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American Counterfeiter Lands Herself in Nigerian Jail
Funny money is useful to pay for things until you are locked up for producing it and sent to prison for two years. Just ask Sharon Denis Thorpe who ran afoul of Nigerian authorities and will be making license plates for the next 24 months Miss Thorpe, 27 was arrested in February through intelligence by…
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The Urban Politico Unmasks the Prison Industrial Complex
The Urban Politico is taking on the prison industrial complex in a new series. Below is an excerpt from Part I. The Prison Industrial Complex refers to the interweaving of private business and government interests. Its twofold purpose is profit and social control. Its public rationale is the fight against crime. Using the same fear…
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Off-Duty Officer Gunned Down in Chicago
Sad story out of Chicago. Thomas Wortham, a Chicago police officer, was killed in front of his parents’ home during an attempted robbery Officer Thomas Wortham IV and his father, a retired Chicago police sergeant, exchanged gunfire with the robbers, sources said. One of the robbers was killed and another was critically wounded, authorities said.…
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Alleged Dirty Look Leads to More Tragedy
While authorities try to figure out what led to the shooting death of Aiyana Jones, what is know is they were brought to the house in search of Chauncey Lewis Owens, a man suspected of gunning down a seventeen-year-old boy in a liquor store parking lot, allegedly for looking at him the wrong way Wayne…
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Quick Clips: Racial Wealth Gap Soars for American Families
According to a Brandeis University studied scooped by the Harvard Business Review White American families’ median wealth (not including home equity) grew from $22,000 to $100,000 over the 23-year period ending in 2007, while African-American families’ median wealth remained virtually flat at just a few thousand dollars, according to a new study led by Thomas…
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Rand Paul Stance on Segregation Has Antique Quality to It
Rand Paul has some rather out-of-date thoughts on segregation and Professor Blair L.M. Kelley intellectually throat chops him for them on Salon It seems as though Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Kentucky, son of Texas Rep. Ron Paul, and self-proclaimed representative of the Tea Party movement, has some serious…
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Black Shadow: 10 Businesses You Thought Were Black Owned But Aren't
The BVX has a rundown on ten businesses you thought were black owned but are not. Some used to have an HAAIC, but these days…not so much. Below are a few examples 10.Black Entertainment Television If black is in the name, it must be black owned, right? The network was founded by an African American,…
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Manute Bol Hospitalized with Skin Condition
Former NBA gentle giant Manute Bol has been hospitalized following a visit in the Sudan where he was working to build a school and fighting for more fair elections. Doctors say he is battling kidney failure and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a condition which cause the layers of the skin to separate and may necessitate moving Bol…
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