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Cane Corso Dogs Kill Livonia Jogger
I have a dog. She's a German Shepherd. She's about average size for a female German Shepherd, weighing in at around 72lbs or so, but she is still extremely aggressive, protective and selfish of what...
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Man Who Recorded the Death of Eric Garner Arrested on Gun Possession:...
The young man who is responsible for recording the video of Eric Garner's death has been arrested on a gun possession charge. 22 year-old Ramsey Orta was arrested on the evening of Saturday, August 2nd...
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Obama's Economy: How Does It Compare To Other Presidencies?
We hear a lot of rhetoric these days on the talk news shows about how good or how bad Obama's economic policies have been for America. The Right would have us believe that Obama is the worst President...
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Black Progress? Not Very Much Since 1970 **RANT**
As a black person in America, when you attempt to analyze in your mind how much progress we have actually made in the fight for equality there are several factors to include — and since the first law...
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Renisha McBride Verdict: How Easy is Justice when Black Life is Valued
In just eight short, simple, and sweet hours a Detroit jury returned a guilty verdict against a man who shot a Black woman in cold blood. 55-year-old Theodore Wafer was found guilty of second degree...
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Music Reviews: The Coasters, Valerie June
The CoastersThe Coasters were a 50s era black rock-n-roll/doo-wop singing group who had a wonderful mix of tenor, baritone and bass voices. Musicians who were associated with The Coasters included...
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Breaking News: Actor Robin Williams Dead at Age 63 (Suspected Suicide)
Breaking News: Actor Robin Williams Dead at Age 63From The Daily News New York:Actor and comedian Robin Williams has been found dead in his California home in a suspected suicide, according to a...
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Why it's Hard to Be Black in America
When I was in high school I used to work as a dishwasher at a nice restaurant. Most of the guys who worked in the "back of house" area with me were young high school or college students like myself,...
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Tupac Private Phone Conversation Reveals His Plan To Help Black Children
Tupac was one of the greatest emcees of all time, not necessarily because he was the greatest lyricist -- in fact several deceased rappers could quite possibly be considered lyrically superior to...
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President Obama and Foreign Policy: Et tu, Hillary?
I could never ever ever be a politician. There are just too many times that you must smile and eat a big bowl of crap while pretending that it tastes good. And if you're good at pulling off that trick...
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Movie Reviews: Get on Up, Clue
Get on Updirected by Tate TaylorLike Ray Charles but only more so James Brown was a larger than life musical figure who would likely be worshipped as a demigod if we lived back during pre-Christian...
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Ferguson Video: Michael Brown Shooting
The sobering thing about life today is that so much of what we do for good or for bad is captured by video, whether it be private, business or governmental.Cell phone video taken by Ferguson resident...
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Michael Brown Shooting in Ferguson, Missouri - How Far Has America Come in...
France Francois (pictured) last week at a vigil in Washington, D.C. holding a sign regarding the Michael Brown shooting For the first time in world history, Amnesty International has deployed a human...
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Lauryn Hill Dedicates New Song "Black Rage" To Ferguson
Lauryn Hill released a new song today on her Sound Cloud page called "Black Rage" which she says is dedicated to the people of Ferguson, MO.According to Hill, via Twitter, the song was created in her...
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Whatchu Gonna Do When Ferguson, MO Comes To You?
Ferguson, MO has become ground zero for the modern day civil rights struggle here in America, after the death of 18 year old, unarmed Michael Brown. The small town has become a spectacle, reminiscent...
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Book Reviews: Under the Dome, Black Pulp, No Hero
Under the Domeby Stephen KingWhen you're one of the world's greatest writers sometimes even your older ideas are still golden compared to everyone else's. Under The Dome, as King explains, is an idea...
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James Brown Song Test
Some critics have argued that in making rhythm so important and de-emphasizing melody and harmony as much as he did that James Brown routinely created or sang songs that all pretty much sounded alike,...
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The 2014 Emmy Awards
The Winners from last night:Breaking BadBryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, ...Outstanding Drama SeriesBryan CranstonBreaking BadOutstanding Lead Actor - Drama SeriesModern FamilySteven...
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Nine Year Old Girl Armed With Uzi Kills Arizona Shooting Range Instructor
I believe in the individual right to keep and bear arms. I tend to be skeptical of many new gun control proposals. That said I am aghast that anyone would permit a child to attempt to operate an Uzi...
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Jon Stewart, Fox News and Ferguson: Race Matters
The all too predictable thing about many conservatives is that whenever there is a situation in which there is an abuse of power by state agents and the alleged victims are Black, conservatives, with...
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