While growing up, the girl who became Indiana's first African-American federal judge enjoyed certain advantages, she said.
Both of Tanya Walton Pratt's parents graduated from college. Her father, Charles Walton, was an attorney and state legislato ...
Posted Saturday, October 9th 2010 at 5:15PM
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From The New Orleans Times-Picayune
October 6, 2010
"What's with the whistle?"
It was a recent Saturday evening, and Sean Carasso was working his way around the dark-paneled, dimly lighted Arnaud's French 75 bar in the French Quarter, answeri ...
Posted Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 2:24PM
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CHICAGO - On Oct. 16 the Nation of Islam will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the historic Million Man March.
The commemoration, which also serves as the Holy Day of Atonement, will be held this year in Tampa, Fla.
The keynote address is sch ...
Posted Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 2:16PM
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By Boris Volkhonsky
October 6, 2010
October 7 will see the 9th anniversary of the beginning of the US bombings over the territory of Afghanistan. I happened to be in the neighboring Pakistan on those days, and therefore I could witness the reacti ...
Posted Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 2:43PM
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In two separate hazing cases at universities this year, members of Sigma Gamma Rho, an African-American sorority, have been charged with beating their pledges with wooden paddles.
Courtney Howard says she was the victim of violent hazing by the S ...
Posted Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 2:40PM
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1. You know you're black enough if you understand that Black Man's Dressing isn't Caesar, ranch, blue cheese or Italian. Black Man's Dressing is hot sauce. That's right. We put that s--- on everything.
2. You know you're black enough if you've ev ...
Posted Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 12:22PM
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SAN FRANCISCO--For those of you who thought the long-running saga of Oscar Grant’s death at the hands of BART police was drawing to a close, think again. Michael Rains, the attorney for ex-BART officer Johannes Mehserle, filed on October 1st for a re ...
Posted Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 11:24AM
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DETROIT--Eastern Michigan University on Sunday responded to backlash over a controversial cartoon depicting Ku Klux Klan members and a noose that ran in its student newspaper last week, saying the paper is an independent publication, but the universi ...
Posted Monday, October 4th 2010 at 1:31PM
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White People Have Lost Their Minds
By Joel Dreyfuss
Created 09/29/2010 - 23:14
White People Have Lost Their Minds
It all started unraveling on Jan. 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was sworn into office, says Village Voice writer Steven Thrasher ...
Posted Sunday, October 3rd 2010 at 9:39PM
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NEW YORK- In the clearest calls yet by Federal Reserve officials to pump more cash into the economy, two Fed policymakers said on Friday that more action would likely be needed unless the outlook improves.
William Dudley, president of the Federal ...
Posted Sunday, October 3rd 2010 at 6:13PM
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