culture
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The Beauty of Change: How Art Is Transforming a Notorious South Fla. Community
It was a Field of Dreams moment for the Opa-locka Community Development Corp. four years ago, when it decided that the South Florida city plagued with poverty, violence and drugs deserved a chance. So the nonprofit development organization that helps revitalize neighborhoods and keeps them affordable figured if it wanted the neighborhood to be beautiful, it first…
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Can White Teachers Be Taught How to Teach Our Children?
A North Carolina teacher tells students that killing all black people is on her bucket list if she only has 10 days to live. The principal of a middle school in Brooklyn, N.Y., promotes learning a foreign language to prospective students and their parents with a reminder that “if you don’t speak Spanish, you’re going…
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How You Can Turn Volunteering Into Full-Time Work
Whether you are 21 or 45, a position as a volunteer is a smart way to improve job skills, expand corporate experience and get a foot in the door of a new company. Many companies look to their volunteers as a readily available applicant pool. Some also require their employees to serve as volunteers to…
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The Ku Klux Klan Wants You … to Join?
The Ku Klux Klan is looking for new members, and don’t let the small detail of race stop you from applying. Race hating? That’s the old Klan. The new Klan is all about inclusion and diversity, according to John Abarr, a Montana Klansman who told the Great Falls Tribune that the KKK’s white supremacist ways, at…
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Bill Cosby: Comedian, Philanthropist, but Rape Allegations Won’t Go Away
On Monday, Bill Cosby’s website released the Cosby meme generator (now removed), an image macro that was supposed to let people create memes of the famed comedian from his Cosby Show days. But Cosby’s meme generator turned into an unfiltered vehicle to denounce the comedian over the numerous allegations of sexual assault that have plagued him…
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Report: Adrian Peterson Prepared to Sue the NFL if He Is Not Reinstated
Now that Adrian Peterson has settled the child-abuse charges against him, he wants back in the NFL and is prepared to sue the league if it continues to keep him off the field, according to sources who spoke with Yahoo Sports. According to the website, “The NFL Players Association filed a grievance against the NFL…
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Lincoln University President Claims Women Lied About Rape
Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings claims that remarks he made about women reporting false rapes have been taken out of context. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jennings caused quite the uproar after comments he made in September during the university’s All-Women’s Convocation appeared on YouTube last week. In the four-minute video, Jennings tells the…
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Obama: Relax, US Soldiers Won’t Fight Islamic State Directly; They’ll Help Iraqi Forces
The 1,500 U.S. soldiers who will be deployed to Iraq to fight the Islamic State group will not be engaged in direct fighting, President Barack Obama explained during his appearance on CBS’ Meet the Press Sunday. Rather, they’ll be there to assist Iraqi soldiers with training and other logistical needs, an Al-Jazeera report explains. “But what we will not be…
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How an Air Force Officer Turned Into a Beauty Queen
Veterans Day is a time to remember and thank not just those who have retired from the military but also those still in uniform in service to the country. That is why on this Veterans Day, the reigning Miss Black USA 2014 will be at a Veterans Hospital in Arizona, handing out thank-you cards. But…