Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

Final Power Play: 5 Winning Leadership Strategies of Olivia Pope

By Shaun Spearmon For millions of faithful fans, Thursdays at 10 p.m. just won’t be the same. With the conclusion of the second season of Scandal, we will have to survive 6 months, void of our weekly dose of the lies, … Continue reading

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High School Graduation Speeches: What Blacks Teens Need to Hear

By Ivory Toldson During a graduation speech this month at Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville, Tenn., Michelle Obama told students, “When something doesn’t go your way, you’ve just got to adjust. You’ve got to dig … Continue reading

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A Beacon Extinguished

Update II: The pastor of Holy Spirit School has cancelled an Alumni Mass that was previously scheduled. Don’t let the great people, the building, and the values that shaped so many young people to fade quietly into the dark. Sign the … Continue reading

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Fox Announces 24 Revival, American Idol Shakeups

By Liz Raftery It’s official: Jack’s back! Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly announced on a conference call Monday that the network is bringing back action series 24, with Kiefer Sutherland reprising his role as CTU agent Jack Bauer. 24: Live … Continue reading

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Google Drive triples free storage to 15GB

By Seth Rosenblatt Google’s capacity to store your files will jump by a factor of three, the company said Monday, rising from 5GB to 15GB shared across Google+, Drive, and Gmail. Google made the announcement just before Google I/O developers … Continue reading

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Marijuana Linked To Lower Bladder Cancer Risk, Study Says

By Kathleen Myers People who smoke marijuana may be less likely to get bladder cancer than those who smoke cigarettes, a new study says. Kaiser Permanente researchers compared the risk of bladder cancer in more than 83,000 men who smoked cigarettes … Continue reading

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King James Bible: Writing all 788,000 words by hand

For four centuries English-speaking people have learned about Christianity by reading the King James Bible. The English translation introduced phrases still well-used today such as ‘no peace for the wicked’ (Isaiah 57:21), ‘the blind leading the blind’ (Matthew 15:13) and … Continue reading

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Soledad O’Brien Calls Out ‘White People’ Over ‘Black In America’ Series

Soledad O’Brien addressed criticism from “white people” about her documentaries about race in America in a new video. O’Brien has hosted five documentaries in CNN’s “Black In America” series. In a talk at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, she said … Continue reading

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Now They Want to Take Away the 8-Hour Day and 40-Hour Week

By Dave Johnson Republicans are trying to pass an “alternative” to overtime pay. This is really about taking away the eight-hour workday and 40-hour workweek. Will weekends be next? What about an “alternative” to paying workers at all? House Republicans … Continue reading

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The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt

By Paul Kiel One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn’t be. She’d been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had … Continue reading

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