Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Lesley McSpadden, second from right, Michael Brown’s mother, is comforted outside the Ferguson police department as St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch conveys the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of her son, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Marion Barry rides in a convertible red Corvette as the grand marshall of the Martin Luther King Day Parade on Jan. 15, 2001 in Washington, DC. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Shutterstock.com) By Ben Nuckols and Brett Zongker associated press WASHINGTON— A controversial and tireless advocate for the nation’s capital who created jobs for…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Shanesha Taylor eurweb.com Despite efforts to help her keep custody of her children, Shanesha Taylor has lost her supporters and lawyers. Media sources report that money raised from an online campaign for Taylor is not there. As a result, supporters for the single mother have quit helping her. Prosecutors in Taylor’s case note that…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tom Joyner Morning Show cast By David Schechter WFAA  DALLAS — Listeners who tuned in to hear the Tom Joyner Morning Show on K-Soul 94.5 got a big surprise Monday morning. Joyner was gone. “It’s not a small decision. It’s a huge decision,” explained Gary Spurgeon, general manager of Radio One in Dallas….

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By Philip Marcelo Associated Press BOSTON — Lawsuits filed Monday against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argue that affirmative action policies should be banned at colleges across the nation. The federal suits allege Harvard and UNC rely on race-based affirmative action policies that impact admissions of high-achieving white and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Marchers rally against racism after the shooting death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. (Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com) By Jim Salter Associated Press ST. LOUIS — A private forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Michael Brown will testify before the grand jury deciding whether to charge the Ferguson police officer who shot him, the attorney…

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By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a dispute over the use of race to redraw political districts that turns the usual arguments on their heads. The complicated case argued at the high court involves the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of…

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associated press Union negotiators and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority reached a tentative contact deal Friday night, averting the possibility of a strike. SEPTA Board Chairman Pat Deon said in a statement that the authority and Transport Workers Union Local 234 reached a two-year agreement. Deon says the tentative settlement “is due to the hard…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, age 22, (insert) seen abducted by Surveillance footage in Germantown, PA.  (Philadelphia Police Department / MGN) By Natalie Pompilio Associated Press An abducted woman’s fighting spirit likely helped keep her alive until law enforcement agents rescued her and arrested her alleged captor, Philadelphia’s police commissioner said Thursday. “My understanding is, even after she…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Unions who represent Septa employees led by Local president Willie Brown meet at Local 234’s Union Hall to derive a plan.  (Photo courtesy:TWULocal234) Right now, the two sides in the SEPTA labor dispute aren’t even in the same time zone.  The only way to avoid an Election Day walkout is to get them…

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