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The US jobless rate jumped to 9.4% in May, though the pace of job slashing has slowed. An underwhelming reduction in payroll jobs gives the Department of Labor the impression that the recession may be showing signs of loosening. Still, this little tid bit from USA TODAY is troubling: “If laid-off workers who have given…

The WNBA doesn’t begin play until Saturday when the defending champions, the Detroit Shock, and the perennial powerhouse Los Angeles Sparks tip off in a nationally televised game that promises a full slate of action. But earlier this week, the league started its season with a bang. At a press conference in New York City…

“It’s only one game.” The announcers said it early and often after Game 1 of the NBA finals, a 100-75 thumping by the favored Los Angeles Lakers over the Orlando Magic. The analysts said it after the game, and for all I know the prehistoric monsters in those ubiquitous promos for the Will Ferrell movie,…

Ashton Lattimore, NewsOne contributor (and Harvard alum) has written an exclusive piece on why Black Harvard, a historically vocal group, has remained silent in light of the university not allowing Chanequa Campbell to graduate. The reason range from questions about Campbell’s credibility to fear that their support will prevent them from being gainfully employed. The…

The Washington Post is reporting that roughly 3,400 families living in Gulf Coast shelters will be given around 1800 mobile homes for virtually nothing. In addition, $50M will be available in rental vouchers “for income eligible trailer occupants that move to target housing projects.” The trailer program officially ended May 1 and FEMA began issuing…

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Officer Anthony Pirone, Commanding Officer of the BART platform where Oscar Grant was killed on January 1, has testified that Grant posed no threat to officers when he was detained on the platform moments before being shot in the back by Officer Johannes Mehserle. Pirone’s testimony came…

There is nothing virtuosic about 32-year-old artist Kalup Linzy’s videos. The lighting is harsh, the editing perfunctory, the costumes, at times, haphazard. The style is best described as a pastiche of public access television, YouTube, daytime soap operas, hip-hop and Web pornography. To the average person, the videos would be better described as America’s Funniest…