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Entertainment
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Los Angeles – There is a phenomenon sweeping across the international musical landscape known as Naturally 7 and it is about to hit Los Angeles big. Having mesmerized audiences across Europe, the sensation has been engaging music lovers with shows that simply defy logic. Instead of performing with the backdrop of a live band, these [...]
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Carl DeWayne West, Commentary
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
My first experience at the Congressional Black Caucus Weekend was one I will always remember even if I never go back. But based on my business dealings, I will definitely attend another caucus at some point, but it want be next year. I think my hustling spirit and ambitions did enough this past trip to [...]
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Commentary
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
“Domino, domino, I only spot a few Blacks the higher I go, Wasup to Will (Smith), Shout out to O (as in Oprah), that ain’t enough, we gone need a million more!” – Jay Z from the song “Black Excellence” off the album Watch the Throne, the best album of the year in my opinion, [...]
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Commentary, Julianne Malveaux
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
The fall of the Roman Empire is best captured in the phrase that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Set on pursuing his own pleasures and indulgences, Nero could not see the walls crumbling around him. Similarly, our leaders seem oblivious to the walls crashing in on us, bickering about the way that relief on our [...]
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Community News, Headlines
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
By Edrea Davis – “The village is burning,” exclaimed Susan L. Taylor speaking to over 200 diverse women attending the “Power of the Sister Vote Forum,” a 3-hour conversation focused on leveraging the Black female vote hosted by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (The National Coalition) Black Women’s Roundtable and the Congressional Black [...]
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Commentary, Marc Morial
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
(To Be Equal #39) – “When … the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital punishment would be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system [...]
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Commentary, H. Lewis Smith
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
by H. Lewis Smith – Upon Barack Obama’s election to President of the United States, euphoria, jubilation and an aura of disbelief simultaneously enveloped the Black African-American community. Perhaps, it could even be said that many saw him as a Messiah and the primary power-holder to make life and living better for Blacks. Seemingly, Black [...]
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Commentary, Raynard Jackson
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
By Raynard Jackson – Last week, as I was riding the local train in Washington, DC, I began to ponder on the thoughts that had begun to flood into my mind. I was president of my senior class at Soldan High School in St. Louis, MO. I had a lot of my friends who worked [...]
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Community News
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
BY Jim Mustian and Tim Chitwood – One of the most controversial death penalty cases in the state’s history ended Wednesday night as Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis, a convicted cop killer who adamantly maintained his innocence. Davis, found guilty of murder in the 1989 shooting of Columbus High graduate Mark A. MacPhail, was pronounced [...]
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Community News
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Washington, DC – Black women are potentially the single most powerful voting block in the upcoming election. According to Pew Research Center, among all racial, ethnic and gender groups, Black women had the highest voter turnout rate in the 2008 presidential election. Determined to leverage the collective political power of Black women, The National Coalition [...]
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