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Friday Talking Points -- Economic Messaging

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2012

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OK, we understand that this is garden-variety election pandering to the Tea Party base and all of that, but we feel duty-bound to offer up a little garden-variety ridicule to go with it.

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Report Digs Into Teachers' Feedback And Finds Bias Towards Minority Students

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Positive Feedback Bias, Grading, Psychology, Latino, Essay, Kent Harber, Feedback, Achievement Gap, Students, Teachers, Minority, African American, Education News

By: Robyn Gee When white teachers were asked to give feedback on C-minus level essays, they gave more positive feedback when they believed the studen...

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Striving For Racial Harmony At Evangelical Colleges

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 04.26.2012

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If Christian colleges are serious about moving forward in their diversity efforts, they need to listen to and empower the diversity officers on their campuses.

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America's Public Schools: Still Unequal And Unjust

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.08.2012

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The struggle to make sure a quality education is available to every child -- and not just a privilege for a few -- is the unfinished and critical business before the nation for it will determine America's future place on the global stage in a rapidly changing competitive world.

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WATCH: School Superintendent Accused Of Racism

The Huffington Post | Khristopher Brooks | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Showalter Middle School, Tukwila School District, Video, Education, Blacks, Racism, Schools, Washington State, Teachers, Teaching, Ethelda Burke, African American, Black Voices News

A group of public school employees in Washington state are outraged by the racially insensitive remarks they said their superintendent has made in the...

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School Suggests 'African American Attire' Is 'Animal Print'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: School Racism, Ethnic Awareness, Ethnicities, African American Students, Racism, Poll, African American, Racism in Schools, Students of Color, African Americans, Education News

A letter sent home with students at Western Union Elementary School in North Carolina didn't sit well with parents. The note asked students to wear...

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PHOTOS: D.C.'s African-American Monuments And Memorials

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Black History Month comes around each year in February, but this is the first since the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, which ...

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OMG You Were a Nun and You're Black?

Deborah Plummer | Posted 01.06.2012

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I spent over four years researching friendship patterns of people from all ages in order to write Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations th...

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A Winter Journey to Poverty in North Carolina

Michael Carmichael | Posted 03.05.2012

North Carolina's black economic backwater suffers from systemic economic exclusion characterized by the lowest rates of education in North Carolina, pitifully low levels of investment, deepening indebtedness and acute never-ending unemployment.

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Movie Review: Pariah

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Gun Hill Road, Proposition 8, Dee Rees, Brooklyn, Pariah Movie Review, Adepero Oduye, Homophobia, Kim Wayans, Pariah, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Barack Obama, Movies, African-American, Entertainment News

This year has produced two films that explore minority attitudes toward sexuality: Rashaad Ernesto Green's Gun Hill Road, and now Dee Rees' Pariah, which explores the life of one young black woman whose parents are in deep denial about the fact that she's a lesbian.

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Caribbean Holiday Travel-Do's & Don'ts for Female Travelers

Chie Davis | Posted 02.13.2012

With reports of holiday travel finally sparking back to pre-recession life, I've compiled a list of Do's and Don'ts -- dedicated to my fellow solo female adventurers!

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The Public Be Damned: Using the Amtrak Script to Kill the Post Office

Kelly Kleiman | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: U.S. Post Office, Postal Service, African American, Public Utility, Amtrak, Post Office, U.S. Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service Amtrak, Postal Service Default, Politics News

There is an alternative to the current flood of crocodile tears over the death of written communication. We could return to the social compact that regarded mail service as something to be paid for by the people who benefit from it most.

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Little-known Muppet Takes Center Stage: Q&A With Murray Monster, Rising Star of Sesame Street

Joshua Kors | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Sesame Street, Jason Mraz, Caroll Spinney, The Closer, Murray Monster, Kermit the Frog, Avenue Q, Ricky Gervais, Scooter, Richard Hunt, Jim Henson, Military Families, Michelle Obama, Murray Has a Little Lamb, Gonzo, Black Hair, Puppetry, Word of the Day, Apple Sauce, Elmo, Katy Perry, Mad Men, Big Bird, Grover, Mark Ruffalo, Muppets, African American, True Blood, Fordham, Miss Piggy, Joey Mazzarino, PBS Funding, Statler, Ovejita, Talk Listen Connect, Video, Entertainment News

Murray Monster may not be as famous as his amphibious and porcine companions, but he is a key reason why his TV show, Sesame Street, is still thriving deep into its 42nd season.

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Black In The Whitest Corner Of Russia

Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway, Blacks, Ethnicity, Grannies on Safari, Travel, Siberia, Race, African-American, Zaringold, Slidepollajax, Travel News

An entire group of Russian tourists asked if they too could take my picture! I was a novelty and it was 2010!

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Teaching In The Young Lions' Lair

Turnstyle | Posted 01.09.2012

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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Audra McDonald Breaks From 'Porgy and Bess' For Fall Concert Tour

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.26.2011

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Audra McDonald will take a brief break from the acting hustle to focus on singing after the controversial new musical adaptation of "Porgy and Bess," ...

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Misty Copeland On Prince And The Curvy Ballerina Revolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Misty Copeland, Boys and Girls Club of America, A Day in the Life, Morgan Spurlock, Ballet, Black Swan, American Ballet Theatre, African American, Prince, Black Voices News

Wednesday's episode of the new documentary series "A Day in the Life" from award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock stars superhot, utterly...

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WATCH: Touré On Michael Vick's White-Wash And Post-Black In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.13.2011

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Cultural critic Touré’s article in the September 5 issue of ESPN magazine, "What if Michael Vick Were White?" prompted a maelstrom of controversy...

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Black Heritage Tours Highlight Paris' African-American History (VIDEO)

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Paris Travel, International Destinations, France Travel, Josephine Baker, Black Heritage, Destinations, African American, Black Tourism, Paris, Travel News

Tours that explore Paris' black history promise to explore the link between African-Americans and the City of Light. Stops on the tour's route hig...

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Commission Will Investigate Social, Economic Disparities Among Illinois' Black Community

Posted 10.15.2011

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A bill signed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Saturday will create a commission to research the disparities facing African-Americans in the areas of...

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You're Black? How Boring

Posted 10.05.2011

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About once a month, I have a conversation that—after the initial introductions are made and small talk is in full swing—goes something along these...

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Marvel's Mixed Race "Ultimate Spider-Man"

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 10.03.2011

Today we meet Miles Morales, a younger multiracial and multiethnic Spider-Man. Even though Morales may remind us of the Spider-Man we're used to in the more traditional Marvel universe, there are definite differences.

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Mad Men About Diversity

Zack Isaacs | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Television, Msnbc, Advertising, Al Sharpton, Munson Steed, Madison Avenue Initiative, Human Resources, Production, Mad Men, Rollingout, National Action Network, Professional, African American, Diversity, Media News

Munson Steed has more than just a unique name. He has developed an original "blueprint" to change the way Madison Avenue looks -- from a cultural perspective.

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Guess The Artist Who Created This American Flag: ANSWER

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Flag, Betsy Ross, Black Artists, American Art, Civil Rights, African American, Black Power, Faith Ringgold, African American Flag, African American Art, Artist, American Flag, American Artist, Injustice Case, David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Arts News

Yesterday we showed you an image of this artwork and asked you to guess the American artist, but only a third of you correctly identified the artist a...

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Guess The American Artist

Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Black Power, Faith Ringgold, African American Art, Flag, Betsy Ross, Black Artists, Artist, American Flag, American Art, American Artist, David Hammons, Civil Rights, Lorna Simpson, African American, Arts News

Well-known for their engagement with civil rights and the Black Power movement, this African American artist created this version of the American flag...

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