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VIDEO: Wedding Celebrates Chris Brown
To quote Paul Wall, this has the internet going nuts. And we thought the Jazz and Jewel entrance was tough.
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Crowley Should Apologize Now
Cambridge Police Officer Sgt. James Crowley won’t apologize for responding to a call of a break-in and subsequently arresting Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. on a charge of disorderly conduct. He says he was doing what he’s paid to do and he’s right—-Crowley’s a public servant doing a hard, thankless job. I don’t think he…
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Author E. Lynn Harris Dead at 54
From the Arkansas Times: E. Lynn Harris, the best-selling Arkansas author known for contemporary stories about African-Americans, has suffered a serious health setback. His personal assistant confirmed an unspecified health event, but said she was awaiting word from a hotel where Harris was staying on a book tour before providing further information. UPDATE: Arkansas Sports 360…
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Gates Case: Should Obama Apologize?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A multiracial group of police officers stood with the white officer who arrested a black Harvard scholar and asked President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick apologize for comments union leaders called insulting. Officers say they resent any implication that race played a role in Sgt. James Crowley’s arrest of…
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Is Now The Time For A Pay Raise?
After much debate and even more delay, the minimum amount for workers to be paid has risen 70 cents to $7.25 an hour. According to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, between 3 million and 5 million people will be affected by the minimum wage rise from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour. Those workers…
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JERSEY!
From Al Jazeera: More than 40 people, including politicians, officials and prominent rabbis, have been arrested in connection with corruption, money laundering and organ trafficking in the US state of New Jersey. The sweeping investigation, which saw 44 people arrested in raids on Thursday, is believed to be one of the biggest such actions in…
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The Police and the Black Imagination
What are the Massachusetts cops talking about? What are these American naysayers afraid to admit? The Massachusetts Police Association actually said the only thing stupid in the Gates incident was Obama’s comment that the Cambridge Police’s tactics were stupid. Folks, it’s not rocket science or even quantum physics. Racial profiling exists. Whether one is middle-class…
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Labor Pains Worth it: Kelis Nets $40k a Month from Nas
From E!: We’re in the wrong business. Gold-plated pacifiers should be our trade. A day after the all-natural birth of her son, Kelis Rogers has successfully secured roughly $40,000 in monthly spousal and child support from her estranged hubby, Nas. So much for the original $20,000 a month she was asking for—or for the one-time…
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VIDEO: Rep. Gwen Moore Gets Her Dirty Harry on Regarding Health Care
Video found on Jack and Jill Politics The following was featured in CNN’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ segment of ‘Black in America 2’ last night.
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Killers Jailed for Murdering Burundi Albinos, Selling Body Parts
From Al Jazeera: Five men have been jailed in Burundi for murdering African albinos and selling their body parts to witch doctors. The leader of the gang was jailed for life at a court in Burundi’s eastern Ruyigi province on Thursday after being found guilty of planning and carrying out the killings. Four others were sentenced to…