CNN-A conservative radio host that repeatedly used a racial epithet on the air has apologized but it may be too little too late.
Thursday night, Rev. Al Sharpton called Dr. Laura Schlessinger's use of the n-word "despicable" and said her advertise ...
Posted Friday, August 13th 2010 at 11:52AM
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From GlobalResearch.com
August 12, 2010
The Obama administration is seeking authority from Congress that would compel internet service providers (ISPs) to turn over records of an individual's internet activity for use in secretive FBI probes.
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Posted Friday, August 13th 2010 at 11:39AM
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From The Huffington Post
August 11, 2010
Rather than shout, I'll just ask the question in a civil way: Dear Republicans, do you really want to endanger your party's greatest political legacy by turning the 14th Amendment to our Constitution into ...
Posted Thursday, August 12th 2010 at 5:50PM
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The US, Canada and Russia have launched competing expeditions to map the bottom of the sea near the North Pole.
Canadian Arctic researcher Edward Struzik shared some details behind the unlikely US-Canadian partnership.
"Canada and the US do hav ...
Posted Wednesday, August 11th 2010 at 9:17PM
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From GlobalResearch.com
August 10, 2010
The transformation of varsity college football programs into unabashed commercial ventures has come at the academic expense of their players, only about half of whom are graduating. Indeed, pressures on the ...
Posted Wednesday, August 11th 2010 at 9:15PM
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The Final Call has been consistent in covering the affairs of the rise of Indigenous people all over the Earth, particularly as it relates to the world's first independent Black Republic, the island nation of Haiti. The Caribbean has served as a vita ...
Posted Tuesday, August 10th 2010 at 8:53PM
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Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has been named chief executive officer of struggling Chicago-based Johnson Publishing--the world's largest African-American owned and operated publishing company.
Rogers, who stepped down from he ...
Posted Tuesday, August 10th 2010 at 1:16PM
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WASHINGTON--For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that "scanned ima ...
Posted Monday, August 9th 2010 at 6:02PM
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From AllVoices.com
August 9, 2010
The brown paper bag test.The older folks know what this means. The younger generation may have heard about it. Slavery has done such a systematic degradation of spirit and self confidence, that hundreds of years ...
Posted Monday, August 9th 2010 at 5:46PM
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Sometime this year, we taxpayers will again receive another 'Economic Stimulus' payment.
This is indeed a very exciting program, and I'll explain it by using a Q & A format:
Q. What is an 'Economic Stimulus' payment?
A. It is money that t ...
Posted Sunday, August 8th 2010 at 3:58PM
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From Examiner.com
August 7, 2010
Beyonce’s conduct as a business woman and as a brand along with the election of President Barack Obama to the White House have apparently given the world the impression that racism has ended in the good old U S of ...
Posted Sunday, August 8th 2010 at 3:16PM
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GlobalResearch.com--A group of former CIA and military officials have written to President Obama to say they believe Israel is preparing to attack Iran this month.
The group explained that Israel wants to launch a war suddenly, and make it politic ...
Posted Friday, August 6th 2010 at 11:55AM
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Brooklyn-bred rapper Wyclef Jean is counting on New Yorkers to back his run for president of Haiti - but he can't count on his former bandmate.
Soon after the celebrity singer filed papers for his candidacy Thursday, fellow Fugees star Pras announ ...
Posted Friday, August 6th 2010 at 10:46AM
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The working-class neighborhood of Port Richmond on New York City’s Staten Island has recently been the site of attacks against immigrants, all of them Mexicans. Police say most of the suspected attackers are young black men. There’ve been ten reporte ...
Posted Thursday, August 5th 2010 at 2:05PM
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CONNECTICUT - Sergeant Chris Davis of the Manchester Police Department held a news conference this morning to update the public on the deadly workplace shooting that took place on Tuesday in Manchester, Connecticut.
Officials say Omar Thornton had ...
Posted Wednesday, August 4th 2010 at 12:19PM
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Posted Wednesday, August 4th 2010 at 12:08PM
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President Obama signed into law Tuesday the Fair Sentencing Act, which narrows the huge disparity in punishment given to those convicted of possessing crack cocaine versus those found with the drug in powder form.
The gap has been of particular co ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 5:59PM
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In their quest for the truth, documentary filmmakers are typically faced with various obstacles, particularly when big corporations and potential wrongdoing are part of the picture. Good thing Spike Lee is no stranger to cinematic controversy!
Hav ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 5:49PM
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African-American superstitions originate from a mixture of ancient African religion, Native American traditions, and European folklore.
Growing up do you remember hearing that an itchy palm means you are going to receive money soon? Or stepping o ...
Posted Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 1:58PM
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In an address to Members of Congress and participants attending a Congressional Black Caucus meeting, Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, called for a national discussion about the growing wealth gap which he referred to a ...
Posted Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 1:23PM
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Murphy PA announced today that a Baltimore City jury awarded a collective $34.333 million in damages to the twenty-three plaintiffs who were permanently injured by a carbon monoxide release at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse located at the Pier V hotel on Fe ...
Posted Sunday, August 1st 2010 at 1:47PM
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