From OaklandLocal.com
July 28, 2010
In The Souls of Black Folks (1903), a classic text of the black experience in America from the Emancipation to the dawn of the 20th century, W. E. B. Du Bois writes--among other things--about the education of b ...
Posted Thursday, July 29th 2010 at 12:27PM
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A research study on the cause of the rise in cancer and birth defect cases in Iraq shows traces of chemical and radioactive ammunition used by US-led troops in the war-torn country.
A study by Iraq's Environment Ministry indicates that cities tar ...
Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 12:32PM
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From Newsweek.com--The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.
Saying the US criminal ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 6:24PM
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It's always something,
One day the Pope came to Washington for a visit. President Obama took the Pope for a cruise down the Potomac on the Presidential yacht. While they were sitting and chatting on deck, the wind blew the Pope’s high hat off and ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 6:11PM
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CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana.
Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bought at a post office auction about ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 5:52PM
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Remember that No Phone Zone thing that Oprah started in an effort to get celebs & us regular folks to stop texting and driving? Well, it looks like Beyonce might’ve missed that memo. Oooh, you do NOT shade the queen of media!
Looks like Beyoncé ig ...
Posted Sunday, July 25th 2010 at 3:38PM
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