We are made for this moment, and we will seize it—so long as we seize it together. —President Obama — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 21, 2013 Watch the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Festivities Live Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech Watch the President’s Second Inaugural Speech (24)
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Warning: this video contains disturbing content From Democracy Now: We turn to Steubenville, Ohio, where members of a high school football team allegedly raped an underage girl and possibly urinated on her unconscious body over the course of an evening of partying in late August. The young men chronicled their…
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As this weekend marks the end of Christmastide, I sincerely hope everyone had a good holiday with family and friends. This holiday season seemed more poignant insofar as we’ve been reminded of the fragile nature of life and society. These reminders came in the form of recent horrific tragedies that…
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2013 BPP Commemorative Calendars now available Historical photos and historical facts fill each page $15 each, 5 for $60, 10 for $100, + $2 per calendar for mailing Send check or money order to It’s About Time: Black Panther Legacy and Alumni PO BOX 221100, Sacramento, CA 95822 (13)
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Norquist Tax Pledge Begins to Crumble A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy by Warren E. Buffet The group’s [the Forbe’s 400] average income in 2009 was $202 million — which works out to a “wage” of $97,000 per hour, based on a 40-hour workweek. (I’m assuming they’re paid during lunch…
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Factory Fire Kills More Than 100 People in Bangladesh, New York Times: MUMBAI — More than 100 people died Saturday and Sunday in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, in one of the worst industrial tragedies in that country… Bangladesh’s garment industry, the second largest exporter of…
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Obama’s ‘Runway To Win’ Fashion Line Rakes In Over $40 Million: Conservatives mocked Vogue’s Ann Wintour and the campaign of President Barack Obama for a “ritzy” fashion initiative called ‘Runway To Win,” conceived by Wintour to raise money for the president’s re-election efforts. Well, it appears as if the joke…
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