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A Lesson for Those Who Would Lead America's Cities: Michael Scott Did Not Die in Vain

Rebecca Sive | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Birmingham, New Orleans, Urban Policy, Washington, Detroit, Los Angeles, Michael Scott, Eugene Sawyer, Carl Sandburg, Richard Daley, Miami, Harold Washington, Chicago News
Rebecca Sive

In this week of Harold Washington's death, 22 years ago, I can't help but think of Harold and Michael -- together. In this time of thanksgiving, what can we learn from two lives cut too short?

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Political Hooliganism is Now Part of the Democratic Process

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Tories, Stop Islamification of Europe, Birmingham, Muslims, Enlgish Defence League, Liberal Democrats, British National Party, Sharia, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Political debate legitimizes fringe groups. It allows these groups to obscure racism and xenophobia with phony arguments of UK border security while the real work is performed in the street.

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Birmingham Police Beating: 5 Police Officers Fired For Beating Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

AP/Huff Post | Posted 06.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Anthony Warren, Birmingham Alabama, Birmingham Police Beating, Birmingham, Birmingham-Alabama, Home News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Five Birmingham police officers were fired Wednesday for beating an apparently unconscious suspect after a roadway chase, an ...

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Royal Wedding Cake Slice For Sale At Antiques Show

AP | LAURA NICHOLS | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: England, Cake Slice, Queen Victoria, Marquis of Lorne, United Kingdom, Birmingham, Princess Louise, John Shepherd, British Royal Family, Prince of Wales, Royal Wedding Cake, 138 Year Old Slice of Cake, Princess Louise Wedding Cake, 138-Year-Old Royal Wedding Cake, 138 Year Old Wedding Cake, 138 Year Old Cake, 138 Year Old Royal Wedding Cake, 138 Yr Old Wedding Cake, Princess Louise Wedding Cake Slice, 138 Year Old Royal Wedding Cake Picture, Antique Cake Slice, World News

LONDON — Would you pay 145 pounds ($215) for a slice of very stale cake? That's what an antiques fair in Birmingham hopes to earn Thursday when ...

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Local TV News Obsessed With Candy Epidemic (VIDEO)

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 04.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Birmingham, Candy, Craque, Alabama, Silly, Satire, Local News, Food, Comedy, Funny Videos, Wtf, Craque Candy, Comedy News
Baratunde Thurston

The CBS affiliate in Birmingham, AL was not amused by a product I can vouch for as amazingly tasty: craque. It's a candy that is named for its addictive quality and packaged to look like its namesake.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Here's To Obama and All of Us: We've Come A Long, Long Way!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voting Rights Law, Michael Schwerner, Earl Warren, George W. Bush, Andrew Goodman, Birmingham, March on Washington, Civil Rights Law, Frank Rich, James Chaney, Barack Obama, Impeachment, Kelly Ingram Park, Mississippi Sheriffs, Martin Luther King, Dore Schary, Segregation, Ku Klux Klan, Ralph Abernathy, Selma, United States Supreme Court, Desegregation, Good Friday 1963, ABC News, Bull Connor, Meridian, Inauguration, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

I still remember the clicking of the marchers' heels as they moved into the Birmingham's business district, and, just then, the roar of a police motorcycle as it cut in front of King and Abernathy, halting the protest.

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