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Daily Job Lead: Chief Digital Officer
New York firm YourTango is currently hiring a chief digital officer to oversee the company’s web development and product production, among other things. YourTango’s chief digital officer will be responsible for making sure web and product production operations run smoothly, as well as helping with project enhancements for YourTango.com and its mobile presence. The chief…
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Daily Job Lead: PHP/MySQL Developer
New York-based Flycell USA is currently seeking a PHP/MySQL developer to join the company’s development team, responsible for the back end and databases of the company’s mobile-content offerings. As part of the development team, the PHP/MySQL developer will be responsible for developing new mobile applications for the company’s clients, working closely with the company’s tech-management…
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Common Tells All in Autobiography
Common’s autobiography, One Day It‘ll All Make Sense, has garnered praise from a variety of prominent people, including Quincy Jones, Queen Latifah and black literature’s own Maya Angelou. And it’s not hard to realize why the compliments have poured in for the hip-hop artist’s venture into writing. From a kid with big dreams in South…
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Daily Job Lead: Systems Engineer
Staffing agency Yoh is currently looking for a systems engineer in the O’Fallen, Ill., area, to help one of the company’s clients at Scott Air Force Base. The systems engineer would help support the U.S. Air Force’s Long Haul Communications office by developing, implementing and maintaining applications for the Air Force in a MS ASP.NET…
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Racial Gap in School Suspensions Widens
In Mississippi, Wanda Parker’s son was suspended from school after being caught with an iPod Touch, which, she says, administrators mistook for a cellphone. She unsuccessfully pleaded for weeks to get her son admitted back into school. But because of the school district’s zero-tolerance cellphone policy, Parker’s son, who is African American, missed seven weeks…
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Def Jam Chronicles Its First 25 Years
Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label is a colossal read, with its oversize width reminiscent of a vinyl sleeve. But the inside isn’t daunting; in fact, it’s alluring, with photography steeped in the record company’s storied first years, alongside words from some of hip-hop’s historic moguls, such as…
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Daily Job Lead: Server Developer
San Francisco mobile tech firm Klamr, Inc., is currently looking for a server developer to help build the company’s location-based server platforms and develop software suites as the company continues to grow into the mobile-application market. Klamr’s server developer will be directly in charge of “designing, developing, documenting, testing and debugging” the company’s Internet-based social…
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20 Black Celebrities With Jewish Roots
The Root takes a look at black celebs with Jewish roots. While some are Orthodox, practicing Jews, and others descendants from a Jewish lineage, they each lend credence to the relationship between black and Jewish communities. Check out 20 black celebrities with connections to Judaism (and here’s a little parody to put it all in…
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Daily Job Lead: Scientific Integrity Analyst
The Union for Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C., is looking for a scientific integrity analyst to help the organization improve the public’s knowledge of its objectives, as well as to ensure that the organization’s objectives are being met while conforming to government and public policy. The UCS’s scientific integrity analyst will devise and implement research…
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Bay Area Rapper Hits Scene With New Album
West Coast rap artist M.E.D. may have outdone himself with his forthcoming sophomore album, Classic, collaborating with a slew of musicians, including Talib Kweli, Aloe Blacc, Hodgy Beats of Odd Future and others. M.E.D.’s entire second album is produced by the critically acclaimed Madlib, who has worked on albums for artists ranging from Ghostface Killah…
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