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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is making proposals on health care. He wrote in the Washington Post that he opposes a government-run health care system. His party has attacked government ...
Posted Tuesday, September 1st 2009 at 3:05PM
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MICHEAL'S FINAL CALL
Happy Birthday to We, our Michael's now free.
Each 29th We'll recall our Dark Star's rise... crest... and fall.
Our sister's first crush, didn't know he made "Art"
We just knew Mike was FINE ~ big 'fro, smile, nose, and h ...
Posted Saturday, August 29th 2009 at 7:09PM
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I had a sister tell me about this yesterday at work. When she told me about the details I thought she was joking. I did a search about the incident this morning and it is definitely true. Here is a blogtalk radio interview about the topic.
If you ...
Posted Friday, August 28th 2009 at 1:23PM
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The following article was sent to my Google account this morning. The beauty of this letter makes me very glad that I know the author who wrote it. Today he's known as the National Urban League President. But I know him as one of the first Black mayo ...
Posted Friday, August 28th 2009 at 12:35PM
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Peace To All,
Today the Fulton County Prosecutor's office announced they are seeking the
death penalty for three Atlanta youths accussed of shooting to death former boxing champ/community activist Vernon Forrest the other week in Southwest Atla ...
Posted Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 7:06PM
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PATERSON, N.J. - Curfews might not be just for kids anymore in one city in northern New Jersey.
Officials in Paterson are considering one for people of all ages in a bid to curb violence after a spate of deadly shootings.
Several experts say ...
Posted Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 6:50PM
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For a couple years I 've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked. The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 13 ...
Posted Monday, August 24th 2009 at 2:39PM
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Janet Jackson is writing an explosive tell-all book about her world-famous family following the recent death of her older brother Michael.
“She is going to talk about Michael’s death and how it’s affected her and his children and the rest of the f ...
Posted Monday, August 24th 2009 at 2:08PM
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President Obama has a message for Muslims in the United States and abroad for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.
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Posted Monday, August 24th 2009 at 12:29PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following article contains excerpts from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's address delivered October 24, 1987 on “The Police Slaying of Michael Taylor.” Michael Taylor was a 16-year-old Black male whom Indianapolis poli ...
Posted Sunday, August 23rd 2009 at 10:08PM
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From New Orleans Times Picayune
August 21, 2009
Many New Orleans area landlords refuse to rent to families with Section 8 vouchers, according to an audit released Thursday by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.
In a phone tes ...
Posted Saturday, August 22nd 2009 at 5:54PM
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I saw a commercial on the TV One network advertising an upcoming two-hour concert special presented by Essence & TV One.
TV One Night Only – Sunday, August 30 at 8 and 11 pm (ET)
TV One is the only place you’ll get an exclusive pass to the conc ...
Posted Friday, August 21st 2009 at 12:35PM
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I ain't gonna be
Misrepresented no more
oh Hell no
I am a relative to Infinity
not to that which is my enemy
I ain't gonna be
Misrepresented no more
I am gonna walk through the Corridors of my
Conscious Subconscious & Super consci ...
Posted Thursday, August 20th 2009 at 1:24PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following text is excerpted from a speech delivered at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan:
Allah (God) introduces Himself to us in the Qur'an saying, “I Allah am the Bes ...
Posted Tuesday, August 18th 2009 at 1:17PM
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I nearly hit the floor after watching this. This is too deep, you gotta really listen to what this is saying. There are so many truths in this and this couple looks like the Obama's. This is one of the best parodies I have seen so far. This guy got i ...
Posted Tuesday, August 18th 2009 at 12:49PM
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Chastity Turner's house is four miles from the home of Chicago's most famous couple. From Barack and Michelle Obama's home in the pleasant Hyde Park area of Chicago you travel 15 or so blocks west, then drive down the expressway and within 10 minutes ...
Posted Monday, August 17th 2009 at 1:33PM
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They spent their nights jumping in and out of strange cars, trolling otherwise empty streets lined with decaying storefronts and boarded-up homes. Many sold sex to support drug habits or children left in the care of worried, hardworking grandmothers. ...
Posted Saturday, August 15th 2009 at 5:50PM
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Peace To All,
A few days ago I did a blog on "WHY DO GREAT BLACK MEN MARRY WHITE WOMEN?" Some of you brothers found it to be a little harsh and asked the question "what about great black women who date/marry white men? So to avoid any gender bias, ...
Posted Thursday, August 13th 2009 at 12:51PM
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