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Black Serial Killer Creates House of Horrors
In October 2009, the bodies of 11 black women were found in a home owned by alleged serial killer Anthony Sowell. The home is now known as the “Cleveland House of Horrors.” All of the victims had ties to the quiet neighborhood of Mount Pleasant in the eastern part of Cleveland. They were all mothers,…
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Tyler Perry on 'Oprah': Jumping to Conclusions
As I watched Oprah Winfrey’s recent Tyler Perry interview, during which the filmmaker talked about being sexually and physically abused as a child by both men and women, I was listening for something specific. Some girlfriends of mine who had already watched the interview said they believed that Perry practically admitted he was gay right…
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State Rejects Kamala Harris' Complaint Against GOP Attack Ads
Democrat Kamala Harris, a candidate for California attorney general, filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), California’s political watchdog agency, on Monday. Harris, San Francisco’s district attorney, claimed that a national Republican group, which is leading an illegal $1.6 million advertising attack against her, should disclose the source of funding in the…
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Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera
I’ve always admired the haunting beauty and sad grace of Gabriel García Márquez’s novel Love in the Time of Cholera. But I never imagined that his title would conjure the force we’ll need to fight Haiti’s freshest suffering: an outbreak of cholera that threatens the loss of thousands of lives. It’s fitting that the novel…
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How Obama's Economic Policies Benefit Blacks
This is Part 3 of The Agenda: What Obama Has Done for You, a series of articles looking at President Barack Obama’s record on issues that affect blacks. Come Nov. 2, most polling says Americans will be entering voting booths with two things on their minds: fruitless job searches and the subsequent lightness of their…
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Maybe the Way to a Woman’s Heart is Through Her Hair
In certain barbershops around the country, black men are getting targeted messages of health along with their haircuts. I’ve been reading about these developments for a couple of years now, but haven’t heard of a similar trend among black women and beauty salons. The men are getting high blood pressure tests and health screenings along…
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Letter From Haiti
From the first aerial views of Port-au-Prince and then past the chaotic welcome of Haiti’s only international airport, there are the blue-and-gray tent cities. More often, rather than camp tents, the structures are flimsy wood frames standing 6 feet or so, wrapped with vinyl tarps, everywhere you go. These carry the stamps of USAID or…
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Tea Party Encourages Voters to Oust Congressman Because He's Muslim
Here we go again. Over the weekend, the Tea Party Nation sent out an e-mail to Minnesota voters backing independent Lynne Torgerson over Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison. Who is the Tea Party Nation? The same group that sponsored the Tea Party convention earlier this year, headlined by Sarah Palin. The reason given for backing Torgerson…
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Can a Name Change for Rhode Island Heal Old Wounds?
By Michael E. Ross Next Tuesday, Rhode Island voters will decide whether to shorten the state’s official name from “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” to “State of Rhode Island,” out of a desire by some citizens’ groups and state lawmakers to erase from its formal name what they see as a blemish. Unlike…
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Shadow and Act: Another Clip From Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls'
Anticipation grows as the date of the release of Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls nears. Shadow and Act gives us another peek into the highly anticipated film. Watch it here.