February 2012
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Feb 26th
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“Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you...”
– Roberto Clemente
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Ending the Code Language: Race-Baiting and Stereotypes in Public Benefits Debate
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Debunking Poverty Myths and Racial Stereotypes →
1. President Barack Obama is not a “food stamp president.” According to recent figures, more food stamp recipients were actually added under President George W. Bush than under President Obama. Under President Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million. 2. Blacks are not the primary recipients of assistance through federal benefit programs. 35.7 percent of Supplemental Nutrition...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Oakland Police Shoot Oscar Grant’s Cousin
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Pan-African History IS Black History! →
Should we limit the celebration of our history just to the United States?
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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“in Navajo, Nádleehí means ‘one who constantly transforms.’”
– (via imaniuzuri)
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Sudan and South Sudan Agree to Demarcate Border →
dynamicafrica: Delegations Khartoum and Juba agreed to immediately demarcate the border between the two countries in a bid to settle a number of pending issues they started to discuss before the independence of South Sudan in July 2011. Border demarcation, oil, external debt, citizenship, security arrangements are the main issues of disputes between the two countries. The parties failed to...
Feb 20th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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“I swear to Lord I still can’t see Why Democracy means Everyone but me”
– Langston Hughes (via jupiterl0ve)
Feb 15th
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Listennprfreshair: From the archives: A Valentine’s...
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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“The protests are the heartbeat of the revolution.”
– Zainab al-Khawaja The Khawajas on Valentine’s Day: Heartbeats of Activism via Al Akhbar While February 14 will be celebrated as Valentine’s Day in many parts of the world, the streets of Manama, capital of the Island Kingdom of Bahrain will witness a “day of rage” to mark the one-year anniversary...
Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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They Will Say We Are Not Here The filmmakers Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall explore the motivations, sorrows and dreams of the slain Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato.
Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
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fashionistazapatista: Viola Davis to Tavis Smiley: ‘That Mindset You Have is Destroying Black Artists’
Feb 11th
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