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Who is the Target Audience for Celebrity Aid Campaigns?

William Easterly | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Red Campaign, Africa, Bono, Celebrities, Aids, Foreign Aid, HIV/AIDS Africa, Africans, Aid Campagins, Entertainment News
William Easterly

Can we note the irony of ads using Hollywood women as sex objects and seeing African women as the passive recipients of aid chivalry, when one of the objectives of this aid is gender equality?

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The Stain on China's Pro-Democracy Movement: A Final Word About Tiananmen

Phillip Martin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Contradictions, Chinese and Africans, Beijing Olympics, Blacks, Africa, Racism, Tiananmen, Nanjing, China’s Pro-Democracy Movement, Gays, Hehai University, Tiananmen Square, Sanlitun Disrtrict, Africans, Politics News
Phillip Martin

It's been a week since the official 20th anniversary commemoration of the historic Tiananmen Square demonstrations. But before the memory of those ev...

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A Thug By Any Other Name

Judy Muller | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: O.J. Simpson, Dutch Treat, Rush Limbaugh, Zimbabwe, Mafioso, Racist, Dictionary, Culture, Language, Thug, Africans, Tupac, Michael Vick, Politically Incorrect, Africa, Racism, Pejorative, Political Correctness, Joe Johnson, Robert Mugabe, "Thug" Racist, African Americans, Al Capone, Media News
Judy Muller

If you are one of those people who are often the last to hear about the latest addition to the list of politically-incorrect words, this is for you. I clearly count myself among your number.

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"Another Desperate Plea from a Trapped Zimbabwean"

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cholera Outbreak, Zimbabweans, Desperation, Zimbabwe, Mugabe, United Nations, Africans, Terrorist, Mbeki, Zanu-Pf, Politics News
Michealene Cristini Risley

How do we begin to change human behavior around the globe to convince our leaders to stop and help in Zimbabwe?

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Campaign Brought Communities Together

Pius Kamau | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Race, Race, Africans, 2008 Election, African Americans, Obama Africa, Barack Obama, Politics News
Pius Kamau

During our campaign, there was a coming together between my own African-born countrymen, and African Americans -- children of African slaves, who for decades viewed African immigrants with suspicion.

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Obama: Globalization of Joy

Diane Francis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Politics, Baby Boomers, Chicago, Civil Rights, Obama Grant Park, Oprah, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, Obama Grant Park Speech, Kansas, Grant Park, Africans, Election Results, President Obama, Obama Presidency, HuffPost Election Reaction, Chicago News
Diane Francis

Chicago's Grant Park was filled to the brim with half a million happy, cheering Americans from every socio-economic slice of America's multicultural society.

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