By native on February 27, 2009
Dream Hampton
I won’t bore you too much with my thoughts on the Queen known as Dream Hampton. However, I will tell you that while stumbling around on the internet I found this beautifully crafted interview that does so much more than write about a writer, it gives you a glimpse into her soul. It serves [...]
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By native on February 27, 2009
Per your information
30,000 Haitians ordered to leave U.S.
February 16, 2009
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — U.S. immigration authorities say they’ve ordered 30,000 Haitians to leave the country.
Haitian officials, however, say they’re not issuing the travel documents needed to process most deportees.
Handfuls of deportees with valid passports have been returned to Haiti since Dec. 5, [...]
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By native on February 27, 2009
I was surfing the web as I always do and came across this article. It’s a serious topic, the internet and mobile media has opened us up to issue we never knew existed.
What to do about teens and their dumb naked photos of themselves.
By Dahlia Lithwick
Say you’re a middle school principal who has just confiscated [...]
Posted in blog, For the Ladies, Headlines
By native on February 27, 2009
It seems that the economic crisis is affecting everyone.
ATLANTA (AP) — Historically black colleges and universities, which for decades have been educating students who can’t afford to go — or can’t imagine going — elsewhere, have been particularly challenged by the nation’s economic meltdown.
Enrollments at the schools have declined at the same time endowments have [...]
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By native on February 27, 2009
I have my own thoughts on this issue but I will leave them to another post. For your viewing pleasure.
Many black women unmarried
Some locals advise unmarried black women not to focus on the statistics.
By IVY FARGUHESON
MUNCIE– Marriage was always a part of Camille Bridges’ life plan, and at 24 years old that plan became a [...]
Posted in blog, For the Ladies, Sex & Relationships
By native on February 27, 2009
Ashley Grahm
Things that make you go hmmmmmm… This young gentleman could be adding you as a friend on facebook as he changes his status update from his prison cell.
Relaxing: Convicted killer Ashley Graham put this picture of him in jail on Facebook. He claims being in prison is like being on holiday
Source Link HERE
A convicted [...]
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By native on February 26, 2009
Happy President’s Day and Black history moonth. Here is an interesting piece that looks to discuss Abraham Lincoln and his relationship to history with respect to African Americans and slavery. Check it out!
I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and [...]
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By native on February 26, 2009
The situation with the Philadelphia Police officer getting murdered coupled with the senseless killings in our city made me think of a piece I wrote at the beginning of 2008 reflecting on the murder rate in 2007 in Philadelphia. Just thought I would share it with you.
KILL AT WILL
I once heard a rapper say, “I [...]
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By native on February 26, 2009
Sadly, we are only one month into the new year yet we are met with some of last year’s ugly habits here in Philadelphia. Officer John Pawlowski was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a call in the Logan part of the city.
The man and I were in the same [...]
Posted in blog, Newsy News
By native on February 26, 2009
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