I agree with Atlas Blogged on this one. Donovan McNabb and Senator Ken Salazar should get together sometime and write "Race Isn't Everything" 100 times or however often it takes to sink in. I'd suggest Julian Bond should join them, ...
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You won't need eagle eyes to see this blog has a spiffy new design, thanks to designer Jeff Harrell. I liked the way he redesigned his own blog, Shape of Days, so much I e-mailed him to see if I ...
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Like the Night Writer, I saw this movie Tuesday night. Dittos to everything the Night Writer says. Everything. I planned to work last night and flicked on this movie, expecting it to be on in the background while I worked ...
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While the world watches and worries about the possibility of a pandemic bird flu influenza, another virus has been spreading in epidemic proportions in the nation's capital.         The dangerous virus is known as ACV - the anti-capitalism virus - ...
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Throughout black American history, religious leaders have played an influential role.  We are familiar with the names of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Fred Shuttlesworth and Hiram Revels, but what about William J. Seymour? A largely unsung hero, Seymour ...
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One of my high school teachers back in the day desperately wanted his students to like him. Although our parents paid good money for us to be taught a prescribed curriculum, this teacher frequently chose to do his own thing ...
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African-Americans suffer from heart-related illnesses and death at a significantly higher rate than whites. In fact, cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the African-American community. But help is on the horizon. A new drug proven ...
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Black athletes possess powerhouse status in the world of sports. Legendary black athletes dominate the record books. The Society for American Baseball Research's "100 Greatest Baseball Players" list, for example, includes Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson and Willie Mays, among others ...
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Virginia residents affiliated with the Project 21 black leadership network urge action in the commonwealth to protect property owners from eminent domain abuse.  They are issuing a challenge to lawmakers and other public officials to make Virginia a safe haven ...
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This Project 21 commentary by C. Mason Weaver is seven years old, but it still gets a lot of traffic on Project 21's website: This is Black History Month. I wonder who picked the coldest, wettest, shortest month of the ...
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