MOBILE--Residents in Mobile, Ala. are looking for answers to a shooting that resulted in the death of 19-year-old by a police officer.
According to Fox 10, the incident happened on Monday (June 13,) when Michael Moore was pulled over for a routine ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:42PM
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TEXAS--The Dallas Cowboys lead attorney Levi McCathern will now represent the family of a sixth grade black girl who alleges to have been dragged by three white boys who placed a rope around her neck.
The $3 million lawsuit accuses Live Oak Classi ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:36PM
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Earlier this week, a lone hacker—self-dubbed Guccifer 2.0—breached DNC servers and reportedly obtained opposition research on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. The DNC confirmed the hack and hasn’t denied the authenticity ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:33PM
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Dean Baker
Co-director, CEPR; author, ¡¥The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive¡¦
Sorry folks, this isn¡¦t Trump University, I don¡¦t have the plan for you to get rich quick. But it is important for everyone to understand exac ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:12PM
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By Leo Babauta
Being a dad is messy … not just the many spills and broken dishes and dirty kitchens and finger-painted walls you have to clean up, but messy because nothing ever goes as planned.
It’s messy because you start out with the best of intentions, hoping to be super dad and loving and ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:02PM
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The Southern Africa Classic Tour is the most complete tour of the wonders of southern Africa. From cosmopolitan Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa to the wildlife-rich Chobe National Park in Botswana, to majestic Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, discover the best of southern Africa.
Enjoy th ...
Posted Friday, June 17th 2016 at 6:25PM
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HBCUConnect.com founder Will Moss announced a new partnership between Merck, a global biopharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and HBCUConnect.com, the largest social network and career site targeting the students, faculty, and alumni from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The partnership is designed to introduce graduating seniors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Merck’s Leadership Development Program. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 15th 2016 at 1:55PM
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Our incessant attempts to intellectualize the accomplishments of our ancestors, without truly understanding them as spiritually dynamic beings, has created a dilemma for the descendants of these great cultures. Our exclusively intellectual methods of ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 12:34AM
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From DemocracyNow.org
June 07, 2016
In California, Black Lives Matter activist Jasmine Richards faces up to four years in prison at her sentencing today after she was convicted of a rarely used statute in California law known up until recentl ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2016 at 6:05PM
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Watch the short clip, notice how the interviewee is cut off when he mentions that more than one person was involved.
You surely noted that in the interview above, the man begins to reveal one of the most important details to surface in the Or ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2016 at 5:56PM
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. ¡X Thousands mourned boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, a man who held Islam close to his heart, in a hometown service Thursday honoring ¡§the people¡¦s champ.¡¨
The Muslim funeral service at Freedom Hall in the Kentucky ...
Posted Thursday, June 9th 2016 at 9:34PM
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A Detroit man who was incarcerated after being wrongly convicted of four murders is walking free today, after serving nearly nine years of a sentence he received at the age of 15.
The murder convictions for Davontae Sanford, now 23, have been vac ...
Posted Thursday, June 9th 2016 at 9:25PM
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WVAS Presents Montgomery Screening of ‘The Amazing Nina Simone’
WHAT: Compelling documentary on the life of singer, songwriter, pianist and activist Nina Simone.
WHEN: Saturday, June 11; reception begins at 3 p.m., documentary starts at 4 p.m.
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Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2016 at 1:53PM
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In The Name Of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful
I bear witness there is no god but Allah
And I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger
As-Salaam Alaikum!
Statement from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on the passing of Muhammad Al ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2016 at 1:34PM
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This year's celebrity line-up at the expo will attract greater opportunities for entrepreneurs to network, exhibit and showcase their products, services and recycle their dollars at the expo.
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - June 7, 2016 - PRLog -- New York, ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2016 at 10:05AM
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Mohammad Ali!
Like everyone I’m saddened with the passing of this iconic sports figure. I never met the man, but I did have a ringside encounter with the greatest boxer of all time.
I graduated from The City College of New York and then spe ...
Posted Monday, June 6th 2016 at 9:16PM
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In a commencement address on Friday at City College in New York City, First Lady Michelle Obama raised more than a few eyebrows when she referred to the White House as “a house that was built by slaves”.
Though she did not mention Republican front ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2016 at 6:46PM
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By VICE News
June 3, 2016 | 1:10 pm
Police in Chicago released more than 100 videos from pending investigations on Friday — including footage of police shootings and incidents of brutality — as part of a new effort by the embattled department to ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2016 at 6:36PM
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It has been widely argued that the multiple head injuries Muhammad Ali sustained during his boxing career could have caused his Parkinson's disease. In reality, the science behind it is much more nuanced.
Experts' theories vary on whether head tr ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2016 at 6:32PM
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LOS ANGELES--Donald Trump has been accused of “hypocrisy” for his tributes to Muhammad Ali, as Bernie Sanders criticised those who praise the boxing legend while being "prejudiced against Muslims in this country".
After publically calling for all ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2016 at 6:25PM
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"On Your Feet!" is the morning greeting you might hear around the Moss Household. Dad hit the floor running.
He rose early each morning and made my favorite before I headed off to school....an Egg Sandwich!
Then you'd find him making time to get his fitness in doing his toe to sky touches.
I mea ...
Posted Thursday, June 2nd 2016 at 8:44AM
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