The great Bishop Noel Jones, discussing the intersection of business and church, the practical and the spiritual, the dialectical and the liturgical. Bishop Noel Jones is considered a profound Christian theologian and intellectual. He has a way with ...
Posted Sunday, February 27th 2011 at 2:03PM
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As Black History Month nears an end for 2011, here a few children's books and DVDs worth checking out.
1. “Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down” by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney: Last year, Little, Brown Books for Young Reade ...
Posted Sunday, February 27th 2011 at 1:31PM
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LONDON – Gross or tasty? A London company is offering an unusual dessert — ice cream made with human breast milk.
Trendy London ice cream parlor The Icecreamists said its "Baby Gaga" ice cream sold out as soon as it launched Friday.
The company ...
Posted Saturday, February 26th 2011 at 6:09PM
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Diana Ross is on The Oprah Winfrey Show today with her family in tow. The Supremes icon and Lady Sings the Blues actress is surprised by Billie Dee Williams, who makes a cameo on the show. This represents her first appearance on television in years.
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Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 3:18PM
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NEW ORLEANS--Faculty, parents, students, and alumni crowded into the St. Augustine High School gym Thursday to talk about discipline. Most of those in the audience want to see the African American Catholic boys school bring back corporal punishment, ...
Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 2:54PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following text is excerpted from the book "The Meaning of F.O.I." by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, published in 1983 and available through the Nation of Islam website www.finalcall.com.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOU ...
Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 2:41PM
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Egypt was ruled by black pharaohs for nearly 100 years, but their role as leaders of the ancient civilization has been largely kept in the dark because of racism, according to this month's National Geographic magazine.
Scholars and historians have ...
Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 2:40PM
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Beyonce is once again being scrutinized for allegedly agreeing to have her skin colour altered for marketing purposes. In 2008 she came under fire when she appeared in a L’Oreal ad with noticeably paler skin. L’Oreal was accused of ‘whitewashing’ her ...
Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 11:32AM
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Why Rush Limbaugh (and other critics of the first lady’s campaign to improve nutrition) are getting personal about her body and food choices.
Full disclosure: I happen to think that Michelle Obama’s efforts to raise awareness about childhood nutr ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 4:38PM
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New York (CNN) -- A billboard has sparked controversy in New York after an anti-abortion group erected a sign focused exclusively on African-American abortion rates.
The sign -- which was paid for by an organization called Life Always -- reads: "T ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 12:03PM
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AKRON--A woman convicted of a felony for using her father's address to enroll her children in a neighboring school district should be "saluted, not arrested," civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said at a rally for her on Thursday.
Sharpton ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 11:59AM
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The Legacy Award honoree shares her journey to becoming a Woman of Power
Long before filmmaker Tyler Perry turned her most famous work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Was Enuf into a star-studded cinematic revival, N ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 10:47AM
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I wanted to set the story straight regarding the statement "I'm From The Hood", because some people's thought process is that when you claim hood status, that it in someway relates to poverty and you are in some way celebrating living in poverty and ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 6:58PM
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In school, having a great teacher is the single most important factor in determining a student's success. Giving America's kids the best education in the world is only possible with the best teachers in the world.
States are being forced to make m ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 3:30PM
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This aired last night on PBS. I highly recommend viewing it. There was filiming of the moment-by-moment events from the protesters perspective as all hell was breaking loose in Egypt. This program also takes a look at The Muslim Brotherhood. ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 3:19PM
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Beyonce graces the March issue of L'Officiel Paris, but it's a controversial photo of the superstar inside the French fashion magazine that's getting the most attention.
The glossy is celebrating its 90th anniversary, and Beyonce marks the oc ...
Posted Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 3:10PM
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CHICAGO--Once upon a time, Congressman Danny Davis was vying with ex-Senator Carol Moseley Braun to be named the "consensus black candidate" for mayor by a group of Chicago's African-American leaders.
When Braun won that title, Davis became one of ...
Posted Monday, February 21st 2011 at 3:23PM
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