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Employment Discrimination Pushes Felons Onto Food Stamp Rolls, Increasing Program’s Costs
By Saki Knafo By refusing to hire people who have been convicted of crimes, employers may be adding billions of dollars to the total cost of the country’s ballooning food assistance program. Citing data from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Dean Baker, employment, Employment discrimination, felony, food, job discrimination, jobs, republican, Snap, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States, United States Department of Agriculture
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Inmates Across California Join Hunger Strike Over Conditions
By Doreen McCallister Thousands of prisoners across the state are expressing solidarity with inmates being held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison in northern California. It is a maximum security facility and problem inmates are held in the Security … Continue reading
P!nk (ft Lily Allen) – True Love
I’m a BIG fan of Pink and dig this video!
2 Chainz (ft Pharrell) – Feds Watching
How appropriate is this title?
Posted in Soul Brother's Music Videos
Tagged 2 Chainz, hip-hop, music, Pharrell Williams, video
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The Best Man Holiday
The Best Man is one of my favorite films. On November 15, 2013 comes the much-anticipated sequel. After 15 years the gang is reunited over Christmas and rediscover their friendships. The Best Man Holiday stars Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Regina … Continue reading
Pope’s Mass at Lampedusa
Posted in Soul Brother Presents
Tagged Catholic, faith, God, immigration, Lampedusa, Mass, Pope Francis, refugees, religion, video
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Just in Case George Zimmerman Walks Free…
By Russell Simmons Like so many people across the country, I have followed the murder trial of George Zimmerman very closely. As we enter what is probably the last week of the trial, I am sure that everyone is anxious … Continue reading
Thurgood Marshall’s Prescient Warning: Don’t Gut the 4th Amendment
By Conor Friedersdorf In a story on the secret body of law being created by the FISA court, The New York Times reports that “in one of the court’s most important decisions, the judges have expanded the use in terrorism cases … Continue reading
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Tagged FISA, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, justice, law, politics, privacy, Railway Labor Executives' Association, Supreme Court of the United States, Thurgood Marshall, United States, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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Hip-Hop and the Globalization of ‘Nigga’
By Nicolas B. Aziz In February, popular comedian Lisa Lampanelli (a 51-year-old Italian-American stand-up comedian and Harvard alumna) tweeted a picture of herself with Girls creator Lena Dunham saying, “Me with my nigga @LenaDunham of @HBOGirls – I love this beyotch!!” Interestingly enough, it … Continue reading →