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Ethics Chief Counsel Recommends Censure for Rangel
The Associated Press is reporting that the House ethics committee’s chief counsel recommended Thursday that veteran Rep. Charles Rangel be censured for financial and fundraising misconduct as lawmakers neared closure on an embarrassing 2½-year-long scandal. Chief counsel Blake Chisam called for the punishment despite the veteran New York congressman’s plea, in a prepared statement in…
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President Obama to Honor Maya Angelou and Bill Russell With the Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama will present the Medal of Freedom to 15 honorees early next year, the White House has announced. Honorees include poet Dr. Maya Angelou; basketball legend Bill Russell; former president George H.W. Bush; investor Warren Buffet; Hall of Famer Stan “The Man” Musial; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; cellist Yo-Yo Ma; civil rights activist…
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Robert Reich: Help the Unemployed, Not the Rich
Former President Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor Robert Reich weighs in on whether to extend tax cuts for the wealthy. He writes, “Extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 1 percent would cost an estimated $120 billion over the next two years. That’s more than another unemployment benefit extension would cost.” He also warns…
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Beyoncé's Perfume Ad Banned During Daytime in the U.K.
Black America Web is reporting that Beyoncé’s commercial for her perfume Heat is a little too hot for officials in the United Kingdom. Advertising watchdogs in London have banned daytime airing of the spot for her debut fragrance, saying that it must not be shown until after 7.30 p.m. The ad — which hit the…
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Black Female Voting Bloc Not Getting Respect It Deserves
Citizen journalist Faye Anderson talked to Black Voices about the impact of the midterms on African Americans and her take on the oft-misreported stats about black voter turnout on Nov. 2. Through a series of questions, Anderson discussed the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Black Women’s Roundtable, which held a Power of the Sister…
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Roaches and Mice on Menu at Some Mall Food Courts
A Today-show investigation that aired Thursday revealed that many food courts have a disturbing pattern of health violations. The three-month investigation went inside some of the most popular malls in the United States and uncovered critical violations that can make people sick. In one Boston mall, Today captured footage of a cockroach climbing the wall…
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Should the CBC Invite Tea Party-Backed Black Conservatives Into the Fold?
Dr. Terry Smith has raised an issue that few are discussing, and it is an important one. Should the Congressional Black Caucus be inviting Tea Party-backed candidates into the fold? He suggests that when we invite members based on race, we satisfy the stereotype that black people always support black people, which is false. Smith…
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Fox News Slams Obama's Children's Book, 'Of Thee I Sing'
Perhaps Fox News has forgotten that the full title of President Obama’s book is Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. Otherwise they might think before running the headline “Obama Praises Indian Chief Who Killed U.S. General.” Of course they’re talking about Chief Sitting Bull, whose tribe defeated General George Custer in the…
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A DREAM Act Deferred: Student Body President Is 'Illegal'
Pedro Ramirez, the president of Fresno State University’s student body, acknowledged publicly that he is an illegal immigrant after an anonymous tip Tuesday to the college newspaper, according to a report Wednesday in the Los Angeles Times. Ramirez attends the university on scholarships and pays in-state tuition. When he was elected student body president last…
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New Jersey Pastor: Thou Shalt Not Use Facebook
The New York Post is reporting that the Rev. Cedric Miller said that 20 couples among the 1,100 members of his Living Word Christian Fellowship Church have run into marital trouble over the last six months after a spouse connected with an ex-flame over Facebook. Because of the problems, he is ordering about 50 married…
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