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George Will is Wrong … This Week
There are two sure things every Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: George Will and the heartbreaking “In Memoriam” segment listing the week’s war victims. Apparently, the former has just started paying attention to the latter. In two columns this week, George Will announced that he’s against not only the war in Iraq, but…
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Why Won't The Old Folks Let You Be Great?
As many of you prepare for a holiday weekend filled with fun, family, and food is a side-eye in order for some of your older relatives? Possibly if you object to the fact that your parents, auntie, paw-paw, nanny, and that uncle you always felt was shifty won’t retire. Indeed the New York Times reports…
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Was Van Jones a 9/11 Truther?
White House green jobs advocate and special adviser Van Jones has taken months of fire from conservatives for his political past, organizing for income equality, prisoners’ rights, and most famously, environmental justice. Now his flirtation with the 9/11 “truther” movement may lead the Obama administration to throw him under the bus. After a steep rise…
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VIDEO: Howard University Students Demand Better Treatment
The sound quality is a bit shoddy, but this is footage from the scene.
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Hope He Had Insurance: Dude Has Finger Bitten Off at Health Care Rally
A California man is minus a finger after a scrap at a health care rally. From NewsOne: An estimated 100 supporters of healthcare reform affiliated with MoveOn.org had gathered as part of a nationwide array of pre-Labor Day rallies to attract attention in support of Obama’s reform plans currently before Congress. Instead, the rally attracted…
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Domestic Abuse Among Black Folks
I’m sure you’ve noticed domestic abuse has dominated the news lately. In People Magazine Chris Brown claimed Oprah made an unfair jab at him on one of her domestic abuse-centered segments. You know, after Chris went over to Africa for Oprah and sang at her school. Oprah responded and said thanks for the song, but…
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Finally: Michael Jackson Interred at Forest Lawn
It’s been ten weeks since Michael Jackson passed away in California, and on Thursday evening, the King of Pop found his final resting place at Forest Lawn cemetery. From CNN: Thursday’s service began 90 minutes past the announced start time, leaving dozens of celebrities — including Elizabeth Taylor — waiting in their seats for the…
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Memo to Black Women: Get Real!
I sympathize with black women because it’s true that 71 percent of black grad students are female and that they outnumber black men in the general population 7 to 1. But maybe you’ve heard the one about successful black women being unable to find suitable black mates is not about ineligible men. And if you…
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How the Yankees Ruined Baseball
It’s early in the month, but it seems fair to say, “so much for September.” No disrespect to the mythmaking October plays that loom large in baseball lore, but September is prime time for baseball’s most dramatic moments. It’s the time of year when teams that have been competing day in and day out for…