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Poll Says Feeling of Progress Rises Among African-Americans
So, according to a Pew poll, African-Americans feel as though progress is being made despite a lot things being less than great. From The Washington Post: Despite being hit especially hard by the bad economy, job losses and the high rate of foreclosures, African Americans’ assessment of race relations and prospects for the future has…
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Read/React: Harold Ford Jr. Sets Sights on NY Senate
Harold Ford Jr. wrote a letter in The New York Post today discussing his impending New York Senate run. The letter is posted below. It’s true: I am strongly considering running for the United States Senate. I do so because our best as a nation has always come when we test our ideas and ourselves,…
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Forget 'Negro'! Let's Go Back to 'Colored'!
Apparently, the first buzzword of the new decade is one that’s also decidedly old: “Negro.” We’re not even a month into 2010, and already the second most famous and despised N-word in the English language has reared its head on two separate occasions, rankling people of all colors and from every point on the political…
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While You Were Broke: Federal Reserve Posts Record Profit
Here’s some news that warms the heart. According to The Washington Post, the Federal Reserve has posted a record $45 billion dollar profit despite the country’s current economic troubles. Way to go, team! The Federal Reserve made record profits in 2009, as its unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created a windfall for the…
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NEWS STAND: Obama Says No to Ford, New Orleans Power Shift, Racism in Italy
OBAMA DOESN’T BACK FORD President Obama doesn’t want Harold Ford Jr. to run for the U.S. Senate. The White House has indicated it does not want the former Tennessee Congressman to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this year’s Democratic primaries. Ford’s name surfaced last week as a possible opponent to Gillibrand, who was appointed by…
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Why Michael Steele Is Wrong About Harry Reid
GOP Chairman Michael Steele and other leading Republicans have called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign for suggesting in 2008 that then-Sen. Barack Obama had better chances of winning the presidency because he was “light-skinned” and didn’t speak with a “Negro dialect.” On Fox News Sunday, Steele said, “There is this standard where…
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Sade's 'Soldier of Love' Video Reminds Us Why We Love Her
Bossip just premiered a new music video by R&B chanteuse Sade, the “Smooth Operator” soulstress who has, until now, been M.I.A. from the mainstream music scene. The end of her decade-long hiatus comes just in time to kick off the tweens in elegant fashion with the single “Soldier of Love.” I’ve lost the use of my heart But I’m still alive Still…
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Hasan's Superiors Advanced Him Despite Concerns
A recently released review of Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the doctor accused of murdering thirteen people at the Ft. Hood army base in Texas, paints the picture of a man who was continually advanced up the ranks by superiors despite reservations among superiors. From The Washington Post A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage…
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Tucker Carlson Launches Website
Tucker Carlson has launched The Daily Caller, ‘a conservative answer to The Huffington Post’. Reception has been mixed. Alex Pareene of Gawker thinks, all things considered, the site will be a welcome foil for HuffPo, whereas TS of Instaputz thinks the site doesn’t have the goods to last longer than a year. Give the site…
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