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Iran to Recount Votes; Moussavi Wants Do-Over
Iranian officials agreed to do a recount. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi wants a new election. Iran’s Guardian Council—a body made up of top clerics and judges—has agreed to recount the votes from last week’s election. They have met with opposition leaders and asked which areas they felt recounts were necessary. According to CNN, some…
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Stress Wins Out Over Health on Blacks' List of Concerns
Who cares about blood pressure when you’re trying to make the rent? According to a new study, not Black folks. Nearly two-thirds of study participants suffering from high blood pressure said that fact concerned them much less than the stress of daily life—job, financial stability, home concerns—BET reports. Fifty-five percent found themselves more concerned with…
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Excerpt: Obama's Speech before AMA
“From the moment I took office as President, the central challenge we have confronted as a nation has been the need to lift ourselves out of the worst recession since World War II. In recent months, we have taken a series of extraordinary steps, not just to repair the immediate damage to our economy, but…
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Video: Black Women and Reproductive Health
Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses “fictive kinship” and the collective conscience, shame and reproductive health in Black America.
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Obama Open to Keeping Docs from Getting Smacked Up
Facing opposition over his proposed public health insurance alternative, President Obama is trying to maintain some leverage in the discussion by considering lessening the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits. Attempting to woo doctors and conservatives alike, the president feels that lowering the number of malpractice suits could have a positive effect on driving down health…
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Everyone is Giving Iran's Election the Side Eye
Something may be rotten in the state of Iran. Today, thousands of protestors have flooded Tehran’s Freedom Square voicing their displeasure at last week’s election results and demanding an investigation take place. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the candidate who ran against the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said today that he would run again in the event of…
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Video: GOP Activist Likens First Lady to Gorilla
Rusty DePass, former South Carolina state senator candidate and budding comedian, likes to make funnies. Commenting on a gorilla that escaped from South Carolina’s Red Banks Zoo Friday night, DePass noted on Facebook that the animal was probably a relative of Michelle Obama’s and thus, harmless. As you might imagine, that comment went over like…
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Video: Remember Charles Hamilton? The Rapper Who Got Popped by his Girlfriend?
As you probably know, Charles Hamilton is the rapper who got his clock cleaned by his girl for talking slick regarding their personal life on camera. If you are not familiar with it, check it out here. Below, someone offers up an explanation as to why Chaz—who has something of a history of being a…
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Of Course: Rev. Wright Blames Jews for Keeping Him from Obama
The Jews are keeping Rev. Jeremiah Wright from talking to President Obama. At least, that’s what he told reporters this week following Hampton University’s 95th Annual Ministers’ Conference reports BET. Wright said: “Them Jews ain’t going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter that he’ll talk to me in five years…
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