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Backlash greets Cheerios ad with interracial family

By Mary C. Curtis Here we go again, with more proof, if anyone needed it, that the post-racial American society some hoped the election of an African American president signified is far from here. Who would have thought that breakfast cereal … Continue reading

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The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’

By Julian Assange “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who construct a new idiom for United States global power in … Continue reading

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Congress Should Take Action to Continue Growing the Economy

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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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Giving Thanks to Our Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day

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Birmingham Church Bombing Victims Awarded Congressional Gold Medal Posthumously

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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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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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The President Talks About How to Build a Rising, Thriving Middle Class

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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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