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The god of second chances is at work again as noted in this opinion piece by Cynthia Tucker, Another Morehouse Man reaching for the stars”
The opinion is about Genarlow Wilson, the Georgia boy who at 17 had consenting oral sex with a 15-year-old girl, was incorrectly sentenced to 10 years of prison because of a [...]

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“The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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There’s a disparaging saying going about these days, “I blog therefore I’m an activist”. I feel that it’s a back-handed slap. “You aren’t here in the protest line, in the march, on the phone calling government officials… therefore you are not a real activist.” It isn’t fair and it isn’t smart. [...]

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Democracy Now! has a feature on the American subprime mortgage scandle. They have
Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer and Research Associate at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the former coordinator of the Racial Wealth Gap project at United for a Fair Economy. He is co-author of new report “State of The Dream 2008.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/17/report_subprime_mortgage_crisis_causing_african

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As our marker for a year of time turns from 2007 to 2008 it’s good to turn down the volume, walk away from the noise and distractions and reflect, think and decide. Ask yourself. “Self? Did I make 2007 what it was? Was it good or was it a mess?” [...]

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Oh Prince of the darkness of PEACE, unselfishness, simple-living, LOVE and truth-telling. Thou little “terrorist” child from Bethlehem who didst draw the attention, yet slipped through the web of King Herod’s Department of Homeland Security and CIA apparatus. Protecting national interests… the collateral damage of all those other slain baby boys… such [...]

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Wow, it’s hard to believe it. Twenty years have gone before my eyes. Twenty years ago I was a brand new college student, fresh from my senior summer and the big chested days of having recently graduated from academy. The whole world was opening up before me. And the pictures I [...]

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