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Papa Knowles Gets Over Like Fat Rat
Matthew Knowles, father of obscure pop singer Beyonce Knowles, is about to pocket $425,00 from a house damaged by Hurricane Ike. FEMA says there’s nothing wrong with that. Knowles’ bailout is far from unique. In the name of disaster relief, the federal government routinely subsidizes some of the country’s wealthiest and most irresponsible property owners.…
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Alice Walker's Latest: "The World Has Changed"
Alice Walker’s latest literary effort. Below is the description on the New Press Website Alice Walker’s career has spanned four decades, from critically acclaimed novelist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, to influential essayist, poet, activist, spiritual mentor, and popular blogger. In The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker, the unique vision underpinning Walker’s…
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Haiti Drops Kidnapping Charges Against 10 US Missionaries
Ten US Missionaries had kidnapping charges against them dropped, but the group’s leader remains in Haitian custody A Haitian judge has dropped kidnapping charges against all 10 U.S. missionaries detained for trying to take children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake. But the only missionary still in jail, group leader Laura Silsby,…
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Two Lawmakers Declare Chicago a War Zone, Call for National Guard
Chicago Democratic Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford think the violence in city has gotten to the point that only the National Guard can restore order Chicago has had 113 homicide victims so far this year, Fritchey said. “As we speak, National Guard members are working side-by-side with our troops to fight a war halfway…
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Lawsuits Expected Over AZ Illegal Immigrant Law
The block is about to get hot in Arizona as the legality of the state’s new illegal immigrant law goes to the courts Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the bill on Friday, said Arizona must act because Washington has failed to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico. … The measure…
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AZ Truck Driver Forced to Show Birth Certificate During Stop
A Phoenix trucker driver was detained at a weigh station after being unable to produce his birth certificate. Agents then called his wife, who left her job to retrieve his birth certificate and social security card. Both the driver and his wife were born in the United States. Abdon was told he did not have…
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Today in Postracialism: The Tea Party Gets Lyrical
Lloyd Marcus wants to be the Tea Party’s Lionel Richie. Below is a call to anyone who loves freedom. And singing. Jan. 25, 1985, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie penned the song “We Are The World” and brought the music community together to record it to benefit Africa. June 5, 2010, Lloyd Marcus has penned…
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FLASH: Obama to Deliver Eulogy at Dorothy Height Funeral
President Obama will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of Dorothy Height, the civil rights leader who died last week at the age of 98. Height, who was president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, was one of the last surviving leaders of the generation that battled for the fundamental rights of African…
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Robert Hicks Passes Away at 81
Robert Hicks, one of the last remaining members of the Deacons of Defense and Justice, has passed away Mr. Hicks died of cancer at his home in Bogalusa on April 13 at the age of 81, his wife said. He was one of the last surviving Deacon leaders. But his role in the civil rights…
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10 Reasons Ann Claire Williams Could Be the Next Supreme Court Justice
From Urban Politico. Ten reasons Ann Claire Williams could don robes in the High Court #10) She is from Chi-Town.Well, actually she’s originally from Detroit, however, she currently lives and works in Chicago and has strong ties there. What does this have to do with being a Supreme Court Justice, you ask? Absolutely nothing. BUT…
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