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World Cup Stars to Watch
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Better known as Jozy, he heads up the United States’ strike force. The 20-year-old son of Haitian immigrants has had an up and down career so far. He languished on the bench two years ago in Spain for Villarreal, and while he…
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'Whites Only' Ad Placed in New Bedford Standard-Times
In a “Black Spin” posting for Black Voices, Boyce Watkins, Ph.D., blasted the New Bedford Standard-Times for inadvertently publishing a racist ad placed by a law firm. The advertisement announced property for sale to “whites only” — an alleged slight on the part of the law firm, Harmon Law, as well as, the newspaper. A complaint has been…
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South Africans Are High On the World Cup
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know that the FIFA World Cup, the global soccer tournament held every four years, kicks off on June 11, 2010 and that South Africa, the host country, is buzzing with anticipation and excitement. Some of the buzz is coming from the vuvuzelas, the horn-shaped gadgets that…
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Atlanta and the Powers That Be
When I moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta in 1994, a good friend and colleague told me that I would love the city. ”You’re going to love it here,” he said. ”Just remember one thing. When you leave [the city limits of] Atlanta, you’re in Georgia.” He was right on both counts. I did love…
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Not All Christians Say Same-Gender Love Is a Sin
My grandmother, Mama Irene, possessed that South Carolina wisdom we called Mother Wit, and she loved to share her rich wisdom with her grandchildren. I remember the time when she let me know in no uncertain terms that a man and woman living together without benefit of marriage were “living in sin.” But then she…
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FED UP: Rachel, 19 Days after Gastric-Bypass Surgery
An update from Rachel, with a teensy bit of editing. Hi, Leslie: So, 19 days after surgery, I’ve lost 25 pounds. I’m within seven pounds of being back at the 53-pound weight loss mark I reached as a result of going to Choices Weight Management in Raleigh back in 2007-2008. (When I started at Choices,…
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Bassist Marvin Isley Dead at 56
Marvin Isley of the psychedelic soul and funk band, The Isley Brothers, died yesterday in Chicago at the age of 56. With his guitarist sibling, Ernie, Isley joined elder brothers Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly in 1969; the Cincinnati-vocal act had already scored such indelible R&B hits as “Twist and Shout” and “This Old Heart of…
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Watch the MLK Jr. Memorial Take Shape
If you found yourself perplexed upon learning that the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial intended for our nation’s capitol is being built in China, a new Web cam designed to take you behind the scenes might help quell your outrage over the outsourcing. The group leading the controversial project has launched a “construction cam” that will document progress on the…
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Black Music Month: Guess That Song!
Check back next week for another poll! <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/3313166/” mce_href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/3313166/”>Name the artist and song: “Strollin’ in the park, watching winter turn to spring/ Walkin’ in the dark, seein’ lovers do their thing.”</a><span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”><a href=”http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/” mce_href=”http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/”>online surveys</a></span>
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NEWS STAND: Obama's New Spy Chief, Soccer Stampede, Suspect Porn Star Dies, and more.
Clap On, Clap Off: Fight ahead for Obama’s intelligence chief choice Clapperhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h4nK1trBYCh1w2fGuJ9JSpKZ4jvgD9G5BATG0President Obama is going to have to fight for his intelligence chief. Tell us something we don’t know. James R. Clapper, the man whom President Obama calls “eminently qualified,” is under attack by Republicans for being the right man for the wrong job. Huh?…