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Allen West Shows Ignorance…Again
Last year, U.S. Rep. Allen West proclaimed himself as “the modern day Harriet Tubman” who would lead black people away from the Democratic plantation into…
Daily Archive: April 26, 2012
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Trying to Find the Truth
The murder of Catherine Fuller was one of the first stories I was assigned when I went to work for the Washington Post in 1985.…
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Michelle Obama Hits Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. – First Lady Michelle Obama framed the upcoming presidential election as a fight for the nation’s future that will “impact our lives for…
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Infant Stabbed in Baltimore; Mother in Custody
A mother managed to slip a long kitchen knife past security at a Baltimore social services building and used it to stab her infant daughter…
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Obama Pushes Low-Rate Student Loans
President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided…
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Rodney King Reflects on An Up-Down Life Since Riot
We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop…
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Secret Service Scandal Inspires Website
The entrepreneur behind a controversial online sugar daddy dating service is using the Secret Service Colombia sex scandal to urge international business travelers who don’t…
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Detroit Mayor’s Budget Plan Includes 2,500 Layoffs
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Monday laid out a budget proposal that would cut more than 2,500 jobs — nearly a quarter of the city’s…
Health
Dr. Rebecca Landa Talks Autism
Minority toddlers with autism are more delayed than their white counterparts. The biggest increases in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been found among black and…
Little Known Black History Fact: Jim Crow Museum
On April 26th at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, a black collector of antiques named David Pilgrim will open the first Jim Crow…
