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South African Cardinal: Pedophilia Isn't a Crime
Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, one of the 115 in the Vatican conclave who elected Pope Francis last week, is getting attention on Monday for controversial comments about a scourge that’s tarnished the image of the Catholic Church: pedophilia. He reportedly told BBC Radio 5 on Saturday that pedophilia was a “disorder” that needed to be…
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Why So Many School Closings in Black Areas?
In Ebony Rod McCullom writes that many of the schools on schedule to be closed in Chicago are in minority neighborhoods. The proposed closings are a sharp contrast to citywide data, where only 41.7 percent of CPS students are Black. The proposed closures have outraged parents and neighborhood groups. “It’s a lawsuit waiting to happen,”…
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Marco McMillian, Mississippi and Sexuality
In Mississippi, the late black, gay politician Marco McMillian wasn’t the only sexually fluid man in power down in the Delta, writes Françoise N. Hamlin on the Huffington Post, which makes his death all the more curious. From the articles I have read online, Marco McMillian had received threats, prompted by his candidacy and his…
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Does Affirmative Action Do Its Job?
As the Supreme Court gears up to make a decision regarding affirmative action this spring, Dan Slater discusses the law in the New York Times, and whether it hurts or helps students of color. The last time around, in 2003, the court upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s affirmative action plan. A divided court…
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Why Richard Wright Hated Zora Neale Hurston
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. This column was originally published on March 18, 2013.…
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Class Acts: Black Women Educators
For Women’s History Month, we chose to take a look at the contributions of black women to the educational cause. You might not have heard of many of the people on this list, but the work these African Americans are doing to change and improve the quality of education — whether it’s through legislation, in the…
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The 1st Black Republican President?
(The Root) — While Sarah Palin and her Big Gulp stunt generated the most laughs at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, the event made clear that she is no longer the GOP’s rising star. Only five short years after she burst onto the national scene, Palin was overshadowed by those perceived as representing the GOP’s…
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Corrupt Black and Brown Politicans Must Go
One would have to live under a rock to not have heard the plethora of corruption scandals plaguing politicians of the African Diaspora. Let’s just put it out there — they’re making black and brown folk look bad. Read more at The Burton Wire. Read More: TheBurtonWire.com is the premiere online destination for news, informed…
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Speaker Boehner Agrees With Obama on Debt — to a Point
On Sunday, House Speaker John Boehner said he agreed with President Obama’s comment last weekend on ABC News that America is not “immediate crisis in terms of debt,” reports ThinkProgress. “We do not have an immediate debt crisis,” Boehner said on ABC News’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.” “But we all know that we have…
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Why the Right to a Lawyer Isn't Available to All
In America, every citizen has the right to a lawyer, but not everyone is in the financial position to enjoy that right, reports the New York Times. Fifty years ago, on March 18, 1963, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that those accused of a crime have a constitutional right to a lawyer whether…
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