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ATLANTA-The New York Times is reporting on the plans of many white southerners to celebrate the Confederacy with the upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaching. The events include a “secession ball” in the former slave port of Charleston (“a joyous night of music, dancing, food and drink,” says the invitation), which will be […]
New York — Bill O’Reilly took a hard line against the leakers of the classified State Department cables released by WikiLeaks this week, saying they were traitors who “should be executed or put in prison for life.”
The spirit of community Saturday evening at Durham Performing Arts Center gripped Radio One Inc. founder and chairwoman Cathy Hughes, in town for the 9th Annual Lamplighter Awards. Presented by McDonald’s, The Light 103.9 FM and Assurance Wireless, the Lamplighter Awards honor area individuals and organizations for volunteer efforts and community service.
Young Black men killing each other in urban ghettos and rising levels of unemployment are threatening to drown us in a cycle of poverty and crime. The horror stories are well publicized and we’re well acquainted with the statistics of undereducation, unemployment, and overincarceration. Despite those odds, there is a growing number of Black men […]
I guess this is "How We Do It" now as Montell gives up secular music for good.
DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush has pledged not to publicly criticize his successor, Barack Obama, but he did offer some praise Monday during a live broadcast on Facebook to promote his new book.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Polls closed on schedule around Haiti at 4 p.m. Sunday amid chaos, confusion and isolated instances of violence. Hours earlier, a dozen of the 19 presidential candidates called for “peaceful protests” against “massive fraud” in the country’s presidential and legislative elections.
Portland — The openly gay Mayor of Portland, Oregon wrote a blog post a few days ago on racism which turned some heads. Below is an excerpt: “I trust in Portlanders sense of fairness; that bad actions by one member of any group does not and should not be generalized or applied more widely to […]
New York– Congress finally hammered out a bill on last Thursday (November 18), called the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which would empower the government to take action against websites offering unauthorized copyrighted or counterfeit content.
Authorities are working to determine whether the mutilated body of Delvonte Tisdale, a North Carolina student, found in a Boston suburb fell from a plane.