Newsweek.com--A year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida beaches are relatively clean, the surf seems clear and the tourists are returning. But there are signs that the disaster is continuing to affect ...
Posted Sunday, May 15th 2011 at 10:21PM
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Shirley Sherrod, the U.S. Department of Agriculture employee who was forced out after a portion of a videotape was misleadingly used to show her making a racially insensitive remark, will start working for the USDA again, the department told POLITICO ...
Posted Saturday, May 14th 2011 at 3:31PM
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The following text is excerpted from a speech delivered by Minister Louis Farrakhan during October 16, 2001 observance of the Holy Day of Atonement celebrating the 6th anniversary of the Million Man March. The event was held at Christ Universal Templ ...
Posted Saturday, May 14th 2011 at 3:27PM
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After disappointing ratings in its first four months of existence, Oprah Winfrey dismissed OWN network CEO Christina Norman and replaced her with Peter Liguori, chief operating officer for Discovery Communications. Liguori will lead OWN until the end ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2011 at 12:12PM
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WASHINGTON – Former President Jimmy Carter has become the target of a class action lawsuit over ostensibly mean things he said about Israel in his best-selling 2006 book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.
The lawsuit, filed in New York by an Isra ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2011 at 12:09PM
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The 2011-2012 incoming class at the number one ranking undergraduate college school just got a little more diversified. The driving force behind the dynamics? Fifteen-year-old Saheela Ibraheem.
As the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Ibraheem will ...
Posted Tuesday, May 10th 2011 at 1:19PM
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A zero tolerance policy may produce results but are they the right results?
10th grade New York city student named "Messiah" experienced first-hand how unforgiving and unfair that kind of policy can be when he was suspended, handcuffed and arreste ...
Posted Tuesday, May 10th 2011 at 1:12PM
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The following is a four part speech by Minister Donna Farrakhan, one of the daughters of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, delivered on April 19, 2011.
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Posted Sunday, May 8th 2011 at 2:56PM
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The following text is derived from one of several Mother's Day speeches delivered by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
"Heaven Lies at the Foot of Mother." This quotation was spoken by Prophet Muham ...
Posted Sunday, May 8th 2011 at 2:44PM
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CNN.com--A boat carrying 300 African immigrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya’s coastline, leaving at least sixteen Somali asylum-seekers including children and pregnant women dead.
In an interview with BBC Somali Service, Abdul-ghani ...
Posted Sunday, May 8th 2011 at 2:19PM
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A TRUE FRIEND
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
Nothing so beautiful and caring as she
The one who brought me to this World
and in the light of day or night
Her smile shines on my heart
So sweet with so much love
Nothing as radiant as she
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Posted Saturday, May 7th 2011 at 5:41PM
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NEW ORLEANS — Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is releasing a memoir in June about his experiences dealing with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and its aftermath.
He sent an e-mail and Twitter notes Tuesday about the book, “Katrina’s Secrets: Storms ...
Posted Saturday, May 7th 2011 at 5:11PM
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A celebrity-enhanced ACLU delegation criticized Puerto Rico's government Tuesday for using police to keep the island's main university system open during a strike over a new fee, with members saying they found clear evi ...
Posted Friday, May 6th 2011 at 11:47AM
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Peace,
I would like to wish all the sisters of this forum a Happy Mother's Day! Mother's Day is not only important to me because we hear stories about mothers and their children, but it just so happens to be the day 30 years ago that I made MY mo ...
Posted Friday, May 6th 2011 at 11:38AM
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Graduates from one Volusia County university got a mouth full from Reverend Al Sharpton Thursday afternoon, and many students were left inspired by his remarks.
Fired up, Sharpton, a controversial and often polarizing civil ...
Posted Friday, May 6th 2011 at 11:20AM
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Angela Bassett has a quiet sophistication, when combined with her movie star presence only enhances her unique beauty. She is also a superior actor, taking on an intriguing role as a matriarch in the upcoming film “Jumping the Broom.”
The fil ...
Posted Wednesday, May 4th 2011 at 1:29PM
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Editor's note: The following article is the third installment of edited excerpts from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's keynote address titled “God Will Send Saviours” which he delivered on the occasion of Saviours' Day held Sunday, Februa ...
Posted Wednesday, May 4th 2011 at 1:16PM
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