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Pastor Maina Mwaura: Julian Bond Preaches Intolerance Towards the Religious

By Pastor Maina Mwaura In an op-ed written this week in Politic365.com titled “Religious liberty and inclusion,” Julian Bond proved, once again, that he and the NAACPare slowly becoming an irrelevant organization ...
by Guest Contributor
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Black Journos Meet Senators on Black Issues, But Shhh… Don’t Say “Black Agenda”

  Are we going to care about theatrics and “phraseology” and whether we call it a “black agenda” if we wake up in 2016 to find that Black communities are worse than they were in the Bush years?  On...
by Lauren Victoria Burke
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Erika Harold: Former Miss America is GOP Congressional Hopeful

On Tuesday, attorney and Congressional hopeful Erika Harold announced her run for office in her hometown Urbana, Ill. Many remember Harold as Miss America 2003, and for being among few women of African ancestry to hold the tit...
by Imani Jackson
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder listens to a question at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington

AG Eric Holder: Obama’s Human Shield and Angry White Male Magnet

We need to understand that we can’t come off as a bunch of angry white men. — Robert Bennett, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, January 2013 Holder. Go ahead and watch any hearing where Attorney General Eric Hold...
by Lauren Victoria Burke
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Nothing New: Blacks Busted 4x More Than Whites for Same Drug Crimes, Equal Use

Is this really news?  Why is everyone breathlessly reporting that there is a difference in prosecution and sentencing based on race in the U.S. as if that’s news?  I’m glad the ACLU and other groups are focused o...
by Lauren Victoria Burke
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Right-Wing Reflex: Blame Obama First

By Clarence Page of the Philadelphia Tribune Republicans are not alone in their outrage that the IRS singled out tea party groups for extra scrutiny on their applications for nonprofit status. Nobody likes to be profiled. The I...
by The Philadelphia Tribune
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Conyers Critical of Farrakhan for Anti-Semetic Remarks at Detroit Event

John Conyers apologized for Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic comments during an event on May 17 at a Detroit church. Conyers was in attendance at the event and issued the following statement: “Farrakhan made unacceptable raci...
by Lauren Victoria Burke
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Rep. Rush Calls Senator’s Gang Plan “Upper Class Elitist White Boy Solution”

ep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) called a gang plan advanced by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) an “upper-middle-class, elitist white boy solution to a problem he knows nothing about.” Rush was responding to comments by Kirk after Kirk and Sen...
by Lauren Victoria Burke
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