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by Dayo Olopade onOctober 19, 2009
With a new memoir on shelves (and e-readers), the scholar talks preachers to “praise teams,” Socrates to Jay-Z.
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October 13, 2009
New biography of Thelonious Monk, memoir from Cornel West, and other books to feed the mind.
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October 5, 2009
Vice President Biden says the Obama administration is dedicated to rebuilding our economy and getting millions of unemployed Americans working again. Critics ask how can the administration accomplish real reform aligning itself with the very people responsible for our current economic turmoil.
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Why the black intelligentsia needs to stop hating on the Democratic nominee.
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