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Chatting With Peter Frampton, Bruce Hornsby and Mike Andrews

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.24.2012 | Entertainment
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Mike Ragogna

"I always try to make stuff that affects me and I think that if given the chance, a lot of music that doesn't seem like the formula of what might be a hit would be more popular. There's a lot of great music that doesn't sound like whatever. Everything sounds very dance-y now."

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Presidential Ungratefulness

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 03.24.2012 | Politics
Read More: Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Council on American Islamic Relations, Malcom X, American Civil Liberties Union, Arab Spring, Legal Muslim Fund, National Defense Authorization Act, Muslim Advocates, Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, Politics News
Wilfredo Amr Ruiz

While America honors the legacy of civil rights color-bearer Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., it is ironic that President Obama betrays his memory. In...

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Manning Marable: In His Own Words

Democracy Now! | Posted 06.01.2011 | Politics
Read More: Racism, Malcom X, Antiwar Movement, Barack Obama, Manning Marable, Manning Marable Malcolm X, Manning Marable Dead, Politics News
Democracy Now!

Manning Marable, 60, died on April 1, 2011. He was a professor of public affairs, history and African American Studies at Columbia University and the ...

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The Beauty We Fear Part 4: From Mark Twain to Malcom X (Slideshow)

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, East-West Relations, Islam, Malcom X, Dome of the Rock, Morrocco, World News Quiz, Mecca, Paul Bowles, Mosque of Kairouan, Marrakech, Literary History, Mosques, Naguib Mahfouz, Architecture, Travel, Khaled Hosseini, Spider's House, Christian-Islamic Relations, Orientalism, Edith Wharton, History, Shah Faisal Mosque, Arts News, Middle East, Interfaith, Saudia Arabia, Mark Twain, Kaaba, Slidepollajax, Travel News
G. Roger Denson

Even when Americans began to travel to Muslim lands, from the start they displayed a more diverse response to Islam and its mosques, which over the course of a century graduated from the crude to the reverent.

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Creed Cred

Will Durst | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Sara Lee, Tom Hanks, Malcom X, Greed, Muslim, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Will Durst

Hammering the President these days has become a cottage industry. You're even allowed to call him a terrorist by citing his refusal to answer the key question: "When did you stop being a Muslim?"

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Mad Men Recap: You Are Not a Good Person

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Malcom X, John Slattery, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Entertainment News, Don Draper, Mad Men Recap, Sterling Cooper, Entertainment News
Samantha Zalaznick

Though less exciting, this episode served a necessary purpose, putting Allison's breakdown, Pete's pregnancy, and Peggy in the foreground.

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Thomas Hagan Granted Parole: Malcolm X Assassin The Last Of Three To Be Paroled

AP | MARY ESCH | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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ALBANY, N.Y. — One of three men convicted of killing Malcolm X 45 years ago was granted release from weekends in prison in his 17th appearance b...

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Cold Case: Coming to Grips With Racial Killings in America

Hasan Kwame Jeffries | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Malcom X, Race Crimes, Jimmie Lee Jackson, Race-Crimes, Politics News
Hasan Kwame Jeffries

There will be no justice for the vast majority of victims of racially motivated murder. But as the Justice Department closes the book on several of these cases, I hope we don't close our eyes to this chapter in American history.

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Final Thoughts on Beer Summits and Postracial Paradoxes

Jonathan Rieder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Martin Luther King Jr, Malcom X, Beer Summit, Obama, Obama Gates Crowley, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Obama Racism, Post Racial, Politics News
Jonathan Rieder

Now that the dust from the Gates dust-up has settled, a bit of perspective is in order. Glib invocations of a color-blind society were always too breathless.

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TriBeCa Interview: Spike Lee Doin' Work

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Matthew-Lee Erlbach

The goal in fiction and documentary making is to tell the story. I never try to lose sight of that.

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Al Zawahiri: Much Ado About Nothing

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Malcom X, Islam, Osama Bin Laden, Cnn, Terrorism, Fox News, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Obama, 'Slave' in Arabic, Negro, 'Negro' in Arabic, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Media News
Jamal Dajani

It still amazes me how after seven years, the U.S. media is still suckered by what al-Qaeda leaders have to say or preach. Hardly anyone in the Middle East these days pays close attention to their speeches.

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