President Bush when he called for a humane, balanced immigration reform law in his recent Orange County, Calif. speech, they won't budge one inch from their hard demand for a crackdown on illegal immigration. But eventually most of ...
A place called home
May 01, 2006; ... It was midnight and I was looking at a two-hour drive. The theatre where I was working had given me keys to a condominium so I wouldn't have to make the long trip, but something was calling me home. Traveling is hard and I miss my family. When I am away, I think of nothing but kissing my ...
Who can stay and who should go?
May 01, 2006; ... Guest Editorial "Who can stay and who should go" is a debate almost as old as this nation. It dates back to shortly after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution that outlined the principles for a democracy we love to tout as the best form of government in the world. "Who can stay and who ...
Letters
May 01, 2006; ... Women entrepreneurs make their mark on our economy Dear Editor: I enjoyed Janelle Thompson's recent article, "Marketers need to appreciate women's spending power." (April 21-23, p. 13) Corporations are waking up to a profitable niche, and it's not just women. It's ...
HEALTHBEAT: Could narcolepsy wake-up drug fight cocaine addiction?
May 01, 2006; ... (ProQuest Information and Learning: ... denotes obscured text omitted.) WASHINGTON - The hottest topic in cocaine addiction is another drug - a medicine already sold to wake up narcoleptics. Hundreds of cocaine users are testing whether that legal pill, called modafinil, could ...
Hospitals play critical role in teaching how to eat right
May 01, 2006; ... Anacita Overby, an Ellis Hospital food service repersentative, leaves the kitchen last Wednesday, in Schenectady, N.Y., with patient lunch orders. The cart must leave the kitchen within seven minutes of the first order being put on the ...
Medical group asks pediatricians to routinely monitor how active patients are
May 01, 2006; ... The American Academy of Pediatrics wants to turn children's doctors into activity police, encouraging them to routinely monitor how active patients and even their parents are each day to help conquer obesity. Boosting daily physical activity from infancy through the teen years is a key ...
Report: No clear answers on how much flu protection face masks offer
May 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - If a worldwide flu epidemic strikes, face masks should be considered a defense of last resort since there's little evidence about whether the masks available to the average person or most health care workers can prevent influenza infection, the Institute of Medicine said ...
Black, white laborers unite to oppose hiring of illegal immigrants
May 03, 2006; ... A coalition of about 20 Black and white laborers protested Tuesday afternoon outside the gates of Brookfield Farms and Dutch Farms for allegedly employing illegal immigrants. The two manufacturing plants share owners. The men protested in a peaceful and orderly manner outside of company ...
Meeks still won't say if he's running for governor
May 03, 2006; ... State Sen. James Meeks on Tuesday still wouldn't say if he plans to launch a third-party bid for governor. "If I was going to run for governor, I'm sure you wouldn't want me to give the answer standing on the sidewalk," he said at a news conference outside an Illinois Department of Human ...
Collins charges companies with doing business in Sudan
May 03, 2006; ... PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble deny her claims State Sen. Jacqueline Collins (D-16th) is accusing several multinational corporations of doing business with Sudan, but officials with the companies have fired back, saying she has her facts wrong. Collins said Tuesday that ...
Release of Chicago police torture investigation report postponed
May 03, 2006; ... The report on a four-year investigation into torture allegations at the Chicago Police Department under Commander Jon Burge will be kept under seal at least until May 12. At a hearing Tuesday, Chief Criminal Court Judge Paul Biebel postponed the release of the report, but could rule to ...
Duncan ready for CPS to go forward without court supervision
May 03, 2006; ... Chicago Public Schools' CEO Arne Duncan said Tuesday he "was very pleased" about an agreement that would put an end to 25 years of court oversight of desegregation of the city's schools. U.S. Department of Justice and Chicago Public Schools reached an agreement Monday which could be ...
Blackwell wins in Ohio
May 03, 2006; ... Kenneth Blackwell, Republican primary candidate for governor, left, relaxes in his room as his wife Rosa and youngest daughter Kristin sing Tuesday, in Columbus, Ohio Blackwell won ...
Former president of Morris Brown College pleads guilty to embezzlement
May 03, 2006; ... ATLANTA - The former president of Morris Brown College pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling millions of dollars in federal funds that were intended to cover student tuition. Dolores Cross, 69, who was president of the 125-year-old college from November 1998 until February 2002, had been ...
Government sues Black activist, turning Voting Rights Act on end
May 03, 2006; ... MACON, Miss. - Ike Brown is a legend in Mississippi politics, a fast-talking operative both loved and hated for his ability to turn out Black voters and get his candidates into office. That success has also landed him at the heart of a federal lawsuit that's about to turn the Voting ...
Virginia Mayor convicted of stealing
May 03, 2006; ... Lynchburg Mayor Carl B. Hutcherson Jr. is shown in this Dec. 6 file photo in Lynchburg, Va. A federal jury on Tuesday found Mayor ...
General in line for historic promotion
May 03, 2006; ... Maj. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III is shown in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Army. Austin, the chief of staff of U.S. Central Command, has been nominated to become ...
Maryland school official headed to prison
May 03, 2006; ... Pamela Hoffler-Riddick, assistant superintendent of Prince George's County, Md. schools, arrives at federal court in Norfolk, Va., in this Feb. 9, 2005, file photo. Hoffler-Riddick, a ...
U.S. envoy says Darfur talks to be extended
May 03, 2006; ... ABUJA, Nigeria - A top U.S. envoy said the African Union will extend its Tuesday midnight deadline for a peace pact aimed at resolving the violence in Sudan's Darfur region. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick spoke with time running out on the time limit for mediators to ...
Chadian election set for today
May 03, 2006; ... Chadian President Idriss Deby greets supporters of his Patriotic Salvation movement on Friday, April 21 during an election rally in the capital N'djamena. The election on today comes nearly three weeks ...
$11.4 million sought after to eradicate polio from Somalia
May 03, 2006; ... Abdul Aziz Sheik Yusuf, right, Somalia's Minister for Health speaks during a press conference in Nairobi, Tuesday, as Christian Balslev Olesen, UNICEF's Representative in Somalia, looks on. The U.N. children's agency ...
Patients claim they caught deadly viruses, other germs from stolen body parts
May 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - At least a dozen people who had routine operations claim they caught deadly viruses and other germs from body parts stolen from corpses in a ghoulish scandal that has sent hundreds of people for tests. The patients tested positive for germs that cause AIDS, hepatitis or ...
'RV' opens at $16.4 million; 'United 93' debuts with $11.6 million
May 01, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES - Audiences hit the road with Robin Williams as his family-vacation romp RV opened at No. 1 with $16.4 million, while the acclaimed Sept. 11 drama United 93 debated with $11.6 million. Studio estimates Sunday had Universal Pictures' United 93 in second place, just ahead of ...
Springsteen closes first weekend of jazz fest
May 01, 2006; ... NEW ORLEANS - Opening weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival drew thousands of fans as superstar acts and local musicians supported and celebrated the city and its music scene, suffering since Hurricane Katrina. Bruce Springsteen headlined Sunday's performances - his ...
TEESEE'S TOWN
May 01, 2006; ... Black Pearls - Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) is among a dozen women who have been selected to receive a coveted Black Pearl Award during the 13th Annual "Women of Excellence Gala" on May 20 at the DuSable Museum. Entertainment will be provided by vocalist Terisa Griffin, an R&B and jazz favorite ....
Mercedes Benz, guests party with owner of upscale Bronzeville shoe boutique
May 01, 2006; ... Approximately 400 people came out Saturday to celebrate the first anniversary of Nicole Jones' Sensual Steps, an upscale women's shoe boutique at 4518 S. Cottage Grove in Bronzeville. The swank affair brought out a "who's who" in Chicago's African American business, media, religion and ...
Salem Baptist Church members, friends see The Color Purple on Broadway
May 01, 2006; ... The "first lady" of Salem Baptist Church Jameel Meeks and some 125 of her lady friends traveled to New York City to see Friday night's "sold out" performance of Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple at the world-famous Broadway Theatre. Traveling under the watchful and expert eye of Valora ...
Sense & Sensitivity: Is office temp plotting to steal woman's job?
May 01, 2006; ... DEAR HARRIETTE: I've been out of my office on disability for several weeks because of a minor operation. I would like to return to work, but the woman who has been temporarily employed in my stead has made it uncomfortable. I've called my office to speak with my superior several times ...
Your Birthday
May 01, 2006; ... Born today, you may become known as a serious and intense individual, but underneath it all is a sense of humor and a surprisingly lighthearted attitude, which color and characterize everything you do. You aren't the kind to take your own success too much to heart, but neither are you one to ...
Black quote of the day
May 01, 2006; ... "I find it interresting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at ...
Nicotine causes cancer
May 01, 2006; ... The truth: The real culprit is smoke. With every puff, a smoker exposes herself (and others around her) to more than 40 cancer-causing toxins, says Virginia Reichert, director of the Center for Tobacco Control in Great Neck, N.Y. Nicotine doesn't cause cancer, but it is the drug that causes the ...
Five secret sleep stealers
May 01, 2006; ... You know drinking coffee or watching TV crime shows before bed can wreck your sleep, but have you heard about these other habits that can keep you lying awake at night? Crankin' tunes: Fast-paced, high-energy music increases your heart rate, says James Maas, Ph.D., author of "Power ...
Black Fact of the Day
May 01, 2006; ... May 1, 1866 Memphis Race Riot A tragic race riot took place in Memphis, Tennessee. Forty-eight people, mostly Black, were killed. Negro veterans were special targets, and at least five Black women were ...
Network newsmagazines struggle for survival amid reality TV's onslaught
May 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - The point was so important that Diane Sawyer was compelled to make it twice during a "Primetime" episode on battling stepfamilies. "You want reality TV?" she asked. "Tonight, you get it. Starting now." The appeal couldn't be any more plain, or plaintive. Broadcast ...
Bulls hold off Heat to tie series, 2-2
May 01, 2006; ... Home cooking proved to be the just the tonic for the Bulls Sunday in Game Four of their first-round NBA playoff series with the Miami Heat at the United Center. Sparked by another outstanding defensive performance, the Bulls beat the Heat, 93-87, at the United Center to tie the ...
A Day Without Immigrants: Widespread actions expected, but some sitting out
May 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - Now that immigrants have grabbed the nation's attention, what next? Monday has been set aside for immigrants to boycott work, school and shopping to show how much they matter to their communities. But with some growing tired of street protests, and others afraid they'll be ...
S-W-E-E-P! Sox win three straight against Anaheim
May 01, 2006; ... ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Chicago White Sox swept the Angels in Anaheim once again. Pablo Ozuna scored the go-ahead run on Scot Shields' ninth-inning wild pitch, and the White Sox beat Los Angeles 6-5 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of the team they defeated in the AL championship ...
Harlan trounces Morgan Park
May 01, 2006; ... After a tough loss in their showdown with Lane Tech, Harlan bounced right back by rolling to a 15-0 win over Morgan Park Saturday. "The loss to Lane was really a disappointment for us, but our kids were able bounce right back," Harlan head coach Kenny Fullman told the ...
Brewers blank Cubs
May 01, 2006; ... Chris Capuano tried not to envision his first major league complete game. "I was just hoping to make it through five with the big lead we had," he said. "I tried not to think about it too much, but I couldn't help it." Capuano wound up pitching a five-hitter for his first career ...
Winslow misses cut in LPGA tournament
May 01, 2006; ... Amateur golfer Andia Winslow, left, of Orlando, Fla., gets advice from caddie Lanier Waters shot as she lines up her putt on the 12th green in the second round of the Ginn Open ...
Bears bolster already-solid defense in draft
May 01, 2006; ... From the way the Chicago Bears conducted business in this weekend's NFL draft, it was difficult to tell their offense finished 29th overall in 2005. The Bears - whose defense allowed an NFL-best 12.6 points per game last season - selected defensive players with their first five ...
The second day of the NFL draft is for converted QBs
May 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - The second day of the NFL draft was "slash" day. As in Michael Robinson, qb/rb; Brad Smith, qb/wr; Marques Hagans, qb/wr/kick returner; Reggie McNeal, qb/wr, AND ... Jeremy Bloom, skier/kick returner/wr. Such is the way on most Sundays at the draft when teams ...
Lakers take commanding 3-1 series lead over the Suns
May 01, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant's 17-foot jumper as time expired in overtime gave the Lakers an improbable victory and a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. Steve Nash made a 3-pointer with 50 seconds left in overtime to give the Suns a 98-95 lead. Bryant's layup with 11.7 seconds to ...
U.S. official confirms capture in Pakistan of a top al-Qaida leader
May 03, 2006; ... In this image provided by Rewards for Justice, al-Qaida leader Mustafa Setmarian Nasar is shown in an undated photo. Nasar, a Syrian who also holds Spanish citizenship, has been detained in ...
Violence continues in Haiti
May 03, 2006; ... A little girl looks at three men whose bodies were burned in the slum of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. Residents said the three men were accused of ...
Iran threatens Israel if U.S. Attacks
May 03, 2006; ... TEHRAN, Iran - A top Revolutionary Guards commander said Tuesday that Israel would be Iran's first retaliatory target if attacked by the United States. Gen. Mohammad Ebrahim ...
Journalists demand release of jailed colleagues in Ethiopia
May 03, 2006; ... Ethiopian journalists hold placards and lighted candles as they shout slogans during a demonstration at the Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi, Tuesday. A group of ...
Living 'on borrowed time'
May 03, 2006; ... Here's a shocking fact: I'm a middle-aged man. I know it sounds like a pretty run-of-the-mill achievement. But by the time I turn 50 this month, I will have been living on borrowed time for a quarter century. You see, I was infected in 1981 with HIV/AIDS. I've lived with the virus so long now ...
The educational Holocaust for Black men in America
May 03, 2006; ... Guest Editorial Over the past 20 years, the plight of Black men in America has consistently gotten worse, but over this last year, it has become catastrophic! By virtually any measure - education, family matters, economics, employment, health, incarceration - the life spirit of Black men ...
A difficult school year for Katrina's survivors
May 03, 2006; ... A three-by-four-inch picture postcard and a small trophy are all that remain of Montrelle's large collection of dance and academic awards. Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters broke or twisted or scattered everything else. "In a way I want to go home, but it's not really much to go back to ...
Jersey shore sweep
May 03, 2006; ... SANDY HOOK, N.J. - What a haul: 20,790 plastic caps and lids, 13,454 cigarette butts, 1,381 toys and 570 shotgun shells. Those were the most common items in the 21 tons of debris picked up off New Jersey beaches and out of waterways last year during Clean Ocean Action's annual ...
Letters
May 03, 2006; ... Don't give full rights to immigrants! Dear Editor: While illegal immigration is not Blacks' direct fight, Blacks still have a vested interest in the outcome for the following economic reasons. During Bush's two-term administration, unemployment among Blacks, on a national scale, ...
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
May 03, 2006; ... NEW YORK - If you're taking a cruise that begins or ends in New York, you could find yourself in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan. With the arrival of the Queen Mary 2 on April 15, the city opened a major new cruise terminal in Brooklyn's gritty Red Hook neighborhood. The Brooklyn ...
South Africa
May 03, 2006; ... JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A record 7.3 million foreign visitors flocked to South Africa last year, up from 6.7 million in 2004. The country has become an increasingly popular destination since the dismantling of apartheid because of its spectacular scenery and wildlife, combined with ...