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Senate Passes Black Farmer Lawsuit Legislation

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Atlanta -Two years after the provision in the 2008 Farm Bill that provided the opportunity for late petitioners in the Black farmer lawsuit to file their claims against the United States Department of Agriculture, the Senate has finally passed an appropriations bill that will fund the lawsuit. It was a vote of unanimous consent. While […]
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Education Special Hosted By Rev. Sharpton to Air Sunday Nov. 21st

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  The Education SuperHighway, a nationally syndicated Sunday morning news and information magazine show premiering November 21st in 75 markets Reverend Sharpton with Special Guest New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg     New York, NY — The nation’s parents and teachers have a new television show to call their very own. The Education SuperHighway, […]
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Commentary

Carville’s Silly Antics Have A Name: Racism-Sexism-Disloyalty-Stupidity

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By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. – Let’s call it what it is. Carville’s silly antics have a name. Racism, Sexism, Disloyalty and Stupidity! While many are busy looking at the outrageous things the Republicans say and do, one of our own is far more disrespectful of President Barack Obama. James Carville thinks that Secretary […]
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Smokey Robinson Builds his Legacy – By Linsey Davis

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Jim Clyburn-ed

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By Raynard Jackson – In the immortal words of civil rights legend, Fannie Lou Hamer, when will Blacks become “sick and tired of being sick and tired?” Once again the Democratic Party has shown its disdain for the Black community and Black Democrats, as usual, just sit back and continue to allow it to happen. […]
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Atlanta News

After a Successful Launch Lowery Boulevard Clean-Up Project Continues Through Holidays

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Atlanta, GA – After successfully launching the CLEAN, GREEN & HONOR PROJECT (CGH) with over five hundred volunteers on hand to clean-up Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in honor of civil rights icon, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery’s 89th birthday, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda (Peoples’ Agenda) executive director, Helen Butler, announced plans to continue […]
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Business News

Digital Divide Fails to Decrease

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The Department of Commerce released a study on broadband adoption rates in the U.S. based on age, gender, ethnicity, education and income level. The study found that broadband adoption rates increased significantly between 2007 and 2009, yet the digital divide did not diminish. Hispanic and African-Americans continue to adopt at much lower rates than Whites […]
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Commentary

Tyler Perry’s ‘For Colored Girls’

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By Kevin Powell – Push pause before watching for colored girls…. People either love or hate filmmaker Tyler Perry-that much is clear to me. Weeks before I decided to see Perry’s “For Colored Girls” on opening night I could hear the extreme reactions to the fact he was adapting, producing, and directing a film version […]
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Environment

UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Awards 23 Green Planning Grants to Minority- Serving Institutions

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UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, today announced that its Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) has awarded 23 green planning grants totaling $240,000 to assist with institutional sustainability planning for minority serving institutions (MSIs). Additionally, this grant will encourage MSIs to participate in the American College […]
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