Marion Cunningham 
Tamara Natalie Madden was born in Jamaica and migrated to the United States as a teenager. While battling a life-threatening disease as a young woman, she turned to painting as a lifeline. She survived and continued to paint, she says, “in remembrance of other survivors”. Her work is influenced by her vivid memories of growing […]
March 12, 2009 | Posted in Art & Life,Photo Gallery,Video | Read more » 
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at 5:30 am A major milestone Today President Obama is celebrating the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as a “major milestone on our road to recovery,” while still emphasizing that we have many miles yet to go. “This historic step won’t be the end of what we do to turn our economy […]
ELKHART, Indiana (Reuters) – Warning against paralysis in Washington, an energized President Barack Obama began a new drive on Monday to win passage of an $800 billion economic recovery plan he said would help put millions back to work. Read full story
February 9, 2009 | Posted in Co-feature,Obama Watch,U.S. | Read more » 
Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at 5:00 am Compromise There was bad news and then there was good news. Yesterday we learned that in January, the country suffered its largest one-month job loss in 34 years. But last night, the Senate struck a compromise on the economic recovery plan and put us on our way to giving the […]
THE TV-MOVIE “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” WHEN|WHERE Saturday at 8 p.m. on TNT
February 6, 2009 | Posted in Co-feature,Entertainment | Read more »
U.S. President Barack Obama says America and the world need to tap the power of faith to unite people and provide for the common good. Mr. Obama says he will bring clergy and secular leaders together in a joint effort to help communities around the country. [youtube]d-_-PRIFQXA[/youtube.com] Read full story
February 5, 2009 | Posted in Politics | Read more » 
Gordon Parks (b. 1912) wrote about his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas, in his autobiographical novel and subsequent film, The Learning Tree, which was among the 25 films placed on the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1989. He went on to direct other films, to author several books, and to write […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — President Barack Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, part of a concerted effort to repair relations with the Muslim world that were damaged under the previous administration. Obama cited his Muslim background and relatives, practically a taboo issue during the U.S. presidential […]
