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BREAKING: Obama Announces December Job Creation Summit
President Obama wants to put his shoe in joblessness. The White House announced Thursday that in December, it plans on holding a summit to tackle the joblessness issue. From The Washington Post: “President Barack Obama says he’s organizing a wide-ranging White House jobs summit to “talk about how we can work together” to create jobs.…
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Publishing with the Stars
Books by celebrities are nothing new. It’s an easy choice for book editors. Who doesn’t want to read about the inner-workings of their favorite celebrity’s life? Okay, some of us may be more concerned with an unemployment status or securing healthcare. But for those looking for a much-needed distraction, what’s a better way to escape…
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Does Hollywood Still Have a Brown Paper Bag Test?
I’ve been accused a time or two of being a little too color-struck, reading too deeply into decisions that could have been made based on pure happenstance. Yes, I rooted for the Jiggaboos in Spike Lee’s School Daze, and sure, I happen to find Idris Elba a helluva lot more attractive than Chris Brown, but…
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The Color Precious
Given its celebrity fanfare and feminist themes, is Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, a 21st-century The Color Purple? Or is it Native Son in drag? Lee Daniels’ second film, Precious, fared quite well last weekend. Despite its soft release in only 18 theaters, Precious pulled in a remarkable $1.8 million,…
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Did Burris Save the Public Option?
When Illinois Sen. Roland Burris took office almost a year ago, he already appeared to be a lame-duck politician. After being appointed by the shady Gov. Rod Blagojevich in late December, Burris found himself shrouded in a haze of suspicion and controversy. With such a troubled introduction to national politics, it seemed as if “Blago’s…
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Who Ever Said Jazz Had To Be Drab?
This Grammy-winning, Mississippi-born songstress always strives for red-carpet elegance when she graces the stage. Blessed with a curvaceous figure, radiant skin and smile, Wilson channels the glamour of divas such as Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson while topping it off with a modern twist with her signature sun-kissed dreadlocks. CAPTIONS BY JOHN MURPH David Sanchez…
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Condi's Comeback? Rice Rumored to Be Launching Consulting Firm
Looking for a do-over? After the tumult of the Bush years, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley may be taking their professional expertise into the private sector. From TPM Media: In September, the RiceHadley Group LLC was registered as a business in California, under a San Francisco address.…
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Michelle Obama's dating advice sounds familiar….
All the sisters want to trap themselves a Barack Obama archetype, and are in search of the perfect poison to put in their potion of love to get them an instant presidential candidate. You all know how I feel about it — it’s not like I think women should opt out of college or a…
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On the Road to Entrepreneurship
Down To Business. The First 10 Steps To Entrepreneurship For Women, 2009 Before setting off on your new venture consider the question: Are entrepreneurs born or made? I believe it’s both. You’re born with certain helpful traits, and you acquire or make up for the rest. It’s not one rigid set of criteria; entrepreneurs come…
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John Muhammad is Dead. American Violence is Not.
John Allen Muhammad is dead. It’s been seven years since he and his 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, drove through Maryland, Virginia and D.C. shooting (and killing) innocent people. Last night at 9:11 p.m. Muhammed, who still claimed his “innocence,” was pronounced dead after lethal injection. And honestly, I don’t know what to feel. …