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  • Iranian-Backed Militias Threaten Attacks

    Iranian-backed Shiite militias have issued warnings that they will retaliate against American interests in Iraq if the U.S. proceeds with strikes against Syria, the Associated Press reports, citing Iraqi security officials and militants themselves. Iraqi officials say they are taking the warnings seriously. The threats, which come as President Barack Obama’s administration and Congress debate…

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  • August Jobs Numbers: Black Unemployment Rises

    The Labor Department released its August jobs report today, showing that the nation’s employers added 169,000 jobs last month, just slightly below what economists had predicted. The overall unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent, but mostly because people dropped out of the labor pool and were no longer being counted as unemployed,…

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  • Black Democrats Wary of Syria Strike

    Saying they are still gathering information, several members of the Congressional Black Caucus apparently are not ready to rubber-stamp President Barack Obama’s plan to strike Syria, according to The Hill. Black Democrats were among the most consistently vocal opponents of the Iraq war a decade ago, and they’re now among the most reluctant to endorse…

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  • GOP Lawmaker Brings Fried Chicken to Poverty Hearing

    A Colorado Republican state representative reignited controversy on Wednesday when she brought a box of fried chicken to a poverty hearing, Fox31 Denver reports. The incident comes about two weeks after state Sen. Vicki Marble, a fellow Republican and poverty task force member, riled lawmakers when she identified chicken as one of the reasons for…

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  • Chicago vs. Syria: Stephen Colbert Slams US Hypocrisy

    Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, on Tuesday voiced strong criticism of a potential U.S. strike in Syria, according to the Huffington Post. He issued a stern challenge to the U.S. to deal with gun violence at home before venturing abroad to help other countries. “The United States has no choice but…

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  • Racist Sites Deleted: Ghetto Tracker and Good Part of Town

    Under pressure from online critics, a 30-year-old Tallahassee, Fla., man deleted GhettoTracker.com, his crowd-sourcing experiment “in travel guide segregation,” Gawker reports. Users who navigate to the site receive the following message: “This site is gone. It’s not worth the trouble.” In an effort to save face after the GhettoTracker uproar, the creator put up Good Part…

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  • Watch This: Tyler Perry Blesses Bishop TD Jakes

    The Huffington Post is reporting that one of the highlights of Bishop T.D. Jakes’ MegaFest last weekend in Dallas came when Tyler Perry attended Sunday service at the Potter’s House, Jakes’ church. During the service, Perry announced a $1 million donation toward Jakes’ developing youth center. Perry then gave an inspiring speech, placed a hand…

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  • Facilitator Named to Reform NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy

    Federal Judge Shira A. Scheindlin on Wednesday named a community facilitator to aid a court-appointed monitor in modifying the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, the Daily News reports. The community facilitator, Nicholas Turner, president of the Vera Institute of Justice, will help police monitor Peter Zimroth develop reforms to the policy, which…

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  • Sharpton Rips GOP Furor Over Obama's Foot on Desk

    The Rev. Al Sharpton mocked Republicans on his MSNBC show, Politics Nation, for complaining about an image showing President Obama with his foot on the desk in the Oval Office, apparently while discussing the crisis in Syria. Sharpton described it as eagerness on the part of Republican leaders to find fault with the president at…

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  • Black Pastor Under Fire for 'Only White' Greeters Request

    Makeda Pennycooke, a Charlotte, N.C., pastor, has issued an apology to the congregation at Freedom House Church after asking that “only white people” serve as greeters during the 9 a.m. Sunday service, according to WBTV. A viewer contacted WBTV after getting an email from Pastor Makeda Pennycooke, an African-American woman, at Freedom House Church along…

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