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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the BlackAmerican community.
July 2008 - Posts
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A new video which features popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey denying Jesus as the only way to God has received over 5 million views on several reporting video sites. The approximately seven-minute video entitled, "The Church of Oprah Exposed," was Read More...
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Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain speaks at a campaign picnic outside the Maine Military Museum in South Portland, Maine July 21, 2008. Republican presidential candidate John McCain opened up a new line of attack on Democratic rival Read More...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton addresses the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Kenner, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. The group, founded in New Orleans, is holding its 50th anniversary convention in the area this week. The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday defended Read More...
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The New Yorker magazine caused a commotion with their cover. But Vanity Fair could beat everyone else to the newsstands a week later with sinister-satire-spoof of John McCain. That's Weak, with a capital EAK!! Put it in print and make this mess truly Read More...
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A prominent AIDS organization accused the federal government yesterday of doing too little to fight AIDS among black Americans, in whom the size and scope of the epidemic resembles that seen in many African nations. In a 55-page report, the Black AIDS Read More...
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"All I want is for my children to get the best education they can." That statement, along with so many others, has been a consistent one that I've heard on my radio show and in discussions with parents for years, especially those whose children are stuck Read More...
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It looks like Barack Obama is narrowing his search for a vice president, and Hillary Clinton ain’t on the list. There are reports that Virginia Governor Tom Kaine is quote “very, very high on the short list” and that he’s told associates he’s had “very Read More...
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John McCain says he supports a proposed ballot initiative in his home state of Arizona that would prohibit affirmative action policies from state and local governments. A decade ago, he called a similar effort "divisive." Over the years, McCain has consistently Read More...
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Can we finally admit charter schools in New York City are no longer an experiment but a valuable institution that works for poor and predominantly minority children and their families? This year, NYC charter schools performed exceptionally well throughout Read More...
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This April 1988 picture shows Ronald A. Gray in handcuffs and chains, escorted by military police leaving a Fort Bragg, N.C. courtroom. President Bush on Monday, July 28, 2008 approved the execution of the Army private, the first time in over a half-century Read More...
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Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may soon get a visit from Michigan State Police, who want to hear his side of a run-in the mayor had last week with a sheriff’s deputy. Captain Harold Love said today state police investigators Read More...
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Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama speaking during a forum at the UNITY '08 Convention in Chicago on Sunday. It is a question that has hovered over Senator Barack Obama even as he has passed milestone after milestone in his race for the White Read More...
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Memorabilia belonging to civil rights icon Rosa Parks are going on sale courtesy of auction house Guernsey's, with proceeds to benefit the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and the Parks family. "The archive includes thousands of items Read More...
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When Paulette Richards' kids grew up and left home she thought she was done parenting. Instead, she has joined the growing ranks of black U.S. grandparents raising grandchildren because their own children can't -- or won't. The Miami woman's story illustrates Read More...
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Tavis Smiley will broadcast his talk show live to select markets during the Democratic and Republican conventions. Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's Tavis Smiley talk show and Read More...
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Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, speaks during a forum at the UNITY '08 Convention in Chicago July 27, 2008, with CNN anchor Suzanne Malvealux and Romesh Ratnesar with Time Magazine. Barack Obama, the Read More...
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Presidential challengers John McCain and Barack Obama sparred over affirmative action Sunday, with McCain backing an effort to end state and locally run minority preferences and Obama saying policies that consider race need to continue. McCain, speaking Read More...
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Sam Wineburg sent a survey to high school students in all 50 states, which said, ”Starting from Columbus to the present day, jot down the names of the most famous Americans in history.“ The one restriction was that presidents and their wives were excluded. Read More...
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Warren Ballentine conducting a nationally syndicated radio show at Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta. Warren Ballentine, one of black talk radio's new stars, was on a tear against Senator John McCain as he broadcast from the Greenbriar Mall here this month, Read More...
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Lt. Col. William Holloman III Today, not being allowed to shop in certain grocery stores, eat in certain restaurants or even drink from certain water fountains is a thought most Americans do not concern themselves with. But for many minority military Read More...
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There she is — no, not Miss America, but the Angela-Davis-Afro-wearing, machine-gun-toting, angry, unpatriotic Michelle Obama, greeting her husband with a fist bump instead of a kiss on the cheek. It was supposed to be satire, but the caricature of Barack Read More...
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Investigators alleged Friday that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick berated and attacked them as they tried to serve a subpoena to a friend, and a judge ordered the troubled mayor to pay $7,500 and undergo random drug testing. The ruling came after the two investigators Read More...
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Barack Obama's vice presidential search team has floated the name of a member of President Bush's first-term Cabinet, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, as Obama's running mate. The search committee, now led by Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder, raised Read More...
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Gordon Brown and Barack Obama in the PM's garden US presidential hopeful Barack Obama met Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on Saturday, focusing on key foreign policy issues facing both countries, particularly Afghanistan and Iraq. The Democratic Read More...
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A talent show is underway to select Tavis Smiley's replacement on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show." It was inevitable that this process would come down to a series of on-air, laugh-out-loud challenges rivaling American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance? Read More...
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For Anthony Williams, being black in America means being a suspect. Sonya Freeman says white oppression is still a problem for blacks. var CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger('cnnImgChngr','/2008/US/07/24/bia.reax.irpt/imgChng/p1-0.init.exclude.html',1,1); Read More...
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Terrence Howard's rep released a statement Thursday addressing the drama sparked by a WENN article that quoted the actor as saying Bill Cosby blackballed him from Hollywood. On Wednesday, Cosby called EUR's Lee Bailey to refute the story. The veteran Read More...
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Recent graduate Carolyn Barnes poses on the Virginia Tech University campus. Carolyn Barnes spent much of her childhood wishing for a different life: a life with a home. She knows how it feels to be on the receiving end of public assistance, to be teased Read More...
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Civil Rights Groups Ask Governor Blagojevich to End Consent Searches by Illinois State Police A diverse group of Illinois civil rights organizations today called on Governor Rod Blagojevich to bar the practices of "consent searches" during routine traffic Read More...
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Beyond the need for the black family to be strengthened, and errant black fathers in struggling inner cities to help rear their children, has Sen. Barack Obama addressed other serious policy issues specific to the African-American community, or has he, Read More...
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The U.S. Army is set to apologize to black soldiers framed for a 1944 riot and the lynching of an Italian POW in Seattle, officials said. The assistant secretary of the Army is expected to apologize for the court-martial of 28 men, which last year an Read More...
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Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Germany Thursday for the latest leg of an international trip intended to bolster his foreign policy credentials. Obama, who will also Read More...
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Responding to an article first published by WENN and reprinted here at EURweb; Bill Cosby called our own Lee Bailey to set the record straight regarding allegations that he once tried to blackball Terrence Howard. "I don't like something being out there Read More...
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Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times Senator Barack Obama in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Senator Barack Obama opened a day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday, sharing Read More...
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now charged with exchanging romantic text messages with additional women in the scandal that has him fighting allegations that he lied under oath about an intimate relationship with his former chief of staff. Charges Read More...
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Rev. Al Sharpton Federal prosecutors have dropped their criminal probe of fiscal irregularities and tax fraud by the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network. Lawyers for the civil rights activist said that means Sharpton's tax tangle won't result Read More...
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Nas Joins ColorofChange in Fight Against Fox News’ Racist Attacks We were just talking about Nas . He recently announced with the release of his latest album that he and other hip hop artists were much better suited to lead the civil rights movement than Read More...
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Two of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have released a statement explaining their reasons for suing brother Dexter King for allegedly taking money from the estate of their deceased mother. "We love our brother, yet we cannot ignore our responsibility Read More...
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In this Feb. 23, 2008 file photo, Tavis Smiley raises his hand, just after the benediction at the Ernest Morial Convention Center, during Smiley's State of the Black Union Town Hall in New Orleans. Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from Read More...
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Marion Jones has asked President Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence. Disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones has asked President Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing Read More...
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Gas prices -- $4, $5, no end in sight, because some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America. No to independence from foreign oil. Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? (Chant) Obama! Obama! (Narrator) One man knows we must Read More...
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Senator Barack Obama with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American military commander in Iraq, in a helicopter above Baghdad. The Iraqi government on Monday left little doubt that it favors a withdrawal plan for American combat troops similar to what Read More...
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CNN came to N.C. Central University In April to ask students what it means to be Black in America . In support of its upcoming series by that name, CNN partnered with Essence magazine and Time Warner Cable to reach out to young African Americans about Read More...
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Soledad O'Brien As the world's window on the United States, CNN is offering its second documentary on black life in the republic, just as Barack Obama heads off to Europe and the Middle East, with the three network anchors in global tracking mode. *** Read More...
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While women of African decent may want to style long flowing locks, especially celebrities. While women of African decent may want to style long flowing locks, especially celebrities. Take some tips from a recent report surrounding Naomi Campbell’s going Read More...
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Few political figures have been more confounding than the Rev. Jesse Jackson. In four decades of public service, he has lived at the crossroads of inspiration and exasperation - keeping hope alive for many and driving others crazy. Last week, he managed Read More...
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This Monday, Nov. 20, 2006 file photo shows the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King from left, Martin Luther King, Jr. III, Dexter King, Yolanda King and Bernice King as they stand next to a new crypt dedicated to their Read More...
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Following the advice of their pastor, the men and women shuffled to the altar, cut up their credit cards and placed them near his feet. "If we want to have victory, we have to come out of financial bondage," the Rev. John K. Jenkins of First Baptist Church Read More...
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Alyson Jones, 34, and her mother Janet Webster Jones, 71, both of Detroit, say they're excited that Michelle Obama is dispelling stereotypes of black women. REGINA H. BOONE/Detroit Free Press CASSANDRA SPRATLING/Detroit Free Press Teacher Debra Dixon, Read More...
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Can A Cartoon Change Minds? When Disney released the gloriously beautiful cartoon movie Fantasia in the early 60s, it was missing a few seconds of footage from the original 1940 release, a fact Disney at first denied but later admitted. The missing piece? Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday as part of a tour aimed at boosting his foreign policy credentials. Sen. Barack Obama talks with U.S. troops in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Saturday. The Illinois senator met with Karzai in Read More...
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Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is drawing to a close. In Washington, a historically black church is trying to attract white members to survive. Atlanta's next mayoral race is expected to feature the first competitive white Read More...
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Chinese-American author Fae Myenne Ng was at Moe's Books in Berkeley this week, presenting her new novel "Bone" in a dialogue with Berkeley author Ishmael Reed. Ng revealed that she had been a student years ago in Reed's Creative Writing class at UC, Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama arrived Saturday in Afghanistan on the first stop of his tour of the Middle East and Europe, aimed at boosting the U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful's foreign policy credentials, his campaign confirmed. Sen. Barack Obama had said Read More...
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Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama listens to the Rev. Jesse Jackson during a joint appearance in Illinois last year. I realize a lot has already been said about the unfortunate, and downright ugly, comments that the Rev. Jesse Jackson made last Read More...
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An international team of AIDS scientists has discovered that a gene variant common in blacks protects against certain types of malaria but increases susceptibility to HIV infection by 40 percent. Researchers, keen to find some biological clues to explain Read More...
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Home run king Barry Bonds leaves a San Francisco courthouse on June 6. Barry Bonds hasn't received a single offer to return to the diamond, according to his agent. "I'm an optimistic guy by nature and I have told Barry that the prospects look bleak," Read More...
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'View' co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck doesn't like when black people use the n-word, and cried while trying to explain why, Usmagazine.com reports. While discussing Jesse Jackson's alleged utterance of the word, the conservative white-host said that no Read More...
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Pennsylvania Avenue was shut down Thursday morning as thousands of members of African-American sororities and fraternities marched from the National Council for Negro Women to the U.S. Capitol. The event, dubbed the Unity March, was part of the centennial Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama holds his biggest advantage of the presidential campaign as the c | |
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