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Answering the BLACK Enigma
An enigma is something that is hard to understand and explain. Understanding the black question in so few words proves my point all the more. I, as a black person, can shed light on the situation far...
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Under Obamacare, America’s uninsured rate has fallen 35 percent
Image: whitehouse.gov Since several of the Affordable Care Act’s March coverage provisions took effect, about 16.4 million uninsured people have gained health insurance coverage. That includes: •...
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The changing state of American fast food in charts
The Confirmation Files:Posted by Libergirl Originally posted on Quartz: The story of fast food in the United States isn’t just mega chains like McDonald’s and Burger King anymore. Higher quality fast...
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America Is Criminalizing Black Teachers: Atlanta’s Cheating Scandal and the...
Last week, an Atlanta jury convicted 11 teachers and school administrators of racketeering in a system-wide cheating scandal. Yes, you read that correctly. Teachers and administrators inflating student...
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Freddie Gray ‘died from head injury in police van’
Image: AP Freddie Gray died when his head struck a bolt in a Baltimore police van, a local US TV news station has reported. More from the BBC Posted by Libergirl
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Dear White America: Here’s What You Should Know About MLK Before Using Him to...
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White America’s Greatest Delusion: ‘They Do Not Know It and They Do Not Want...
Image: Alternet Though perhaps overused, there are few statements that so thoroughly burrow to the heart of the nation’s racial condition as the following, written fifty-three years ago by James...
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Gordon Parks: Views of a segregated South
Gordon Parks’ courageous photography helped awaken America at the dawn of the civil rights era. He was a master at portraying people from every walk of life. For years, some of Parks’ most important...
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Opinion: Robert Mann… Jindal responds to Lafayette shootings with hugs and...
In the days after the deadly June shooting spree in Charleston, S.C., in which nine members of that city’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church died, Gov. Bobby Jindal attacked President Barack...
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Honore: America’s in denial about gun culture
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Russel Honore, Louisiana’s most well-known 21st century military hero, said America is mired in a state of denial about its gun culture and that’s harming the country. “As a...
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Republican women’s group apologizes for posting photo of a lynched black man...
The Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women apologized on Wednesday after they posted an image of a black man being lynched on their official Facebook page. The image included a solitary African...
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Racially Disparate Views of New Orleans’s Recovery After Hurricane Katrina
Image: Kaiser Family Foundation Ten years after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and the subsequent levee failure led to unprecedented destruction in New Orleans, the Kaiser Family Foundation...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Stirs Debate With Treatise On “The Black Family In The Age...
Image: Newsone The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates is back with a probing analysis titled “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” More from NewsOne Posted by Libergirl
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Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Says She Met With Pope Francis
Image: Time Magazine A Kentucky clerk who went to jail for defying a federal court’s orders to issue same-sex marriage licenses says she met briefly with the pope during his historic visit to the...
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Proposes Bill To Restore Voting Rights To Ex-Felons
NY Rep. Hakeem Jeffries discusses his proposed bill that will restore the right to vote to ex-felons who have served their time. Image: felonvoting.procon.org/ The premise of Rep. Jeffries’ bill is...
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Noam Chomsky: How the Word ‘Liberal’ Has Been Totally Distorted in America
Image: Alternet As the war of words between presidential candidates has only begun to ratchet up, I’ve already grown battle-weary, anxious and disheartened. More from Alternet Posted by The...
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Confederate flag supporter confesses to exploding bomb at Tupelo Walmart
A Mississippi man, who was angry at Walmart for not selling Confederate flag merchandise, has confessed to throwing a bomb at the Tupelo store. Source: Lee County Jail Sixty-one year old Marshall...
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John Avlon: Poll That Shows Whites Feel Reverse Discrimination
Image: Black America Web Roland Martin talks to John Avlon of the Daily Beast talks about the new study that shows that white folks feel reverse discrimination and are longing for the 19450’s when...
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The San Bernardino shooting is America’s 352nd mass shooting in the 336 days...
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