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Guess Who's Live Tweeting 'Black in America 2' Tonight?
Here is the low-down: Tonight, The Root and Black Web 2.0 are hosting an event in D.C. to screen and discuss CNN’s “Black in America 2.” Check out our Facebook page: The event will be from 8-10pm. We’ll be featuring a panel of young, black professionals, 30 and under, to weigh in with their thoughts…
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And Sonia Laughed: NY Judge Finds NYFD Exam Discriminatory Against Blacks, Hispanics
From The AP: NEW YORK — A federal judge has ruled that the predominantly white Fire Department of New York used recruitment exams that discriminate against blacks and Hispanics. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled against New York City on Wednesday, finding that the discrimination occurred in written exams given to thousands of firefighter candidates…
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VIDEO: Liz Cheney Down with the Birthers
Liz Cheney thinks people are made uncomfortable by Obama because he seems reluctant to defend America. But didn’t he have Navy snipers buck three Somali pirates to save an American sea captain of no particular account? Isn’t he still waterboarding and indefinitely imprisoning people like your pops, Liz? Isn’t he applying his gangster in relative…
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Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Your Epithet Over! NOI, Panthers Clash with Klan
From NewsOne: State police in riot gear rushed a downtown street to break up a standoff Tuesday between hundreds of black and white extremists who exchanged screams of “Black power!” and “White power!” during a protest over the state’s handling of the case of a black man who was run over and dragged by a…
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Joe Jackson: I Never Raised a (Pimp) Hand to Michael!
When in doubt, bring up the slavery days.
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Gitmo Report Delayed for Six Months
From Al Jazeera: “A panel ordered by Barack Obama to develop new US policy on the detention of so-called terrorism suspects as part of his effort to shut the Guantanamo prison, has delayed its report to the president by six months. Aides to Obama said the task force would miss the administration’s own Tuesday deadline…
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Tougher than Robben: Mandela Gets a Day
From Al Jazeera: “Supporters of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, have celebrated the anti-apartheid icon’s 91st birthday with the launch of a special day in his name. Mandela celebrated with his family and friends on “Mandela Day”, which is being promoted as a day to do good and one his charity foundation hopes will…
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Obama-thon '09: The Health Care Edition
From the Washington Post: “Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama may have no greater test of his ability to translate personal popularity into a successful legislative agenda than the upcoming two weeks. With skepticism about the president’s health-care reform effort mounting on Capitol Hill — even within his own party — the White House…
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Goin' Up Yonder: Walter Cronkite Passes at Age 92
From CNN: Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as “Uncle Walter” for his easygoing, measured delivery and “the most trusted man in America” for his rectitude and gravitas, died Friday night in his New York home, CBS reported. Cronkite was 92. “Walter was always more than just an anchor. He was someone we could trust…
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