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Strauss-Kahn Accuser Sues New York Post
From the Wall Street Journal: The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post and...
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Lenny Kravitz Reveals Inspiration for Black and White America
From MTV News: Lenny Kravitz has never been one for boxes. When he broke onto the scene 22 years ago with Let Love Rule, his brand of psych-and-funk-tinged retro rock, coupled with his roots (his...
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Legendary Baltimore Businessman Dies at 97
From the Root: William Lloyd "Little Willie" Adams, who began his career as a number runner on the streets of Baltimore and eventually became the city's first prominent African-American venture...
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Long Static, Black Theater Showing Signs of Change
From Chicago News Cooperative: Compared to the rest of Chicago's theater community, where companies can rise, fall and change directions seemingly from show to show, African-American theaters have...
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How to Start a New Country, South Sudan Style
From CNN: South Sudan will declare itself the world's newest country on Saturday in a ceremony that caps the region's long struggle to cede from its northern neighbor. But though a heavy price has...
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Talk, Talk, Talk But No End to a Six-Decade-Long Scandal
Daily Kos: Nationwide, the unemployment rate for black workers at 16.2% is almost double the 9.1% rate for the rest of the population. And it's twice the 8% white jobless rate. The size of those...
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Leading American and African Contemporary Artists Contribute to Sotheby's Art...
From Art Daily: Peter Beard, Alex Katz, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, Mary Sibande, Hunt Slonem, Nick Cave, Mickalene Thomas, E.V. Day, Jeff Sonhouse, Beezy Bailey and Sue Williamson are among the...
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Attention At The Gym: Motivating or Aggrevating?
Filed under: Lifestyle/ Health When you're on your "Kanye workout plan," do you find a side glance from men distracting or does it inspire you to put more pep in your step?Share Tweet One blogger...
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Cory Maye Freed After 10 Years In Prison
Filed under: News From The Huffington Post: MONTICELLO, Miss. -- It's Friday, July 1, 2011, a little past 8:15 a.m. when I arrive at the Lawrence County, Mississippi, courthouse. As I walk toward the...
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UPDATED: Obama To Hold Twitter Town Hall
President Obama is taking to Twitter to answer questions from the public on the economy and jobs. The White House said the Twitter town hall is an effort to bypass traditional media outlets and talk to...
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Is Your Weave Holding You Back From Your Man?
Filed under: Weaves & Extensions, Hair and Beauty From Clutchmag.com: The construal of the model black woman garners the ability to encompass an immeasurable range of unparalleled love. With a...
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French Production Company Fined $46 Million for Failing to Distribute Spike...
From the Hollywood Reporter: Spike Lee has scored a big win in a Paris courtroom. TF1 Droits Audiovisuels has been ordered to pay $46 million to producers of Miracle at St. Anna for failing to honor a...
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Phylicia Rashad, Rosie Perez, and Nelsan Ellis Join Star-Studded Cast of...
Filed under: Movies Big Beach Films announced Tuesday that its film adaptation of Marie Phillips' 2007 novel Gods Behaving Badly will feature a star-studded cast including Tony Award winner Phylicia...
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Bill Clinton Compares Voter ID Laws to Jim Crow
Filed under: News Former President Bill Clinton compared efforts to limit voter ID laws and block some convicted felons from voting to the Jim Crow laws and poll taxes. Share Tweet "I can't help...
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Zoe Kravitz Inherits Dad's Eclectic Style
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Fashion Files Rocker Lenny Kravitz is set to release his ninth album Black and White in America this August after two decades in the music industry and at 47-years-old he...
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Why Crime Is Down in America's Cities
From the Atlantic: Yesterday, the Financial Times ran an op ed piece of mine about the mysterious downward trend in crime. While this drop is a welcome development -- and very possibly a bellwether of...
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Essence Festival Interrupts Racial Segregation in New Orleans
The Society Pages: Essence Music Festival, the "party with a purpose," is a three-day event in New Orleans, featuring speakers during the day and musical performances at night. It also caters to an...
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Obama Denies Bachmann Charge That He Has Failed African-Americans, Latinos on...
From the Seattle Medium: President Barack Obama, in what was likely his first direct defense pertaining to the question of the high unemployment rate among Blacks and Latinos, says Republicans who...
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Trapped in Motown's Closet
From the New Black Man: Nearly 35 years before the release of Lady Gaga's Born This Way, a Gospel singer turned Disco star, recorded a song bearing the same title, which became one of the era's most...
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Black Baptists Should Engage Changing Culture, Says Conference Workshop
From Lubbock Online: Times are changing for many black churches, said the Rev. Michael A. Evans Sr., pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield. Evans led a workshop challenging churches to...
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