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SEC's First Black Athletic Director Resigns Amid Scandal
Damon Evans, the Southeastern Conference’s first black athletic director, has resigned less than a week after he was charged with a DUI. Courtney Fuhrmann, a woman who is not his wife, was also in the car in a compromising position. She was charged with disorderly conduct. Evans claimed that she was “just a friend,” while…
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California Food Stamp Cash-Out Policy Outdated
California’s food stamp policy is outdated. It is the only state that does not allow its 1.2 million recipients of federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to apply for the benefit. Many recipients are disabled because of chronic ailments or debilitating diseases like multiple sclerosis. Instead of food stamps, they can apply for a State Supplementary…
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Jazzonomics
In the mid-1890s and early 19th century, few of New Orleans’ earliest jazz musicians could afford to play their instruments full-time. So the artists practiced after work, played weekends and tried to answer the eternal musical question: How well can you play? For a few, the music they loved was transformed from a hobby into…
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Pregnant Alicia Keys Falls During Performance at Essence Festival
Pregnant R&B singer Alicia Keys fell during a performance at the Essence Music Festival. While walking on four-inch heels, she slipped and fell on the stage, landing on her bottom. A consummate professional, Keys got right back up, moved to her piano and continued the performance. The fall comes after Keys’ high-profile BET Awards performance,…
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Miami Ranks First in the Nation in AIDS Case Rates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data on the number of AIDS cases in the nation. Miami ranked first, followed by Baton Rouge, with New Orleans rounding out the top three. Lack of access to health care, poverty and late testing are factors given for the figures. Baton Rouge and New Orleans…
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But What If I Don't Want to Be a Dad?
Consider this scenario: A 19-year-old man in Harlem is dating an 18-year-old woman, a friend of a friend whom he met in high school. Both have no plans to go to college, and both come from low-income backgrounds. Neither wants to get married anytime soon, and they make it clear to each other that, despite…
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The Essence Music Festival vs. New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival’s Marketplace and Art Expo this past weekend resembled a Monopoly board. Spaces around the perimeter of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s conference halls were bought, or rather leased. Instead of houses and hotels marking properties, there were stages and DJ booths popping all over. The area held by carmaker Lincoln…
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The Music Industry's Funny Money
If you thought the life of most musicians was comparable to the blissful and blinged-out existences of Kanye and Rihanna, you’ve clearly not heard much about our ever-desiccating music industry. According to the latest Nielsen research, only 2.1 percent of the albums released in 2009 sold even 5,000 copies — that’s just 2,050 records out…
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That's My Jam: The #7 Hip Hop Videos With Black Greeks
By God, you’ve done the dance a billion times on campus, at house parties, church socials, and at wedding receptions. And I’ll bet Uncle Pookey, the one with the sleepy eye and the itchy hand, broke out doing it at the last funeral you attended. It’s the Cupid Shuffle by Cupid, the everybody let’s do…
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That’s My Jam! The #6 Hip Hop Video With Black Greeks
Kanye West and Black Greeks. I don’t know what it is, but over the years there’s been a weird fascination among Black Greeks about Kanye West and making him a fantasy member of one fraternity or another. I never understood it, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve received some random email, usually…