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Wyclef Jean to Run for President of Haiti
Grammy Award-winning musician Wyclef Jean is making it known that he will run for president of his home country, Haiti. Jean, who has been a strong advocate of Haiti, even before the earthquake, has decided to take a stronger role in helping rebuild the earthquake-ravaged country. The singer says that he knew he would have…
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Mothers Face Tough Economic Odds
Women do almost as well as men economically in the workplace, as long as they don’t have children. It seems that once women have children, their lives change drastically. Really. After having children, they are not as able to come to work early, stay late or compete for promotions in the way that men, with…
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Cornel West Says President Obama Mistreated Him
President Obama has offended Dr. Cornel West. West details the incident in an NPR interview. It seems that during their last meeting, the president made a “beeline” for Dr. West, and then “demeaned” and “humiliated” him over West’s criticism of Obama and the White House. West says the president talked to him as if he…
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Nike Waxes Poetic About Big Butts in Ad
Nike releases a print ad affirming the beauty of a big butt. Pump your brakes, because it’s not all benevolent. The company is also trying to sell a new butt-enhancing shoe. Through poetry, the athletic giant celebrates the beauty of a round butt, even though the model in the ad is scantily clad and racially…
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What's With Obama's High Approval Ratings Among Blacks?
Beginning last week, President Obama’s approval rating is now the lowest it’s ever been, with just 45 percent of Americans saying they’re satisfied with the job he’s doing, according to Gallup. With the economy still flagging, the WikiLeaks fiasco looming over Afghanistan and an embarrassing run-in with new populist hero Shirley Sherrod, the president, who…
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The Struggle for Black Studies at HBCUs
Despite university budget cuts and a rise in anti-ethnic-studies sentiment, black-studies programs have held their ground in higher-education curricula. But while there has been substantial overall growth in the field during the last 40 years, it has happened primarily outside the community of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). “There’s activity going on [at HBCUs];…
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Why Tom Vilsack Should Keep His Job
The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is calling for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to resign in the wake of a fiasco that saw USDA employee Shirley Sherrod fired unnecessarily late last month. In a press release, BFAA President Thomas Burrell, whose organization represents more than 10,000 black farmers or their heirs, says: [The] USDA and…
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Camera-Shy: No Photos of Naomi Campbell at Taylor Trial
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is in the news for something other than her bad temper and world-class phone-throwing skills. On Tuesday, war-crimes judges ordered special security measures for Campbell when she testifies at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Photographers have been barred from photographing the supermodel entering or exiting the courtroom. Really. You…
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LeBron Thanks Akron for Support in Front Page Ad; Snubs Cleveland
Fresh from the “Are you still talking?” file, LeBron James placed a front page ad in the Akron Beacon Journal, his hometown paper, just days before making his first public appearance there since his ESPN announcement gone wrong. He wrote, “Akron is my home, and the central focus of my life.” He continued, “It’s where I…
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Nine People Dead in Shooting at Conn. Beer Distributorship
Omar Thornton, a warehouse driver who was caught on videotape stealing beer from the distributorship where he worked, went on a shooting rampage, killing eight people before committing suicide, authorities said. Thornton complained to his girlfriend that he found a noose and a racial epithet written on the wall at Hartford Distributors, but his supervisors had…