By native on July 10, 2008
Very interesting read about Dictatorships in Africa and their relationship to the United States!
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
African Dictatorships and Double-Standards
Stephen Zunes
This article originally appeared in Foreign Policy In Focus
“U.S. credibility as a defender of human rights and free elections is seriously compromised.”
The Bush administration has justifiably criticized the Zimbabwean regime of liberator-turned-dictator Robert Mugabe. It [...]
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By native on June 14, 2008
Interesting analysis on Police Use of Force by the NYPD. I will be teaching a lesson to 8th graders about the use of force; when it is necessary and when it is excessive this upcoming Monday. For that reason I find it interesting that I found this article, maybe I will print it out for [...]
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By native on June 9, 2008
Discerning False Prophets
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, [...]
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By native on June 5, 2008
Check me out here
Who is this man Barack and where did he come from? A picture is worth a thousand words!
WHERE DID HE COME FROM?
MOTHER and SON
FATHER and SON
Barack Obama Sr. poses with his son in the Honolulu airport
during Obama Sr.’s only visit to see his son while he was
growing up in Hawaii . [...]
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By native on May 20, 2008
While sitting at home last night with some good friends yapping about relationships and the double standard between men and women somehow the channel gets changed to the season finale of Flavor of Love Part III. Utter trash, while watching this and surfing the internet I wondered how this is the highest rated show for [...]
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By native on May 13, 2008
13 of the 15 cops that brutally beat down 3 black men last week have been placed on a leave of absence from the Philadelphia Police Department. It is believed that the police officers acted this way because they “thought” the men they pulled over were those who recently killed a police officer. A case [...]
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By native on May 2, 2008
According to Allhiphop.com Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is in the process of establishing a trust fund for the children of our fallen soldier Sean bell, who was brutally murdered by the New York Police Department.
I am thankful for this news and pray that other entertainers follow suit not just in the case of Sean Bell but [...]
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By native on April 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of New York Times
Wear all black on Monday for the injustice verdict in the Sean Bell case Please pass this on to anyone who can receive a text.
I received this text message numerous times throughout the course of the weekend and again I ask “Is wearing all black the new activism”. Has wearing [...]
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By native on April 26, 2008
New York Pricks & Dicks at its finest are no more than the murderers of a young family man with ambitious goals and aspirations. Truth is, I am Sean Bell, my brothers and friends are Sean Bell, and you too could be a victim of unjustifiable force by the people who your tax dollars pay [...]
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By native on April 17, 2008
Living in Philadelphia from 2002 to 2007, I watched the neighborhood which surrounded Temple University transform. Blacks were moved out and whites were moved in; we had many town hall and discussions about this topic as concerned students. Depending on who the speaker was we would hear different terms used to describe this process. If [...]
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