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Obama Goes to Afghanistan to Lecture Karzai
While most of the nation thought President Obama was resting up from a busy legislative week with a visit to Camp David, he was secretly flying to Afghanistan, the new focus of American military effort. This was only the second visit by the President to the war zone — he visited troops in Iraq last year…
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Want a Black Doctor? There's a Site for That
The medical needs for Black Americans differ from the general public and those looking for a physician who may be attune to their needs may find BlackDoctor.org a refreshing resource. From the site’s About Us page BlackDoctor.org is a powerful new resource for African Americans. It’s devoted exclusively to the strategies, tactics and health advice…
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Family Affair: "Africa's Cyber WMD"
While Russian and Chinese hackers may get all the pub, it’s those from Africa that may pose the greatest cyber threat. Foreign Policy’s Franz-Stefan Gady writes Imagine a network of virus-driven computers so infectious that it could bring down the world’s top 10 leading economies with just a few strokes. It would require about 100…
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Pssst…Haiti Is Still Really Messed Up
A nice editorial from The New York Times on the realities in Haiti as media attention fades The emergency in Haiti isn’t over. It’s getting worse, as the outside world’s attention fades away.Misery rages like a fever in the hundreds of camps sheltering hundreds of thousands of the 1.3 million people left homeless by the…
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Read/React: Harvard Doesn't Need Ethnic Studies
Harvard is expanding its curriculum with regard to ethnic studies. Patrick T. Brennan thinks that’s foolish. Below is an excerpt of Brennan’s thoughts When the University agrees that its curriculum needs to change to address “the growing diversity of our campus” or any other imaginary concern of its students, it opens itself up to politically…
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College Aid Given Boost By Congress
Congress wants more kids to have more access to college funds and has sent legislation to President Obama’s desk More needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time repaying them, under a vast overhaul of higher education aid that Congress passed Thursday…
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Tech's Ten Most Influential Women
Saw this list of women doing big things in tech over on Laptop Mag in celebration of Ada Lovelace Day. Who is Ada Lovelace you ask? The short version is that Ada’s mother, Lady Byron (once married to poet Lord Byron), was not all that fond of her ex-husband, and saw to it that Ada…
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Viola Davis To Co-Star in 'Eat, Pray, Love'
Based on the best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, the upcoming film, Eat, Pray, Love, will star Julia Roberts with Viola Davis most likely playing the black best friend. The film debuts on Aug. 11. Will you see it? SOURCE: Shadow and Act
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