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Not Just 'Take This Job and Shove It'
Two years ago, the Fort Mill (S.C.) Times, a 19,500-circulation weekly owned by the McClatchy Co., proudly announced that “Toya Graham will be joining the Fort Mill Times staff as an assistant editor. Graham, currently a reporter covering the crime and courts beats for the The Herald, the Times’ sister daily, will begin her new…
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Prince and the Evolution: A Photo History
The world was introduced to the music of 19-year-old Prince Rogers Nelson with the April 1978 release of his debut album, For You. Playing more than 20 instruments on the record, Prince brought together disco, pop, funk and R&B rhythms on songs like “Soft and Wet,” “Just as Long as We’re Together” and “Crazy You.”…
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New York Times' Black Women Alums Hail Changes
The appointment of Jill Abramson and Dean Baquet as the top two news executives at the New York Times was hailed by black women who have worked at the Times Friday as they recalled past battles waged at the paper by women and African Americans. Eight black women — current and former Times employees —…
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'Jungle Fever' Cast: Then and Now
“I have to admit, I’ve always been curious about Caucasian women … That doesn’t mean to say that because a brother is with a white girl that he’s less progressive. I’m still very pro-black,” said Flipper Purify, Snipes’ character in Jungle Fever. He was happily married, with a beautiful child and a good career. But…
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Abramson, Baquet Rise at New York Times
Jill Abramson and Dean Baquet — a white woman and a black man — will lead the newsroom of the New York Times, the newspaper announced on Thursday, reporting that Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief, will become the paper’s executive editor, and Baquet, the Washington bureau chief, will become the new…
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Black AIDS Institute and NAACP Grade U.S. Presidents' Responses to AIDS
During the 30-year fight against AIDS, several U.S. presidents have been faced with tackling the country’s HIV/AIDS epidemic — and according to the Black AIDS Institute and the NAACP, not all have risen to the occasion. In the report 30 Years Is Enuf! the two organizations graded five presidents from the last three decades —…
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Gil Scott-Heron Had Sights on the Media
Gil Scott-Heron might not have been a journalist, but the poet and musician was sure enough a social commentator who could “make it sing,” and his subjects included the media. His most quoted piece was “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Perhaps it was fitting that news of his death in New York spread virally…
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Twitter: Bin Laden's Alleged Ex-Lover and Rapper Wale Feud
Fresh from our “You’ve gotta whole lotta nerve” file, Osama bin Laden’s former mistress Kola Boof has taken to Twitter to attack rapper Wale for perpetuating dominant standards of beauty in his music video for “Pretty Girls,” calling him self-loathing. John Hudson reports that Boof went slap-off on Wale, who is Nigerian and from Washington,…
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Lawsuit Puts Private Prisons in Spotlight
Antoney Jones, a gay African-American man imprisoned in Idaho, needed protection from other inmates who thrived on assaulting vulnerable prisoners, especially those who were black and gay, his lawyers said. He especially needed protection after testifying against a criminal defendant for California prosecutors in an undisclosed case. Not only was he black and gay, but…
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Progress in the Fight Against AIDS and HIV
By Rod McCullom This month has seen a flurry of activity around new and exciting potential HIV-vaccine concepts. In Kenya, clinical trials began on two promising new designs for preventive HIV vaccines. In South Africa, researchers launched clinical trials for a therapeutic vaccine intended to strengthen the immune systems of people living with HIV/AIDS. And…