Archive for ‘August 31st, 2006’

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Aug31

Some of the “minor” details left out of this summer’s illegal immigration protests

by Duane on August 31st, 2006 at 1:15 pm
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Living here in California, I have a front-row seat to the whole issue of illegal immigration and how it can affect a community. So it is hard for me to just simply “move on” and away from this issue to talk about more pressing issues like the JonBenet Ramsey case — whatever!
Here is an article [...]

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Aug31

Alphas develop a plan to help black men

by Duane on August 31st, 2006 at 12:29 pm
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(blackcollegewire.org) Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc., the nation’s largest black fraternity, is developing a national strategic plan aimed at addressing such problems as the low numbers of black males majoring in education and black men’s disproportionate health issues.
“We want to make discussions on healthcare as common as dapping someone up,” said Mitchelle Artis, alumnus of the [...]

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Aug31

“Ain’t no such thing as Press freedom in Gambia”

by Duane on August 31st, 2006 at 11:59 am
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(Reporters sans Frontières-AllAfrica.com) As the campaign for the 22 September presidential election got under way today in Gambia, Reporters Without Borders said repeated attacks on the press and free expression meant the polling would be neither free nor fair.
“On the one hand, you have journalists with their hands tied because they fear the intelligence services,” [...]

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