The Skanner Breaking News, September 29, 2014

2014 Minority Business Enterprise Special Edition

Read our annual MBE Special Edition online, featuring commentaries, feature stories and advice on business startups, taking out loans, and future trends. … To read the MBE Special Edition click here

NFL Case Sparks Debate on Spanking

Even Black parents and scholars are beginning to publicly question whether corporal punishment—spankings, beatings, whoopings, whatever you want to call it – is the best way to discipline children… For all the information click here

Defense Department Proposes Broad Ban on High-Cost Loans to Service Members

Those pitching payday, auto-title, and installment loans continue to peddle credit from stores lining the streets near military bases… To read the whole story click here

Portland’s Gang Task Force Renamed Community Peace Collaborative

About 100 people in attendance Sept. 26, voted to rename the task force… To read all about it click here

The New York Times’ Alessandra Stanley: Two Faces of Racism

In effect, Stanley in the article creates a “fictional” Shonda Rhimes and the world she inhabits because Stanley can’t imagine that the real Shonda Rhimes (and Black people in general) is a complex human being… To check the details click here

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New Online Order Form to Place a Job, Bid/Legal Notice or Sub-Bid Ad for Print or Web

We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase an ad for a job, bid/legal notice or sub-bid.

Have fun with our interactive Crossword and Sudoku puzzles

On our website, under Entertainment, click on Crossword Puzzle,  or Sudoku Puzzle.  Ten fresh puzzles each week. If you just can’t guess that word, just tell it to fill it in for you!

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