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It is extremely important that we extend a helping hand to our fellow man. As community service takes center stage in the lives of many, a rich history of civil rights still marches on. Young Profess ...
Posted Thursday, December 20th 2012 at 8:38PM
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What does it mean to be a black man? Imagine three African American boys, kindergartners who are largely alike in intelligence, talent and character, whose potential seems limitless. According to a wealth of statistics and academic studies, in just o ...
Posted Thursday, December 20th 2012 at 8:27PM
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House Republicans today, in addition to voting on Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) so-called “Plan B” — which extends the Bush tax cuts on income up to $1 million — will also vote on a bill to replace the spending cuts scheduled for the end of the year. ...
Posted Thursday, December 20th 2012 at 7:29PM
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The National Rifle Association was founded in the years after the Civil War by veterans concerned about marksmanship. In recent years, though, it has become best known for its political activity – New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was gu ...
Posted Thursday, December 20th 2012 at 6:37PM
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More than 50 years after the publication of Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," black men appear more visible than ever -- a freshman senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, is the American Idol of national politics, and Will Smith is perhaps the most bank ...
Posted Thursday, December 20th 2012 at 10:16AM
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Are you 18 or older?
YES
You can purchase the gun from a licensed dealer. A person or business “dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business” is required to be licensed.
NO
You cannot purchase the gun from a licensed dealer, but t ...
Posted Wednesday, December 19th 2012 at 1:29PM
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Oh, wow, African Americans have European blood from colonial times, that's a big surprise.
NOT! ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 10:19PM
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Ronald Bozeman was in good spirits according to the New York Post after being released from prison last week. Bozeman, 65, had spent over a year in jail for a crime he did not commit.
Bozeman was cleared of all charges related to a $9,000 robbery ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 1:14AM
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ATLANTA — Jesse Hill Jr., a civil rights leader and businessman who later became the first black president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, died Monday. He was 86.
Hill had a close relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and helped make su ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 1:10AM
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NEW YORK -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker pushed back Monday against a front page New York Times story suggesting that his mayorship hasn't lived up to its promise and that he appears more concerned, at times, with his public persona than with running the ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 1:05AM
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Donnie Andrews, the Baltimore gangster behind the Omar Little character on The Wire, died today in New York city after he suffered a heart attack, according to The Baltimore Sun. He was 58 years old.
Andrews grew up on the West Side of Baltimore a ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 12:42AM
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Updated: December 16, 2012 – 10:34 AM
CLEVELAND – A chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people, began with a pop — perhaps a gunshot or backfire from a car speeding past police headquarters.
For the next 25 minutes ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 11:59AM
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25 Statistics That Reveal Everything You Need To Know About The U.S. Firearms Industry
On Friday, December 14, a gunman entered an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., and shot and killed 26 people including 20 children. Earlier that same week, ...
Posted Sunday, December 16th 2012 at 7:43PM
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When you understand the true intention of the education system, re-educating our children will be your/our #1 priority. No excuses! ...
Posted Sunday, December 16th 2012 at 11:33AM
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Dear SignOn.org member,
On December 14, 2012, a gunman entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and opened fire, killing what is currently being reported as a minimum of 27 people, 20 of whom were children. Completely innocent unarm ...
Posted Saturday, December 15th 2012 at 6:52PM
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A gunman opened fire on a police officer and two hospital employees at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama early Saturday morning. According to WAFF, News 48, the incident took place at about 4:00 a.m. on the hospital’s fifth floor.
Birm ...
Posted Saturday, December 15th 2012 at 6:09PM
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Police say nearly two dozen children injured in central China province of Henan by knife-wielding villager.
At least 22 children and one adult have been injured in a knife attack outside a primary school in central China, police say.
An officer ...
Posted Friday, December 14th 2012 at 4:48PM
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IF you’re a Democrat and you go on Fox News, you should expect to be disrespected, and that’s exactly what happened to Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson during her interview with Fox’s Neil Cavuto.
To Cavuto’s credit, he wasn’t the first to step ...
Posted Friday, December 14th 2012 at 4:38PM
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