The Very Short List of Black Celebs Speaking Out Against Trump’s ICE Raids
White George Floyd Advocate and Husband ‘Target of Political Assasination’ but It Gets Worse
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Your Take: No Compromise on Sentencing Disparities
More than two decades ago, President Ronald Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, making penalties for possession of crack-cocaine offenses 100 times harsher than those for powder cocaine offenses. This glaring disparity has since become a defining symbol of the racism encoded in our criminal justice system. We treat crack—which is often found…
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Want a Black Doctor? There's a Site for That
The medical needs for Black Americans differ from the general public and those looking for a physician who may be attune to their needs may find BlackDoctor.org a refreshing resource. From the site’s About Us page BlackDoctor.org is a powerful new resource for African Americans. It’s devoted exclusively to the strategies, tactics and health advice…
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Family Affair: "Africa's Cyber WMD"
While Russian and Chinese hackers may get all the pub, it’s those from Africa that may pose the greatest cyber threat. Foreign Policy’s Franz-Stefan Gady writes Imagine a network of virus-driven computers so infectious that it could bring down the world’s top 10 leading economies with just a few strokes. It would require about 100…
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Pssst…Haiti Is Still Really Messed Up
A nice editorial from The New York Times on the realities in Haiti as media attention fades The emergency in Haiti isn’t over. It’s getting worse, as the outside world’s attention fades away.Misery rages like a fever in the hundreds of camps sheltering hundreds of thousands of the 1.3 million people left homeless by the…
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Read/React: Harvard Doesn't Need Ethnic Studies
Harvard is expanding its curriculum with regard to ethnic studies. Patrick T. Brennan thinks that’s foolish. Below is an excerpt of Brennan’s thoughts When the University agrees that its curriculum needs to change to address “the growing diversity of our campus” or any other imaginary concern of its students, it opens itself up to politically…
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College Aid Given Boost By Congress
Congress wants more kids to have more access to college funds and has sent legislation to President Obama’s desk More needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time repaying them, under a vast overhaul of higher education aid that Congress passed Thursday…
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Single-Minded: Growing Up Is Hard To Do
According to the ancient Chinese zodiac, 2010 is the year of the Tiger—a brave, independent and unpredictable sign. And according to an honest friend, “This is the year of the girl breakup”—a budding, inevitable and uncertain time. It can sneak up on you, the girl breakup. After years of skinny jeans, shared experiences and sympathetic…
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Why Butt Fat Beats Belly Fat
Baby got back! Good news not only for J. Lo and Sir Mix-a-Lot fans. According to a new study, having some junk in your trunk can be healthy. Research at the University of Oxford and Churchill Hospital shows that the assumption that leaner is always better may be literally ass backward. In the past, medical…
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I've Already Broken 9 of the 10 (Weight-Loss) Commandments
I tape a lot of weight-loss related shows and news clips to help stay motivated, but they’re starting to really add up. I taped Kirstie Alley’s Big Life when it debuted last week, but I only got midway through the first show – when she was out back in a cage with some monkey things…