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Black men quietly combating stereotypes
Publish Date: 6/30/08
By: Erin Texeria - Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK -- Keith Borders tries hard not to scare people. He's 6-foot-7, a garrulous lawyer who talks with his hands. And he's black. Many people find him threatening. He works hard to prove otherwise. "I have a very keen sense of my size ...

Future of Black Men Critical for "American Family"
Publish Date: 6/23/08
By: Hazel Trice Edny NNPA

WASHINGTON (NNPA)  National Urban League President Marc Morial, in NUL's annual State of Black America address, this week, describes the underachievement of Black males as being among Americas greatest crisis. "This state of underachievement, wi ...

Green space much better view
Publish Date: 6/11/08
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I recently heard about Mayor Langfords suggestion to tear down and remove dilapidated houses that seem to be so prevalent in Birmingham communities. I would have to say that I would much rather drive through the city looking at Greenspace with a fo ...

Prisons: Slave Labor for the New World Order?
Publish Date: 4/02/08
By: Charles Overbeck - guerrillafunk.com

The Justice Department reported in recently that there are nearly 1.6 million men and women incarcerated in the United States -- currently the highest incarceration rate in the entire world. This startling figure tops off a decade of rapid expansion ...

With No More Cotton To Pick, What Will America Do With 36 Million Black People?
Publish Date: 2/01/08
By: Phillip Jackson

What will America do with 36 million Black Americans now that there is no more cotton to pick? Last summer, I visited Mississippi. This was my first travel to the rural, deep south. To my surprise, I found that Black people were not involved in th ...

Morehouse Man? Genarlow Wilson, Rapist and Child Pornographer Gets a Fresh Start- -What About the Girls
Publish Date: 1/22/08
By: What About Our Daughters

I am sure many of you may be offended by the post title. Good! Consider us even! I really don't care if anyone else on the planet agrees with me... I'm too disgusted to care! I don't have a problem with redemption. Lord knows I've found myself on ...

Bill Cosby's Mo Better Blues
Publish Date: 11/27/07
By: Deborah Owens

What's the difference between being rich and being wealthy? "Rich people buy yachts and worry about how much the fuel costs. Wealthy people don't worry because they own the company that purchased the yacht." That is how legendary comedian-actor ...

Imus' return to radio loaded with drama
Publish Date: 12/02/07
By: ADAM GOLDMAN

NEW YORK - Will Don Imus be defiant or contrite? Will he mock his skeptics while making his triumphant return to radio Monday. Or will he muzzle his mouth? "That question is part of the drama of his reemergence," said Michael Harrison, publisher ...

Beauty queen's gowns, makeup spiked
Publish Date: 11/26/07
By: REBECCA BANUCHI

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police on Monday sought to determine who tried to turn a beauty contestant ugly by dousing her clothing with a chemical solution and spiking her makeup, causing her to break out in hives. Ingrid Marie Rivera was composed ...

Top Restaurant Shut Down for Rodents
Publish Date: 11/15/07
By: Reuters.com

NEW YORK - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches. Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side failed its second consecu ...

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