President and CEO of the NAACP, Ben Jealous lists out his reasons for joining a lawsuit against parents who want a charter school in their community. The only problem is that he leaves readers with more questions.
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President and CEO of the NAACP, Ben Jealous lists out his reasons for joining a lawsuit against parents who want a charter school in their community. The only problem is that he leaves readers with more questions.
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While folks wanted to play politics last week over shoveling snow (I mean, really?), these bruthas (and probably some sistahs) were about the bid’ness and took advantage of a great opportunity.
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My 9/11 reflection…
I have never been among those who believes that 9/11 was an inside job. All the conspiracy theories I have heard on the subject all pointed to Bush and Cheney somehow orchestrating the whole thing and frankly it takes a whole lot for me to believe just that piece alone.
What I do believe [...]
Ruber Rooms (The movie)
and their cohorts.
“The request to keep the details secret were made by the New York Federal Reserve — a regulator that helped orchestrate the bailout — and by the giant insurer itself, according to the emails.
The emails from early last year reveal that officials at the New York Fed were only comfortable with AIG submitting [...]
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — GM could one day be Chinese owned.
A shocking concept for the ultimate all-American company, but one some auto industry experts say isn’t too far-fetched.
“I can tell you right now the Chinese are shopping heavily in the U.S. auto sector,” said David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive [...]
Many moons ago, I remember when the public school I attended wanted to put me in a class for “slow learners”. Thankfully, my parents weren’t having that and told my teacher “no”.
Mind you…
…this is the same system folks feel that we need to spend more money to “fix”. Yup. The same system that is systematically [...]
Another honor student falls.
Name: Mario Avilez
Age: 13
Link to story
Ever since comments were leaked out regarding behind the scene “issues” New York Governor had with Caroline Kennedy, the media has been all up in his grill wanting him to apologize for being so mean to one of the decedents of Camelot. Do a Google news search and you will see what I mean.
In the [...]
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I gotta hand it to Democrats. They have been running this game quite well since the beginning of campaign season. First, they laid out the blueprint on how to effectively campaign online. Second, this latest move to install Caroline Kennedy as the next Senator for New York.
Caroline Kennedy Wants to [...]
Oh, the rationalizations around this are going to be very interesting.
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Gov. Paterson to Propose $4 Billion in Taxes and Fees to Close Deficit
By DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS
nytimes.com
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson will propose a $4 billion package of taxes and fees on a range of items, from sugary soft drinks made [...]
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History tries to repeat itself with #OccupyWallStreet
by Duane on October 15th, 2011 at 12:56 pmThis morning I came across a story that brought me back to my days of learning about the various movements of the 1960′s. I’ve said it many times before, I absolutely love history and can learn talk about it forever with anybody.
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