September 23, 2012 at 12:04 AM
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(The Root) -- On the heels of her widely praised speech at the Democratic National Convention, first lady Michelle Obama delivered another high-profile address, this time at the Congressional Black C ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 3:15PM
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It doesn’t look like Mitt Romney has the hip-hop world’s approval.
Lil Wayne is the most recent rapper to declare his opposition to the Republican presidential candidate.
A line can be found on his track “Cashed Out”, a cover of souther ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:46PM
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We are now in Year Two of the movement that everyone has decided is called the Arab Spring. But some nations have fallen short of the republican march: Syrian violence has hit genocidal levels, Yemen is still in the midst of violent outbreaks, and Ir ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:37PM
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As we have seen, the whole Bible teaches a strict monotheism. God's people have always been identified with the one-God message. God chose Abraham because of his willingness to forsake the gods of his nation and his father and to worship the one true ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:25PM
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The classic expression of the doctrine of one God is found in Deuteronomy 6:4. "Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD." This verse of Scripture has become the most distinctive and important statement of faith for the Jews. They call it the She ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:23PM
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U.S. Homeland Security is preparing for an all-out “American Spring” rebellion and has bought 1.2 billion bullets for counterterrorist snipers.
An additional 200 million bullets are to be purchased, according to Infowars.com writer and autho ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:19PM
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eye-opening statistics about the rate of abortions in New York City have been released by the Health Department.
It raises questions about the effectiveness of current birth control education.
41% of all New York City pregnan ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:07PM
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NYU professor and renowned film director Spike Lee added a considerable amount of fuel to the Trayvon Martin bonfire last week by tweeting the residential address of a certain George Zimmerman to his quarter-million followers. The highly questionable ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 2:01PM
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ATLANTA – Basketball legend Magic Johnson has opened an education center in downtown Atlanta for high school dropouts.
The Magic Johnson Bridgescape center helps give those who have left school, or are at risk of dropping out, the opportunity to ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 1:54PM
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A man was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning as he walked along a New Cassel street, Nassau County police said.
The victim, 58, whom police did not identify, was walking near Roman Avenue and Brook Street at 4:40 a.m. when an unknown man pointe ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 1:52PM
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In America, data consistently shows that black women experience the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality compared to other ethnicities.
An estimated 2 maternal deaths occur daily among black women in America, according to an Amnesty Inte ...
Posted Sunday, September 23rd 2012 at 1:47PM
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Social scientists explain the causes of racism primarily as due to environmental factors, ignorance and feelings of superiority. While these reasons may be true in one respect, they satisfy neither the intellect nor the heart. Many clues to racism ca ...
Posted Saturday, September 22nd 2012 at 5:24PM
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This week President Barack Obama brought a little bit of black history to America's capital city. The commander-in-chief signed into law H.R. 6336, which directs the Congressional Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue of Frederick Douglas ...
Posted Saturday, September 22nd 2012 at 3:39PM
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The Root) -- On Friday a special investigator commissioned by the House of Representatives announced that one of the most prominent African-American women in Congress, Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), did not violate House ethics rules. The investigation ca ...
Posted Saturday, September 22nd 2012 at 3:36PM
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There's more to life than having a ''sugar bum bum.'' Body parts should never go in -- or out -- of style.
She was born in Compton. I was born in Trinidad, the most southerly island in the Caribbean. She was raised to become a tennis superstar. In ...
Posted Saturday, September 22nd 2012 at 3:26PM
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When The Simpsons celebrated Fox’s 25th anniversary Sunday night by taking a swipe at Fox News, it was only the latest example of what has become a long tradition. Indeed, taking shots at Fox seems to be The Simpsons’ favorite way of celebrating ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 11:17PM
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Despite the disastrous 47 percent remarks, it appears Mitt Romney’s strategy to ensnare disillusioned former Obama supporters has saved his candidacy—at least on The Simpsons. An everyman “40-year-old white guy who didn’t go to college and ge ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 11:15PM
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The Republican Party has some potentially winning themes for America’s presidential and congressional elections in November. Americans have long been skeptical of government, with a tradition of resistance to perceived government overreach that ext ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 11:10PM
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The books "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" promises to be of the best reads you will ever encounter. Buy your copy today! 866-602-1230
There is no question about the well-documented history where the Black and Jews have st ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 11:07PM
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The books "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" promises to be of the best reads you will ever encounter. Buy your copy today! 866-602-1230 ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 11:02PM
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(CNN) -- Chicago Bulls Guard Derrick Rose broke down in tears at a press conference when asked what a new shoe contract worth $250 million meant to him. His responses on camera and on Twitter were about his feelings on the teachers strike in Chicago. ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 10:56PM
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An Australian man has nabbed the world's attention after he captured what he calls a 'fire tornado' on video.
According to Seven News in Australia, Chris Tangey of Alice Springs Film and Television was scouting locations near Curtin Springs in Austr ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 5:44PM
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Orane Gowans (pictured) was trying to get his five-month-old daughter to stop sucking her thumb Achievement
But he ended up braking it in several places instead, WPTV reports. The 28-year-old was arrested and charged with child abuse. It has not bee ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 5:42PM
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