Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

Michael Jackson’s lucrative legacy

This aired on 60 Minutes about a week ago. It’s sad but it reaffirmed sadly the old adage that sometimes a person can be worth more deceased than alive.

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Empowering America’s Rising Workforce–Latina Girls–in Computing and Innovation

By Dr. Idit Harel Caperton It recently came to my attention, that throughout the nation, young men and women who are Latino are, unfortunately, caught on the wrong side of the digital divide. I have spent much of my career working on … Continue reading

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Scandal Season 2 Withdrawal: How to Cope

Thursday nights will never be the same (at least until September). After last week’s head-exploding closing line — “Dad?!” — fans of ABC’s cultural phenomenon Scandal have been left with a gaping hole in their social calendars. What to tweet … Continue reading

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Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal

In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture — and big donors — have fallen through the cracks. Consider … Continue reading

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Stop Emphasizing the Quality of Your Work and Do This Instead

By Ben Drake In the vast majority of cases, your quality doesn’t matter. Yup, that’s right. Why? Because no one cares about the quality of your work; people care about the quality of their own work.This does not apply to the unconditional … Continue reading

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How Racism Turned an Interracial Family’s Trip to Walmart into a Kidnapping Investigation

By Kristen Gwynne A Virginia father’s trip to Walmart last week took an unexpected turn when he was accused of kidnapping his three young daughters because their skin color did not match his. Joseph, a white father in an interracial marriage who … Continue reading

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“If Money Were No Object” – Behind Our Obsession With Powerball

by Alyssa Figueroa As Florida continues to search for their Powerball winner, some people are still fantasizing about what they would do if they won. Though the jackpot weighs in at $590.5 million dollars, the real prize isn’t exactly this precise … Continue reading

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Chinua Achebe: Nigeria to hold funeral for author

Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state. Mr Achebe’s body arrived back in Nigeria on Wednesday from the US. The author died in Boston at the … Continue reading

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Twitter fights hacking with two-factor authentication

By Jennifer Van Grove After a string of high-profile hacking incidents, Twitter has finally introduced a two-factor authentication system as a way for members to keep their accounts more secure. On Wednesday, the information network rolled out the new login … Continue reading

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Single motherhood in U.S. increases sharply

By Carol Morello More than six out of 10 women who give birth in their early 20s are unmarried, the Census Bureau said Wednesday in a report that shows sharp discrepancies in single mothers related to income, education and race. … Continue reading

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