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African-American Facts for Week of: July 24

Guest Contributor - July 25, 2016

Know Your History!Up to the early 20th century, most American knowledge of Black history was limited to the African American struggle through slavery and...

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Make Black lives matter more in America

CARLTON WATERHOUSE - July 22, 2016

The acquittal of another officer in Freddie Gray’s death reinforces our need to make Black lives matter more. For too long unjustified police violence...

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First Recorder, now Expo snubs Radio One

Guest Contributor - July 22, 2016

I miss Amos Brown. I mean, I REALLY miss Amos Brown.I miss our conversations and the way we would swap pertinent information or discuss...

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Ideas in context: Making sense of violence and the world at large

Guest Contributor - July 15, 2016

The system of intelligent life uses logic and sanity to make sense of a grim existence where humans of all backgrounds and categories are...

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In Defense of Ten Point

ABDUL-HAKIM SHABAZZ @AttyAbdul - July 14, 2016

My colleague Ebony Chappel recently took Rev. Charles Harrison and the Ten Point Coalition to task for inviting Indiana Governor Mike Pence on one...

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Wage theft is a crime. Are you a victim?

Guest Contributor - July 14, 2016

If your employer asks you to work without clocking in, requests a percentage of your tips, refuses to pay overtime or misclassifies your work...

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Hip-hop culture is the monster the Black community created

RAYNARD JACKSON - July 14, 2016

I am quite confident that what I am about to write will prove to be quite controversial, but I implore my readers to please...

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Hip-hop culture is the monster the Black community created

RAYNARD JACKSON - July 14, 2016

I am quite confident that what I am about to write will prove to be quite controversial, but I implore my readers to please...

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A spirit of unity can help bridge the racial divide

Guest Contributor - July 14, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr. once inquired, “Where do we go from here? Chaos or community?”A week after the killings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas...

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Now that you are standing

Guest Contributor - July 14, 2016

In the midst of a great speech during the BET Awards, our dear brother, Jesse Williams, has Black people all over the country hyped....

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