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If you’re a real sports fan you probably spent last night cheering or jeering at your big-screen TV depending on how your team was faring in the heavily hyped matchup between #1 LSU and #2 Alabama. The reason this game was such a big deal is that it was the first time in years the two… Read more.
[T]he so-called “PIGS” (namely, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain) have been arguing that the sovereign debt crisis that is threatening to plunge their respective countries into bankruptcy is a burden all of Europe should bear. And everybody knows that a default by any of these PIGS will cause the disunion of the European Union. (A… Read more.
Black users of crack cocaine are far more likely to end up in jail than White users of powder cocaine. Nothing exemplifies unequal justice in America better than this. Two things explain this disparity: racism and wealth. They also explain why Blacks who steal peanuts end up in jail while Whites who embezzle millions walk… Read more.
Far too few Americans, especially Black ones, are aware of the almost 30-year legal battle Black farmers launched in 1983 against the U.S. government. They claimed that, for decades, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) denied them loans and technical assistance, which it routinely offered to White farmers. Well, here is how President Obama hailed the settlement… Read more.
There’s no denying that Kim Kardashian is to Reality TV what Kate Middleton is to Royalty (sorry Paris). Therefore, given the way Reality TV now saturates our culture, it’s hardly surprising that news of her filing for divorce yesterday – after only 72 days of marriage – made headlines both in the tabloid and mainstream… Read more.
