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Jamaican Cultural Theorist Stuart Hall Dies at 82
Stuart Hall, a celebrated Jamaican cultural theorist, has passed away at the age of 82, the Voice reports. Hall had, in recent years, disappeared from the public eye due to various health problems, including kidney failure, the news site notes. Yet his admirers remained strong. Just last year, one such admirer, acclaimed director John Akomfrah,…
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White, Conservative Men Dominate Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows
Do you think your favorite political Sunday morning talk shows reflect diversity? If so, you may have to reconsider that notion. A recent Media Matters report analyzing guest appearances on seven network and broadcast programs during the last year shows that white men made up the majority of all guests. Shows examined were ABC’s This…
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Starkly Different Stories Emerging From Michael Dunn Trial
Fact: Michael Dunn killed 17-year-old Jordan Davis. Everything else about the Florida case, however, appears to be up for debate. Dunn’s defense attorneys are certainly trying to poke holes and inject doubts into every argument the prosecution presents, CNN reports. The way Assistant State Attorney John Guy told the jury the prosecution’s side of the…
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Obama Meets With Haitian President Michel Martelly
President Barack Obama will be having his first official sit-down with Haitian President Michel Martelly on Thursday to discuss the developing country’s economic and political future, the Associated Press reports. The meeting comes a day after Martelly met with Secretary of State John Kerry. According to AP, Obama intends to talk about “creating conditions” for…
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John W. Thompson to Become 1st Black Chairman of Microsoft
While the big news coming out of the tech world this week was the appointment of Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella, what went underreported is that John Thompson, one of the few high-ranking African Americans in the technology sphere, is slated to become only the second chairman in Microsoft’s history, replacing tech genius Bill Gates,…
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Declares Feb. 6 ‘Bob Marley Day’
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is telling his city to get up, stand up and celebrate one of the most iconic musicians of all time by officially proclaiming Feb. 6 ‘Bob Marley Day.’ It also happens to be the day the Jamaican legend was born. According to the Globe and Mail, the controversial mayor—who has admitted…
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Obama Has $750,000,000 in Commitments to Get Kids on High-Speed Internet
Obama is apparently making progress in his campaign to get every schoolchild in America on the Internet, announcing $750 million in pledges from national companies to begin wiring classrooms, the Associated Press reports. Tech giants Apple and Microsoft are making hefty contributions, with Apple promising $100 million in iPads, Macs and other equipment, and Microsoft…
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CVS Gets Shout-Out From First Lady for Discontinuing Tobacco Products
CVS Caremark Corp., parent company of CVS Pharmacy, one of the country’s most popular drugstore giants, announced Wednesday that it will cease the sale of tobacco products in all 7,600 of its stores by Oct. 1., USA Today reports. According to the news site, the pharmacies sell about $1.5 billion in tobacco each year, but…
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Black Conservative Columnist: End Black History Month
Black History Month: a wretched 28-day miseducation of American children in public schools who aren’t told about all the bad things blacks are able to get away with today, and who are force-fed factually flawed (if not completely fictional) history about how bad slavery was. At least that’s how Mychal Massie, a black conservative, views…
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George Zimmerman to Fight Rapper DMX in Celebrity Match
Looks like X gon’ give it to him. Rapper DMX has been chosen to be George Zimmerman’s opponent in a celebrity boxing match, which has gained attention nationwide. The details of the fight are yet to be determined, but will be announced at a news conference next Wednesday, according to CNN. Earlier Wednesday morning, owner…
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