Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

Being Legal Doesn’t End Poverty

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Jennifer Medina Those pressing for change in the country’s immigration system like to say that creating a path to citizenship will bring the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants “out of the shadows.” It is taken as a given that … Continue reading →

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Challenging Punishment: What the California Prisoners Hunger Strike Tells Us About Mass Incarceration

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Samuel K. Roberts, PhD The hunger strike at Pelican Bay is the third such action in the past two years and only the most recent in a 20-year history of protests against conditions there going back to the 1995 … Continue reading →

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Pope prays for World Youth Day before Brazil trip

Posted on July 21, 2013 by The Soul Brother

Pope Francis has thanked pilgrims in St. Peters Square for their good wishes for his impending journey to Brazil for World Youth Day.The pope departed from his prepared text during the traditional Sunday Angelus blessing to point to a large … Continue reading →

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Archeologists dig up King David’s palace

Posted on July 21, 2013 by The Soul Brother

  A joint excavation led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Antiquities Authorities discovered two of the largest structures ever uncovered from the Kingdom of Judea, the Israel Antiquities Authorities announced on Thursday. Researchers Prof. Yossi Garfinkel and … Continue reading →

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CNET Top 5 : reasons to go prepaid

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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The Perfect Speech for an Imperfect Union

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By David Swerdlick Though, like so many others, I was moved by President Barack Obama’s insightful remarks at Friday’s White House press briefing, I stand by my view that the president would have been better served in the long run … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Rosman recalls witnessing party guest mistake Barack Obama for waiter at 2003 Tina Brown party in New York

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Leslie Larson With unprecedented candor, President Obama spoke about the prejudice he has faced as an African-American man — prompting Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Rosman to recall witnessing Obama being mistaken for a waiter at a Manhattan soiree … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Anguish

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By The Editorial Board President Obama did something today that he hardly ever does — and no other president could ever have done. He addressed the racial fault lines in the country by laying bare his personal anguish and experience … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama, Black President, Has Finally Entered the Room: What if Trayvon Martin Had a Gun and Stood His Ground?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Chauncey DeVega President Obama has spoken less about race than any other President in recent memory. Today’s surprise speech on the Trayvon Martin case is a payment on that gross neglect against the debit on his account as the … Continue reading →

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President Obama: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me”

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

These comments were made in the briefing room without a teleprompter. A heart-felt delivery that bookends the President’s Philadelphia race speech during his first campaign for President.

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