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Video: Oklahoma Cops Might Not Respect Black Public Servants Either
Oklahoma highway patrol pulled over an ambulance on the way to the hospital for reckless driving when it swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid hitting a car that had slowed down in front of it. The OHP claim that after pulling the ambulance over, one of the EMTs assaulted an officer. That assault was not caught…
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Anita Hill Speaks on Sotomayor
Cynthia Gordy of Essence sits down with Anita Hill, now a professor at Brandeis University and talks shop regarding President Obama’s choice in Sonia Sotomayor as a replace for David Souter and the Senate confirmation testimony that made her a hero for women in some circles and a pariah in others. It’s been nearly twenty…
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GM Files for Chapter 11
G.M. Files for Chapter 11 in Effort to Save Company The New York Times reports that General Motors will file for bankruptcy today, a move that will temporarily nationalize a former stalwart of American capitalism. After four months of maneuvering between Washington and Detroit, creditors and auto workers, President Obama urging of the decision is…
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Newark Mayor Doesn't Want to Be Race Transcendant
Newark Mayor Cory Booker sits down with Bill Moyers of PBS to discuss race, politics and the American future. The brotha is a young up and comer who seems to really care what’s going on in his community and this interview is certainly worth the sit-down.
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Video: A Gathering Storm…of Gays!
What’s sad is that there are people who really feel this way.
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Vitamin D Deficiency Puts Black Women at Risk
Vitamin D Deficiency Puts Black Women at Risk A study conducted at the Unversity of Pittsburgh has found that Vitamin D deficiencies among Black women increase the risk of vaginosis, a bacterial disease that affects the vagina, BET reports. The higher pigment leads to harder absorption of the vitamin and increases risk of vaginosis. The…
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NYPD Cop Killed by Fellow Officer
NYPD Cop Killed by Fellow Officer CNN reports that Officer Omar Edwards was shot dead by plainslothes officers as he chased a man he saw breaking into his car. Edwards, an East Harlem resident, had recently ended his shift when he saw a man rummaging through his car. He drew his gun and pursued the man. Plainclothes officers…
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Eminem's Stunted Growth
Why should I wash my filthy mouth out You think that’s bad you should hear the rest of my album —Eminem, “We Made You” A while back, Nas declared hip-hop dead. Anyone who has dived into Eminem’s comeback release, Relapse, should be convinced that this is true. Music forms have to mutate, adapting and changing…
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Quiet as Kept, the Stimulus Package is Helping Americans
Stimulus Package is Quietly Improving Things While We Loudly Discuss Sonia Sotomayor Jack and Jill Politics (via Daily Kos) tells us that amid the current tough times, there are some improvement being brought to the lives of the American people through the Stimulus. Since going green is sexy these days, much of the improvement is…
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