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Black People More Fond of Twitter than Whites
Black folks are fond of the Twitternets, more so than their White counterparts. While Business Insider explains why this might be, Black Voices explores another angle. Those are all pretty interesting insights, but I think Business Insider is missing out on the very obvious fact that blacks and Latinos often prefer to stay connected with…
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How the Govt's Complicit in Obesity Epidemic
Agricultural subsidies are making Americans fat, or so sayeth one blogger on Mercola.com I believe many of our society’s chronic health problems could be resolved if attention was paid, at the highest levels of government, to the root problem – our agricultural subsidies. If growers of subsidized fresh vegetables were in a clear majority, you…
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Denzel, Fela! Among Tony Award Nominees
It’s Tony Awards nomination time and the Broadway productions of Fences and Fela! are well-represented among the nominees. Notably, Fences has been nominated for best revival, Fela! for best musical and, individually, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis for their work in Fences. The Tony Awards will be broadcast June 13th Click Here for a complete…
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Sheila Johnson: Not Exactly Proud of BET
Sheila Johnson is ashamed of what’s become of BET, which Johnson once co-owned Black Entertainment Television, which Sheila Crump Johnson and her husband Bob started three decades ago with $15,000 in seed money and a $500,000 investment from media mogul John Malone, made her one of wealthiest women in America. When Viacom bought them out…
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Broke? Have a Laugh. There's a Club and Everything.
Two women in Zimbabwe have decided to combat the economic conditions in the country with a good laugh. Shilpa Shah and Celina Stockill believe they will help people cope with the strains of Zimbabwean life. They recently held workshops at the Harare International Festival of the Arts, with a range of exercises to encourage good…
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CT Teen Caught Up in Times Square Bombing Plot
Peggy Colas, a 19-year-old (shown here), wanted to pick up some quick cash and sold off her 1993 Nissan Pathfinder to a soft-spoken man who said he was going to use it to tool around New York and visit friends. It was only later that she found out the Pathfinder was involved in the Times…
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Man Held in Attempted Times Square Bombing
A Connecticut man from Pakistan is being held in connection with the attempted car bombing of Times Square. A U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, where he had a family, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to…
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Politico Sez: I Know You Are But What Am I!
As you may have heard, President Obama clapped on Politico at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner the other night. Politico, feeling humorous (or something) responded. President Obama presented a revised version of history at the correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night when he unveiled issues of POLITICO from previous centuries. And while POLITICO certainly didn’t exist…
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"Is Black Unemployment a Human Rights Issue?"
Is black unemployment a human rights violation? The United Nations is looking into it. The United Nations may consider investigating whether the persistently high unemployment rate among African-Americans is a violation of human rights. A group of employment advocates, including the National Employment Law Project and the New York Urban Justice Center, contend that the…
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