A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
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Oklahoma Black Man Hit By Patrol Car During Jaywalking Arrest, and That’s Not Even the Most Infuriating Part
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US Commits 100 Billi to Poor Nations for Climate Change
The US is putting a 100 billion on climate change initiatives for poor nations. China doubts this will help, but thinks the attempt is adorable. From The Washington Post: The United States on Thursday announced it would help build a $100 billion annual fund by 2020 to help poor countries cope with climate change, but…
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Bengals Receiver Seriously Injured After Domestic Dispute
Bengals wideout Chris Henry is fighting for his life in North Carolina after falling out the back of a pickup truck during a domestic dispute with his fiance. From ESPN: Henry was found in the road in Charlotte “apparently suffering life-threatening injuries,” according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Henry was transported to Carolinas Medical Center, the local…
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The Prez in Denmark
When President Barack Obama touches down in Copenhagen, Denmark, tomorrow, he will be entering a hornet’s nest of urgent, competing priorities that will test his negotiating skills like never before. Far from the kumbaya conference that one might expect for a gathering devoted to saving the planet, the two weeks of United Nations-sponsored climate talks…
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Tiger and Obama: Fallen Black Role Models?
Lisa Warren thinks Tiger Woods and Barack Obama are two Black role models who’ve been toppled by their hubris. Yep. From The Huffington Post: In the past few weeks, the two most famous and arguably most successful black men in America have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both pro golfer Tiger…
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FBI Kept Tabs on John Hope Franklin
The Feds were keeping tabs on John Hope Franklin in the 1960s, keeping a file on him for his beef with the House Committee on Un-American Activities and for his support of W.E.B. DuBois. From TPM: The celebrated historian John Hope Franklin was scrutinized by the FBI in the 1960s for supposed links to communists,…
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Search Expanding for Missing Boy
The search for Marc Bookal, a four-year-old who disappeared while his mother’s boyfriend was supposed to be watching him. From The Mid-Hudson News: Police Chief Eric Paolilli said the search, which has included bloodhounds from the Westchester Department of Public Safety, had concentrated for the last two days in the area of 11 Benkard Avenue,…
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Listen Up: Critics of Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill Silenced
Critics of Uganda’s anti-gay measures are kept largely silent within a society which seems supportive of the initiative. From NPR
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NEWS STAND: D.C. OKs Same-Sex, Yes to Bananas, Non to Racism, Soft Radio
DC OKs Same-Sex Marriage Just days after black voters helped put Houston’s first openly gay mayor into office, the Washington, D.C. city council struck its own blow for gay rights. The federal district’s local lawmakers voted Tuesday night to allow same-sex marriage, making it the sixth jurisdiction in the U.S. to pass such a law.…
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Bill Prospects Improve as Dems Bend to Lieberman
So, Joe Lieberman’s current whim signals improved prospects for a health care bill. From Washington Post: Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), once a critic of the legislation, appeared to be warming to the $848 billion package after Senate leaders said they were ready to jettison a plan to extend Medicare coverage to uninsured people as…
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Iran Successfully Tests Long-Range Missiles
Iran’s latest missile upgrade is sure to ruffle a few feathers. From CNN: Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said on Press-TV that the solid-fuel, high-speed Sajil-2 missile has “great maneuverability” and can access targets more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) away, making Israel and U.S. military bases in the Gulf reachable. Vahidi said the…