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More Money Will Fix Everything
Banks have quite a while before their wounded lending sectors have fully healed, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. He added that taxpayers will aid in banks’ recovery by continuing to graciously hand over their tax dollars. When will the economy’s suffering end, and why won’t it end in a week when President-elect Barack…
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Recession Proof Jobs for Black Men
I read this joint about how black men are hit harder by unemployment, and it just struck me—sadly—like a no-brainer. Last hired, first fired is the rule, and that rule always seems to hit people of color the hardest. Luckily, most of us know something about being broke, so we don’t go jumping off bridges…
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A Stately Consolation Prize
It is not what she most wanted, but it was the best of the rest. Hillary Clinton went before her colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this morning as the Senate began confirmation hearings on her appointment to be Secretary of State. “”America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the…
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Say It Ain't So, Joe
“Joe the Correspondent” Wurzelbacher is in Israel, “covering” the conflict in the Gaza strip, which is a big plus for a news hungry public because up to this point, it was hard to get any information about the ongoing violence—because it was only being covered by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Haaretz, The…
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An Unhappy Birthday
So, how long exactly does it take to release or transfer the 248 prisoners still remaining in Guantanamo? According to Obama’s transition team, the process will take several months. Some experts anticipate that closing the detention camp will take as much as a year to complete. Meanwhile, the international community is up in arms. Organizations like the…
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A Mattel Baby Doll with a Muslim Agenda
I don’t know if it’s the fighting in Gaza, or the possibility of Islamic children terrorizing airliners, or maybe it’s just a general mistrust of anything that looks, speaks or burps like a Middle Easterner, but now baby dolls are being pulled from store shelves for fear of Islamic takeover. Over the holiday season church…
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Mama Voted So There'd Be Days Like This
A week from today, Barack Obama will take the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States, but I remain in awe of the election results of Nov. 4. I hadn’t seen its outcome coming, but maybe I should have, based on the events of one Friday in October nearly 50 years…
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The Untimely Death of Oscar Grant III
As Washington prepares for the inauguration of Barack Obama, security is certainly a concern. But there is confidence that he and his family will be well-protected. Elsewhere in the country, and far from the lead of the evening news, investigations continue into the shootings of black men by police. You can see Oscar Grant III’s death…
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Senator Burris After All
Reversing course, Senate Democrats grudgingly accepted embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s hand-selected Senate appointee, Roland Burris, as they sought to break an impasse over President-elect Barack Obama’s former seat. The new Illinois senator is expected to be sworn into office later this week. With his typical ‘confidence’ Burris said yesterday: “I really never doubted that…