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Who Mia Love Is, and Who She Is Not
Love her or hate her, Mia Love is a woman to watch this campaign season. Jamila has a few choice words.
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What “You Didn’t Build That” Really Means
Elizabeth Warren, Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight panel and challenger to incumbent Scott Brown for the Massachusetts United States Senate seat, became a youtube superstar when a video of her speaking last year went viral. Warren was the originator of the ‘you didn’t build that’ phrase that President Barack Obama has been taking heat for as of late.
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Americans and Their Guns, A Match Made In Heaven
Besides making it illegal to purchase a gun–because the NRA and millions of other Americans will not allow for that to happen–what do you think can be done to curb gun violence in the United States?
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Are Black People Being Hypocrites If They Don’t Support Gay Rights? Some Say Yes, Others Say No
Black Americans have experienced an arduous journey to gain all of their civil rights in the United States. People of African descent have been indentured servants, slaves, three-fifths of a person, second-class citizens, and finally, with the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, people of color were given all of the same rights and responsibilities as white Americans–at least on paper.
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Does A Superior Culture Make the Israeli’s Successful? Mitt Romney Seems to Think So
Mitt Romney is currently on the tail end of his three-nation overseas trip which was ostensibly designed to convince U.S. voters that he is ready to engage in some heavy-duty political wheeling and dealing if he were to become President of the United States. What Mitt Romney and Co. have actually succeeding in doing is offending millions of people via a series of comments that one writer for the Telegraph has famously described as “utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive”
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Olympic Swimmer Cullen Jones Is Helping to Teach Black Kids How To Swim
Watch this excellent video of Olympic Swimmer Cullen Jones, who won a Gold medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, talk about both his personal experiences swimming and that of African Americans in general. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A write-up of the entire segment is available at [...]
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The 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony Was AWESOME
Here are my top 6 observations gleaned from watching the Olympics opening ceremony…
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“Worthless: The Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major,” a Book Review
College is the new high school—this is a truism for those high school students who are seeking to enter or remain in the middle-class. Indeed, a college degree has become the golden ticket, but for those who need to take out student loans or receive other financial aid to make college attendance feasible, that ticket has been getting more and more expensive over the years. Is it still worth it to purchase that ticket? The answer depends.
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Sending Kids to Charter Schools Outside of their District is Not the Answer To Fixing Our Educational System
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has jumped on the charter school bandwagon. At the Universal Bluford Charter School in Philadelphia, Romney provided a few details about his education policies, which included the creation of a voucher-like system to provide federal funding so that low-income and disabled students can attend charter schools, private institutions and public [...]
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Trojan ‘Charged Sex Life Survey’ Released, Black Sexuality Singled Out for Study and Commentary
“While the overall results of the survey are interesting to read, it seems that African American sexual behavior has been singled out for the lions share of media attention. And I think I know why.”
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Mitt Romney Is Fighting Class Warfare, And He’s Losing
Between avoiding discussion about his tax return and failing to adequately explain how his policies will benefit poor people, Romney has allowed himself to be painted into a corner.
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It’s Time to Talk About the Fathers of the Children Born Out-of-Wedlock
I’ve come to the conclusion that perhaps the only way to help lower income women is to help lower income men. You see, it seems that no matter what, women will have children with whomever is available for them to have children with. And if the only men in neighborhood are the type of men who dream of becoming rappers and/or already have a baby mamma or two ’round the way, then those are the men that those women will procreate with.
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Television Industry Vet Pearlena Igbokwe Named to New Position at NBC
File this one under “Black women Kicking Arse and Taking Names.” Veteran program executive Pearlena Igbokwe has been named Executive Vice President, Drama Development for NBC Entertainment–a position that will allow her to oversee the development of all NBC dramas.
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Machine Gun Kelly, the White Male Progeny of Hip Hop Culture, Disrespects Black Women
At the most recent Awards-Show-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named, un-famous rapper Machine Gun Kelly (also known as “MGK”)–you never heard of him? Me neither–spoke to a reporter on the red carpet where he felt the need to announce his feelings about the sexuality of black women. So Mr. Machine Gun has a black daughter, which he thinks gives him [...]
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