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You Can't 'Fix' an Abuser
Love apparently brought Tonya Hunter paroxysms of pain during the final months of her 42 years of life. The Cleveland marriage and family counselor was enamored with her job of helping people through crisis, but she couldn’t help herself. Her husband of seven months, Maurice Lyons, 38, is accused of murdering her in their home…
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The Glacial Pace of Justice
By Hank Klibanoff Attorney General Eric Holder is circulating in Congress his second report on the Justice Department’s efforts to solve 109 murder cases in the South during the 1950s and ’60s that appear to have been racially motivated. What began as a Justice Department initiative in 2006 to investigate cold cases became a mandate…
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The GOP's Dangerous Plan to Revise the 14th Amendment
It’s perhaps a short walk from trashing the legacy of Thurgood Marshall during the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings to the Republican leadership’s latest affront to the civil rights history of this country. But the push to open hearings on the 14th Amendment, in order to challenge the birthright-citizenship provisions of the landmark Civil War amendment,…
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Meet Our Newest Honorary Member…Brother Jesus Christ!
XYZ News— XYZ Fraternity is proud to announce their newest honorary member…Mr. Jesus Christ. Mr. Christ, who is a worldwide celebrity and star of the long running reality program, “Christianity”, accepted the honor from XYZ as part of their 200th annual fraternity convention. “I always loved the ideals of XYZ fraternity,” Mr. Christ said, as…
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Obama Must Review Our Afghanistan Strategy
The recent release of more than 90,000 documents by Wikileaks gives the strong impression that President Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan is in disarray. The body count of U.S. soldiers is rising. Last month represented the highest number of monthly U.S. casualties to date in Afghanistan, and this month’s casualty figures may be worse. Meanwhile, the…
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The Other Mad Men
The start of a new season of Mad Men has had its loyal followers wondering what’s next for the talented but conflicted alpha male Don Draper as he leads a group of disaffected executives in the launch of a new ad agency on Madison Avenue. In its past seasons, the Emmy-nominated series deftly revealed personal and…
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Two Works of African-American Art Arrive at the White House
President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, recently added some color to the White House art collection, and African-American art collectors were thrilled. While there are only a few black artists numbered among the Obamas’ selections, they did choose works by relative unknowns from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Glenn Ligon, a conceptual artist,…
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Mike Reed's New Jazz Classics
Chicago-based drummer and composer Mike Reed, 35, is virtually unknown outside of his hometown. But he’s one of jazz’s best young musicians and is building a multi-headed career worthy of emulation. Reed wears many hats. He’s a promoter who often books his own gigs and turns those performances into a well-regarded series. He is principal…
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Voting Rights Act at 45: What's to Celebrate?
Nearly half a century after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law by President Johnson on August 6, 1965, 96 percent of African-American voters voted for a president who looked like them for the first time in the nation’s existence. It was a big victory for blacks — politically minded…
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Black Women and the Hollywood Shuffle
“Now I am an illusion, just like the films. They see me but they can’t recognize me.” —Mignon Duprée (played by Lonette McKee), Illusions, directed by Julie Dash, 1982 Director Julie Dash’s critically acclaimed short film Illusions examines the precarious role that black women play in the Hollywood film industry. In it, black women exist…