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Obama Gives 'Los Suns' Nod on Cinco de Mayo
The Phoenix Suns players’ decision to change their jerseys on Cinco de Mayo in protest of Arizona’s draconian new immigration law got a presidential blessing, of a sort: “I know that a lot of you would rather be watching tonight’s game,” President Obama said this evening to a crowd assembled at the White House Rose…
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Brooklyn's Finest: Cop Tapes Cops
The Village Voice has exclusive access to secret recordings taken by a Brooklyn Cop. What he documented may or may not surprise you. Made without the knowledge or approval of the NYPD, the tapes—made between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009, in the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant and obtained exclusively by the Voice—provide an…
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The Man Who First Noticed the Car in Times Square? Senegalese. And Muslim.
Think Progress points out an interesting fact not getting much play in the media surrounding the attempted Times Square bombing: Yet one fact being ignored in the American media’s sensationalist narrative about the failed bombing is that the man who was responsible for police finding the bomb was Muslim. The UK’s Times Online reports that…
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Today in Postracialism: 32 Black Republicans Running for Congress
In the largest such black Republican surge since Reconstruction, 32 hopefuls are on the ballot for this fall’s congressional elections: The House has not had a black Republican since 2003, when J. C. Watts of Oklahoma left after eight years. But now black Republicans are running across the country — from a largely white swath of…
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Washington Times Compares "Tea Bagger" to N-Word
Jennifer Harper of the Washington Times says “[t]he term ‘tea-bagger’ is like uttering the ‘n’ word, some say.” Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post completely disagrees with her in just about every way: I understand that those who use it are basically shorthanding the meanness and diminishing. The word has a sexual connotation — which,…
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Quick Clips: The Loop 21's Economic Survey Results
The Loop 21 asked and people answered on the question of the state of the black economy. Check out the survey results here. Also worth a gander is The Loop 21’s ‘Jobs and Financial Security for Black America’ series. Below is an excerpt from the article “Eight Million Jobs Gone? Does the Future Look ‘Green”?…
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African Skeleton Found in England
The earliest known records of Africans in the British Isles dates around the 15th century. Imagine researchers’ surprise when they unearthed the remains of what they believe to be a Tunisian man dating back to the 13th century. Forensic experts from the University of Dundee Scotland are claiming that the bones most likely belonged to…
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