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  • Raw Video: Haitian Earthquake

    The 7.0 quake leaves a town in dust. WARNING: The video below has graphic footage from the quake aftermath

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  • Listen Up! Obama's Winning Streak on Hill Unprecedented

    While there is much room for improvement within the Obama administration, he can say in his first year that he won more congressional votes than any other president on issues in which he took a position. From NPR’s Morning Edition

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  • Mad People: Ad Apartheid on Madison Avenue

    Considering the President and First Lady’s recent (illegal) ad popularity, this article by Sanford Moore on Ad Week, originally published last August is both interesting and timely As reported by Nielsen, black-targeted media received some $2.3 billion in 2008. This figure represented 1 percent of measured ad spending. The figures for Q1 2009 reveal the…

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  • Poll: Blacks Have Mixed Feelings on 'Negro'; Water Still Wet

    A hard-hitting NewsOne poll shows that some Black people are OK with the use of ‘Negro’, while others have problems with it depending on the speaker. In one poll, NewsOne/Blackplanet asked members, “Does the word ‘Negro’ offend you?” 70 percent said no, the word does not offend them, while only 30 percent said yes. However,…

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  • Read/React: Limbaugh on Clinton-Kennedy Convo

    “It was Negroes that brought Ted Kennedy his booze.” That is Rush Limbaugh’s explanation for why he was offended at Bill Clinton’s “fetching of coffee” remark described in the new book “Game Change” when discussing the viability of Barack Obama as a presidential candidate. I know the real reason that Teddy Kennedy was mad and…

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  • US Senate Intelligence Panel on Abdulmutallab to Convene

    A Senate Intelligence Panel is set to convene January 21st. Subject? Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and how he was able to smuggle an incendiary device in his Calvin Kleins. From All Africa: US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairperson, Dianne Feinstein, has said the Senate Intelligence Panel is in the midst of a review of intelligence failures that…

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  • Poll Says Feeling of Progress Rises Among African-Americans

    So, according to a Pew poll, African-Americans feel as though progress is being made despite a lot things being less than great. From The Washington Post: Despite being hit especially hard by the bad economy, job losses and the high rate of foreclosures, African Americans’ assessment of race relations and prospects for the future has…

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  • Read/React: Harold Ford Jr. Sets Sights on NY Senate

    Harold Ford Jr. wrote a letter in The New York Post today discussing his impending New York Senate run. The letter is posted below. It’s true: I am strongly considering running for the United States Senate. I do so because our best as a nation has always come when we test our ideas and ourselves,…

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  • While You Were Broke: Federal Reserve Posts Record Profit

    Here’s some news that warms the heart. According to The Washington Post, the Federal Reserve has posted a record $45 billion dollar profit despite the country’s current economic troubles. Way to go, team! The Federal Reserve made record profits in 2009, as its unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created a windfall for the…

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