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VIDEO: 'Awkward Black Girl' Web Series Wins Viewers
Video Not Safe for Work (NSFW) Stacy A. Anderson of the Associated Press talks to Issa Rae, the woman behind the popuar Web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, about the series success through the use of social media. Rae had tired of stereotypical depictions of black women in media, so she set out…
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Bank of America May Cut 40,000 Jobs
The Associated Press is reporting that Bank of America is considering cutting at least 10 percent of its workforce as part of a massive restructuring, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal said that officials at the Charlotte, N.C., bank have discussed cutting 40,000 employees, or 14 percent of its 288,000 total staff. Bloomberg…
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Credible Threat Against DC, NYC
Jerry Markon and Greg Miller of the Washington Post are reporting that U.S. officials are investigating a possible al-Qaida plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb in Washington or New York City around Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A handful of individuals may have entered the United States in recent days as…
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Unemployed, Uninsured Man Dies From Tooth Infection
New York’s Daily News is reporting that Kyle Willis, a 24-year-old Cincinnati man, died from a tooth infection that spread to his brain. Willis, who was unemployed and uninsured, had a toothache and was told that he needed his wisdom teeth pulled. Willis could not afford the procedure, so he decided to wait it out.…
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VIDEO: 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975' Doc Debuts in NYC
Channing Kennedy of ColorLines is reporting that the documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is opening in New York City this week. The documentary is constructed entirely from hundreds of hours of archival footage of the black power movement, footage that’s not just rare but unseen; it was shot by a Swedish news crew in…
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Hispanics Majority Sentenced to Federal Prison
Garance Burke of the Associated Press is reporting that more than half of all people sent to federal prison for committing felony crimes so far this year were Hispanic, a major demographic shift swollen by immigration offenses, according to a new government report released Tuesday. Hispanics, who already outnumber all other ethnic groups sentenced to…
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Obama Expected to Propose $300 Billion Jobs Plan
David Espo of the Associated Press is reporting that President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with him on jobs — but also assailed his plans in advance of his prime-time speech. The president will…
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High-Profile Resignations Shake Up Columbia University
Alan Schwarz of the New York Times is reporting that several Columbia University professors said this week that the recent resignations of two high-ranking black administrators have shaken their confidence in the institution’s president, Lee C. Bollinger, and reignited concerns among their colleagues about other aspects of his leadership. Fredrick C. Harris, a professor of…
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Dems to Obama: Stop Compromising With GOP
The Associated Press is reporting that Democrats are tiring of President Obama’s concessions to the GOP on matters large (tax cut for the wealthy) and small (timing of jobs talk). President Obama has yielded to House Speaker John Boehner in a string of concessions that have unnerved Democrats and emboldened Republicans. A chorus of Democratic…
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