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World Bank Group President-Elect Jim Yong Kim: Tackling the World's Troubles

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Jim Kim, President Kim, Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim, World Bank, Dick Gregory, Nick Clooney, George Clooney, Sudan, Chicago News
Lonna Saunders

As Dartmouth's outgoing president, World Bank Group President-Elect Jim Yong Kim stressed the importance of interdisciplinary research. The need for students to engage with the rest of the world. To push beyond their comfort zone.

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Our Exclusive Black History Month Comedy Roundtable

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Video, Black History Month Comedy Roundtable, Calise Hawkins, Desiree Burch, Michael Che, Patrice Oneal, Black History Month, Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, Black Comedians, Wanda Sykes, Baron Vaughn, Famous Black Comedians, Black Comedy, Black History Month History, Bill Cosby, African American History Month, W Kamau Bell, Dave Chappelle, Paul Mooney, History of Black Comedians, Black History Month 2012, Phoebe Robinson, Crossing the Line, Comedy News

Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Wanda Sykes, Dave Chappelle... say any of their names to a serious fan of comedy and you're likely to elicit a r...

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Arin Greenwood

Occupy DC Hunger Strike Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Dick Gregory, Hunger Strike, Video, Protests, DC Voting Rights, Adrian Parsons, Occupy Dc, Occupy Dc Hunger Strike, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Adrian Parsons started off his new year with some coconut water and broth. Parsons and three other Occupy DC demonstrators stopped ea...

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Arin Greenwood

One Occupy DC Hunger Striker Continues His Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Dick Gregory, Hunger Strike, District of Columbia, DC Voting Rights, Keith Ellison, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Adrian Parsons, Kelly Mears, Occupy Dc, Sam Jewler, Joe Gray, DC News

WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 8, four hunger strikers vowed to stop eating until the District of Columbia is granted full voting rights and full budget and le...

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Scars On 45's New Video and Download, Plus Chatting with Vanessa Carlton, Dan Bern and David Bromberg

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Mavis Staples, Ron Fair, Phil Ochs, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Amy Helm, Levon Helm, Steely Dan, Woody Guthrie, Counting Crows, David Bromberg, Dan Bern, Tim O'Brien, Cunliffe Merriwether, Adam Duritz, My Morning Jacket, Larry Campbell, Elvis Costello, Stevie Nicks, Ted Leone, Vince Gill, George Harrison, Joe Radcliffe, Dr. John, The McGarrigle Sisters, Patrick Hallahan, Stephen Hawkings, Vanessa Carlton, Steve Osborne, Paul Siebel, Miley Cyrus, Quitting Science, Los Lobos, Merle Haggard, Widespread Panic, John Hiatt, Byron Isaacs, Link Wray, Carly Simon, Ahmet Ertegun, Gary Nicholson, Willie Nelson, Get HIm to the Greek, A Brief History of Time, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Richard Adams, Mark Moss, Bob Dylan, John Hill, Gary White, Keb' Mo', Stephen Jenkins, Glenn Patscha, Dick Gregory, Jay Unger, Jimmy Iovine, Peter Ecklund, George Jones, Jerry Scheff, The Butcher Brothers, Phoebe Snow, Watership Down, Bruce Springsteen, Electar, Ollabelle, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Here's the latest video by the Chop Shop Records' act Scars On 45, the title track to their Give Me Something EP.

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A Sad Anniversary: John Lennon's Assassination

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alan Ginsberg, Canadian Rhadha Krishna Temple, Central Park, Canada, Paris, Tommy Smothers, Calvert Vaux, Bed-in 1969, Woodstock, Charles DeGaulle Resigning, Give Peace a Chance, The International Herald Tribune, Candlelit Vigil, Yoko Ono, Marihuana, March on Washington, Bob Dylan, Norman Mailer, Strawberry Fields, Petula Clark, Dick Gregory, Neil Armstrong, Timothy Leary, Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Montreal, Mont Royal Park, John Lennon, Frederick Law Olmstead, Biafra, Charles Manson, Chappaquiddick, Imagine, Paul MacCarthy, Marijuana, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

I was recently in Montreal at Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where John and Yoko bedded down.

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Dick Gregory and the Rally for Sanity

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Gregory, Joe the Nerd, Steven Colbert, Rally to Restore Sanity, Jon Stewart, Father Guido Sarducci, O'Jays, Coffee Party, Mort Sahl, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The Stewart/Colbert Concert was great! The people in the crowd were as awesome as the acts on stage. How much fun it was to do the wave for an actua...

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HuffPost Review: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugh Hefner, Jim Brown, Activist and Rebel Movie Review, Sisterhood Is Powerful, Dr. Ruth, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Ian Fleming, Dorothy Stratten, Playboy, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Miles Davis, Dick Gregory, Vladimir Nabokov, George Lucas, Penthouse, Jimmy Carter, Malcolm X, Hustler, Susan Brownmiller, John Updike, Bill Maher, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

It's disappointing that Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel isn't a better movie. Not that it's a bad one. But, were cable standards a little less skittish, it would fit right in on the Biography channel.

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Chicago Health Freedom Expo: Your Right to Know, Your Right to Choose

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Grey, Dr Masaru Emoto, Kinesiology, Evin Trudeau, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Bach Flower Remedies, Hypnotherapy, Dick Gregory, Chiropractic Care, Liz Oz, Health Freedom Expo, Vitamins, Acupuncture, Nutritional Supplements, Chicago Health Freedom Expo, Chef Alex Jamison, Chicago, Julie Kline, Health Freedom Movement, Dr. Wendell Whitman, Herbs, Chicago News
Lisa Derrick

While the health care reform bill may change some aspects of our medical treatment, what has been made clear is that we need to take personal responsibility for our own health and well being.

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Who Really Killed Michael Jackson?

Bryan Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Gregory, Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Homicide, Conrad Murray, Entertainment News
Bryan Monroe

In the days after Jackson's death, I was contacted by many who were close to him throughout his life. "They killed him," they would say to me. But who were "they?" And what did they stand to gain from his death?

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Taking a "Stand" on the Black Male Experience

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Gregory, Stand, BeBe Winans, Isaac Hayes, Michael Eric Dyson, Tavis Smiley, Tavis Smiley Stand, Stand Film, Media News
Tavis Smiley

My new film STAND reflects on Black men who "stood" for something in the past and what it means as Black men continue to "stand" for something now.

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Why Obama Was Smart to Come Out Strongly Against the AIG Bonuses

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Aig Bonuses, This Week, President Obama, Aig, Democrats, The Fed, Bank Failure, Dick Gregory, Republicans Party of No, 60 Minutes, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Republicans, Economy, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, AIG., Politics News
Mitchell Bard

The Republicans were going to grab onto the populist anti-bank feelings in the country to position themselves as the party of the people, with the Democrats being cast as the party of the bankers.

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I'm Standing With Imus in the Morning

Stephen Kaus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Gregory, Imus, Bill Clinton, Ed Koch, Imus Radio Return, Imus Adam Pacman Jones, Citadel Broadcasting Corp., Don Imus, Don Imus Race Comments, Adam Pacman Jones, Don Imus What Color Is He, Don Imus Fired, Media News
Stephen Kaus

Those who were quick to attack Imus before should be just as quick to defend him this time when he is right.

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