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But Michael Moore knows better than Cubans, right? From: Cuban American National Foundation Health Care in Cuba: "Medical Apartheid" and Health Tourism Of course, not everyone in Cuba receives substandard health care. In fact, senior Cuban Communist Party officials and those who can pay in hard currency can get first-rate medical services any time they want. This situation exists because the Cuban Government has chosen to develop a two-tiered medical system--the deliberate establishment of ...More

(oregonlive.com) Native American and African American children make up just a fraction of Oregon's population but they're represented in larger numbers in Oregon foster homes. It is also true nationally that a disproportionate number of minority children live in foster homes. The "Kids Count 2007 Databook," to be released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, reports that 32 percent of children living in foster homes in 2005 were African American. At ...More

(cnet.com) There's a wealth of free resources out there--online databases, audiobooks, museum passes, and help so that you can find even more resources. You just need to know where to look (more...) More

Comments regarding the upcoming BET show found around the net: From mediatakeout.com "I don't care how many of us claim "we keep it Hood", "we keep it gangsta", all they need is the right person to look down on them------They'll change. INFERIORITY NEVER SUPERCEEDS SUPERIORITY" # "It shouldnt be shown at all... I remember when I ran across that site a few years back, the first thought was I hope this doesnt get out ...More

From Wikipedia: "The federal grand jury indictment outlines not only dog fighting competitions with other illegal operations from several states, but tens of thousands of dollars in gambling activity. In a number of instances, Vick personally is alleged to have handled the cash settlement, with purses as high as $26,000 for single match. The operation also included "destroying or otherwise disposing of dogs not selected to stay with the ongoing animal ...More

"According to research from eMarketer, there are currently about 18.4 million (48.7%) of the African American population online. This year, there is expected to be 20.1 million (51.9%) of the African American population online. Why the increase? The Internet has a wealth of information that is available at the click of a button. Consumers can log onto the Internet and learn about products, as well as purchase them, at any hour. ...More

(nydailynews.com) Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron vowed yesterday he'd take care of African-Americans - "unapologetically" - if he were elected borough president. "Am I going to be a borough president for all the people? Absolutely," the former Black Panther said. "But I'm letting y'all know now, I'm taking care of black folk. Unapologetically." Barron stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Rev. Al Sharpton and retired NYPD Sgt. Noel Leader, a co-founder of 100 Blacks ...More

(latimes.com) Giddens life was marked indelibly by homicide from the beginning. He is the third person in his immediate family to be murdered. He had a psychological breakdown as a teenager, several years after his father was murdered and a month after he witnessed the homicide death of his older sister, whose throat was slashed by a neighbor. She bled to death before Giddens' eyes, his mother said, and he ...More

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My wife and I love to watch dating shows when we have the free time. The other night we watched Russ Parr's dating show on TVOne and immediately engaged in our all-time favorite pastime of giving advice to the contestants by yelling at the television (as if they could hear us). With my laptop nearby, I decided to do a quick google search on the dating scene out there. The following ...More

Every Sunday I do a post featuring Black children who are available for adoption. Being curious, I wanted to see the amount of Asian kids born in America available for adoption according to adoption.com. Bottom line, only two children came up (one of them has only been here in America since 2005). Results for African-American children: 716 Now keep in mind that these are children that are in the foster care system (in ...More

"But somewhere between Jackie Robinson and Michael Vick, things got all fouled up. "Street cred" became the anthem of the modern black athlete, this misguided notion that the only way to appeal to the young demographic of the sneaker-buying public was to adopt the negative attitudes of the thug life popularized by black hip-hop/gangster rappers. According to the 18-page federal indictment, Vick is accused of sponsoring the sort of gruesome ...More

From oldtruth.com: "Does God actually listen to the prayers of people and then respond by doing something that they asked for? Here's a more difficult question: does prayer actually change God's mind? They seem simple, but there is some 'heady' theology behind those questions. It underscores the need for theological study. That's why it's always so sad to hear today's trendy church leaders putting-down the study of theology. Well in this short ...More