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Always Exploited, Always Scared

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By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – I often wonder where would we be if the Biblical Moses was afraid of the Biblical Pharoah? Where would we be if David was frightened of Goliath? And where would we be if Mary and Joseph were scared to parent a child after Biblical politicians threatened to hunt […]
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National Urban League Conference Makes Boston the Epicenter of War on Unemployment

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By Marc Morial (To Be Equal #28) – From July 27-30, the National Urban League, in cooperation with the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, will bring our “Jobs Rebuild America” national conference to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts CEO, Darnell Williams serves as host for this clarion call for […]
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Carl DeWayne West

Pimping Ain’t Easy, But its Happening to All of Us!

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By Carl D. West – Take a survey and ask so-called job creators, the riches ten percent of this country if they wouldn’t mind paying more in taxes to help stir-up the pot and contribute to easing the burden and strain on the bottom half of the country. It’s just that simple, so why do […]
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Black Colleges Play A Vital Role in President Obama’s Plan

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By Stan Washington – If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. Just how the nation’s predominately black institutions will participate in that objective was the main topic […]
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Entertainment

Cutting Edge CE secures NATAS’s Chairman Darryl Cohen as Speaker for New Orleans music business conference

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New Orleans, LA – The Cutting Edge Music Business Conference has announced that it has secured NATAS’s Chairman Darryl B. Cohen as a speaker for one of its continuing legal education sessions during its annual music business conference. On May 26th of last year, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which produces […]
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Video Trailer of TV Pilot Created by Asha May, Debbie Allen, Idris Elba and Lance Gross

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Asha May, together with her mentor Debbie Allen, Idris Elba and Lance Gross have created an excellent TV series Milk + Honey. Idris and the Brown Paper Dolls company (Chicagoans and Howard U, FAMU & Spelman, grads Dana Gills, Asha Kamali May, and Jeanette McDuffie) have been working on this seriesfor over 3 years. The […]
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Rev. Al Sharpton, Marc Lamont Hill and Cleo Manago to Contribute to Historic Discussion at Black Manhood & Sexual Diversity Forum in NYC

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New York, NY – From comedian Tracy Morgan’s controversial rant to CNN’s Don Lemon’s coming out’, to the historic legalization of same-sex marriage in New York last week – homosexuality is at the forefront of water cooler conversations these days. It is a particularly hot topic within the Black community, given the social, political and […]
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Legendary Visual Artist Bernard Stanley Hoyes Opens Studio for Rummage Sale

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Los Angeles – L.A. culture icon, Bernard Stanley Hoyes is opening the doors of his private art studio and announcing an art rummage sale on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 p.m. Considering the fact that Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Cole, Steve Harvey, Keenan Ivory Wayans and the National […]
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No Extortion for Debt Ceiling Vote

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By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #27) – “We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rarely have the divisions in American politics been more clear – or more onerous. In less than a month, on August 2nd, if […]
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