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Dear Anita, Big telecom is about to win a huge battle in the fight to destroy our open Internet. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps can be a hero and stop this stealth attack on net neutrality. FCC

by Aaron Gould Sheinin Two African-American Democrats on Thursday announced that they were joining the Republican Party. Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell and former state executive committee m

By: Jeanna Bryner Veiled beneath the Persian Gulf, a once-fertile landmass may have supported some of the earliest humans outside Africa some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago, a new review of research sug

RALEIGH, NC (December 6, 2010) -- The country's most prominent civil rights group has come to Raleigh to draw attention to what it calls a growing erosion of the gains made since a 1954 Supreme Court

Sarah Palin was, for the third straight year, named one of Barbara Walters’ 10 most fascinating people of the year. The full version of Walters’ interview with Palin, snippets of which were released a

Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Friday afternoon to express his support for the tax cut compromise worked out between President Obama and Cong

Dear friends, The Internet has made amazing things possible, like freeing the Jena 6 and electing President Obama. None of it could have happened without an "open" Internet: one where Internet serv

"The policy is an absurdity and borderline on being an obscenity. What it does is cause people to ask of themselves that they lie to themselves, that they pretend to be something that they are not.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: "I fully support the president’s decision. The question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change but how we must - how we best prepare f

Police in Britain know WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s whereabouts in the country, but have not acted on an international arrest warrant for him, a British newspaper reported Thursday. The enigm

Oprah's Reply: "Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it—and it is always a part of me." Spiritual author and lecturer Marianne Wil

Posy By: Marijah McCain - (My Naturopath Instructor) The "Food and Nutrition Board" committee that compiled the report basically came to the conclusion that current recommended daily intake (RDI)

Despite an incredible outpouring of public opposition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "Food Safety Modernization Act", or S. 510, the Senate voted 73 to 25 to pass the bill anyway. And

From: Mitch Stewart, BarackObama.com Friend -- It's time. The Pentagon study released yesterday confirms what we've long known: The military is ready to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The r

An act of civil disobedience 55 years ago -- Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of a city bus -- made the seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, a pivotal symbol in America's civil rights movement.

Posted by Sam of flynews.com China’s consumer market is in an uproar following the release of a popular Chinese toothpaste. The paste, which is known as Darlie in English and as” Black People Too

Faith Evans pleads no contest to reckless driving Nov. 29, 2010, 8:11 PM EST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Authorities say Faith Evans has pleaded no contest to reckless driving after being arrested in Augu

President Obama deemed the so-called Slurpee Summit with GOP leaders "a good start" toward ending an ideological logjam on Capitol Hill. "The American people did not vote for gridlock," Obama said

Last night, BlackVoices.com attended the opening of Lincoln Center Theater's production of John Guare's new play, 'A Free Man of Color,' directed by George C. Wolfe and starring Tony, Emmy and Golden

Post by RK Byers If I were locked in a room with Jesse Jackson and Soledad O’Brien and given a gun with exactly 1 bullet, I’d probably blow my own brains out because no matter which of those two I sh

Post by Associated Press JOHANNESBURG – A new survey says more than one in three South African men admit to having committed rape. A 2010 study led by the government-funded Medical Research Founda

This interview was interesting although I didn't care for the interviewer. She didn't seem to be on the same level with Jay. She didn't seem familiar with his background, just there to ask questions.

By: United Nations Development Fund For Women Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. Based on country data available,1 up to 70 percent of women experience physical o