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Freedom is Not Free

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE Oh freedom Oh freedom Oh freedom over me!  And...

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Toward a Smarter Drug Policy by Benjamin Todd Jealous

Toward a Smarter Drug Policy   by Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO,...

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Rapper Chuck D is Right: Guns and Drugs Have Flooded the Black Community...

Rapper Chuck D is Right: Guns and Drugs Have Flooded the Black Community Since Reagan...

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What Does Barack Obama Owe the Black Community?

What Does Barack Obama Owe the Black Community? by Gregory D. Squires-professor of...

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Why I Won't Listen to Beyonce

Why I Won't Listen to Beyonce Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Today and again in two weeks...

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150 Years Later, Time to 'Fix It'

150 Years Later, Time to 'Fix It' Amb. Andrew J. Young As we walked across the...

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The Silver Lining of Mental Illness

The Silver Lining of Mental Illness BY...Mehmet Oz, M.D. When I attended the...

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Providing Opportunities to Those Who Need Them Most

Providing Opportunities to Those Who Need Them Most By Veronica Nolan, CEO Urban...

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Nike, Apple, Facebook Among U.S. Companies That Intend To Back Gay Marriage... More...

Community College Grads Now Earning More than 4-Year Degree Recipients More...

Alarming Disparity in Hunger and Poverty Rates Among African American... More...

Black-White Wealth Gap Worsening: Here's Why More...

The New STD That Can Kill You More...

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Movie Reviews

Beautiful Creatures

Puppy Love Blossoms across Species in  Supernatural Romantic Fantasy   Beautiful Creatures-NUM  Film Review by Kam Williams  ... More »

Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary

  Reverential Biopic Paints Sympathetic Portrait of Controversial... More »

Love and Opera Are in the Air in Romantic Dramedy Directed by Dustin Hoffman-...

Love and Opera Are in the Air in Romantic Dramedy Directed by Dustin... More »

Sean Penn Shines in Crime Saga about Legendary Mobster- Gangster Squad

Sean Penn Shines in Crime Saga about Legendary Mobster-  ... More »

Book Reviews

PUM Book Review: Radical - Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee

Radical Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee...

Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith by Gabrielle Douglas

Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith by Gabrielle Douglas...

19 Years Old & 19 Men Later A Memoir by Tenisha Gainey

  9 Years Old & 19 Men Later A Memoir by Tenisha...

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