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December 31, 2010 at 10:02pm

By Leigh

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Dreadlocked Teen Banned From B’Ball

ABC News | December 31, 2010 A high school coach’s grooming policy keeps a Missouri student off the court.

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December 31, 2010 at 12:34pm

By Dallas

@radiofreedallas

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Topics: hip-hop, Music, Pop Culture

New Year’s Eve Music Roundup: Kanye’s twisted “Monster” video, M.I.A.s’ Vicki Leekx, and Ms. Hill’s Comeback Tour

An unfinished version of Kanye West’s long-awaited music video for “Monster” has finally leaked. And it is really, really fucked up. Meanwhile, M.I.A. has released a brand new mixtape to ring in the New Year, and Ms. Hill has announced a string of tour dates……

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December 31, 2010 at 10:01am

By Fallon

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New Years’ Eve is a Time of Reflection

Invariably on New Years’ Eve I begin to think about the big questions of life—growth, love, marriage, death, renewal, “dissertation,” and God/gods. I begin to think about the lessons I have learned or failed to learn during the year. I begin to wonder if the decisions made this year will affect unknown possibilities next year [...]

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December 30, 2010 at 7:57pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Black Culture, Black Family, Black Identity, Empowerment, Habari gani, kwanzaa, Kwanzaa Greetings, Maulana Karenga, Nguzu Saba

What’s Up With Kwanzaa? Part 2

Greetings Black people, if you have been celebrating Kwanzaa for the first time I hope that it has been a good experience. If not and you are still considering, there are three days left. I left you earlier in the week with some ways to observe the Nguzu Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa. This [...]

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December 29, 2010 at 9:55am

By Jonathan

@jonathanlykes

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A New Year – A Purposeful Life – A Lesson of Sacrifice

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December 29, 2010 at 12:10am

By Justin L. Hill

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Topics: health, Health Care Debate, healthcare, Money, ObamaCare, Politics, Poverty, socialized medicine

From Death Panels to Individual Liberty: The Affordable Care Act

If you are like me and want to know more about the Affordable Care Act be prepared to wade through the murky waters of fact versus fiction. Moreover, much if not all of what is heard about the Affordable Care Act has been the GOP’s advertisements and slander of the law, which as far as content is concerned amounts to noise. [...]

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December 28, 2010 at 1:58pm

By edward

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No New Years Resolutions

Every year millions of people reflect on all the poor choices they made in the previous 365 days and vow never to repeat them again. In some cases, the old habits are completely erased, but for most folks the efforts are as futile as Lindsey Lohan staying out of trouble. I’ve never been a fan [...]

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December 27, 2010 at 3:48pm

By jasiri x

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This “Angry White Dude” Isn’t That Smart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtH7vH4yRcYv The funniest thing to me about the Tea Party’s response to my video,”What if the Tea Party was Black?“, is their insistent claim that the tea party isn’t racist, while at the same time making blatantly racist comments about me or black people in general. Case in point, some blogger calling himself “Angry White [...]

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December 27, 2010 at 8:58am

By Summer M.

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Topics: Rick James, Teena Marie

Lovergirl

I’ve known my daddy to leave town and stay overnight for three events: 1. His yearly trips to Las Vegas, NV, 2. My sister’s wedding, and 3. A Rick James concert in Indianapolis. As my father recalls, I was in utero when he and my mom took that 2-hour drive south for the Rick James [...]

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December 26, 2010 at 4:28pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Black Family, Black Identity, Empowerment, kwanzaa, Nguzu Saba

What’s Up With Kwanzaa?

Hope everyone’s Christmas was complete with family and happiness. If you thought that such a spirit lives for a few moments in December, you are indeed wrong and perhaps exhausted. There follows more family time and appreciation for any Black souls that share, also, a need for little historical significance in their life. Today is [...]

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