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Protestors Storm Bankers' Convention
The banking industry’s lobby group, the American Bankers Association, is holding its annual convention in Chicago right now and they’ve been greeted by thousands of protestors who are sick of the industry holding Washington and our economy hostage. According to organizers’ reports, they’ve disrupted the meeting, surrounded the building and demanded accountability from the people…
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Atheist Campaign Starts Today in NYC
New York City Coalition for Reason, an organization that works to increase awareness about the secular-minded, starts an atheist ad campaign in the NYC subways today. Uh oh. Hold on to your faith and your grandmomma’s Good Book. The ad reads: A Million New Yorkers Are Good Without God. Are You? That’s certainly a catchy…
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We Ain't Kin Folk: US Bans Kenyan Official
Johnnie Carson, the state department chief who heads up the African desk, has revoked the visa of a high-ranking Kenyan official and is considering doing the same to three others. Without naming names, Carson has said the move stems from reform obstruction in the wake of Kenya’s post-election violence last year. From the BBC: He…
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H1N1 with a Bullet: Obama Declares Swine Flu National Emergency
In a presidential declaration signed Friday night, the White House has declared swine flu a national emergency, a move which allows hospitals to move emergency room off-site in order to protect uninfected patients and speed treatment. With the disease more prevalent than ever and vaccine production below the 120 millions doses that had been projected…
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Will The Economy Lead To More Balloon Boys?
Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him on Twitter.
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Inside the Mind of a Genius: Richard O. Prum
Now that you know How to Be a Black Genius, members of the 2009 class of MacArthur fellows give some insight into the way they live and think. Age: 48 Current Location: New Haven, Connecticut Occupation: Professor at Yale University 1. What four adjectives would your first best friend use to describe you? Enthusiastic, passionate, adventurous, nerdy 2. What…
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Olivia Fox, Soldier for Black Radio
Radio personality Olivia Fox will be the first to tell you that these are challenging times: These days, it seems as though black radio is under siege. Sixty years since Atlanta’s WERD became the first black-owned and operated black-format station, once-loyal listeners are turning away in droves, heading for satellite radio, iTunes, Pandora or the…
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Why No One Talks Back to Cathy Hughes
If you’ve tuned in to black radio in the past few months, chances are you’ve heard “Reality Radio,” a series of announcements in which radio pioneer Cathy Hughes asks the black community to fight a new law in Congress that she claims would “murder black-owned radio.” Her definition of homicide? Performance Rights Act (HR 848),…
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Five-Star Notebook
Computer companies have been trying to create “greener” laptops since, well, the day after they created the original laptop. But the evolution of the Netbook (smaller, more compact versions of the laptop computer) has presented a new challenge for computer companies looking to go green. Toshiba is one of the first to step up with…
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Power Trip
There was a time when becoming a greener person was optional, but now its a necessity. As everyone strives to be even more eco-friendly, it would be great to have a gadget to monitor and assess how green you actually are. Black and Decker thought the same, when developing to Power Monitor ($99.99), a device…