Black Poverty

Your Weekend Random-Ass Roundup: The Smug Face of Black Poverty and the Feds Take on America's "Toughest" Sheriff.

J.D. Bell | Posted 02.15.2012

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J.D. Bell

Gene Marks's epic poverty fail, faith-based slavery in a Georgia prison, and making the mundane crunk.

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Americans Split On Whether U.S. A Country Of Haves, Have-Nots: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.30.2011

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The gap between the very wealthiest Americans and the rest of the country has been steadily widening for years -- and a growing number of people seem ...

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Did John Hope Franklin Want $100 Trillion for Blacks?

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bakari Kitwana

Dr. John Hope Franklin, the wildly accomplished historian who documented Blacks' place in the great American story, firmly believed in reparations.

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