On Thursday, July 17, drug-related violence claimed the life of a husband and father on a New [...]
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Category "Features"
LeBron James to Cleveland? Why?
I HAVE MIXED emotions about LeBron James’s return to Cleveland. On the one hand, I’m glad the brother [...]
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Text of Dan Gilbert Letter to LeBron James
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert posted this letter on the Cavaliers website in 2010, after LeBron James' announcement [...]
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Independence Day in red white and black
WHEN YOU LIVE in Philadelphia, you can’t help but notice Independence Day. American history is kind of everywhere you [...]
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Boehner lawsuit threat is latest Obama insult
IN THE LATEST strike at President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner sent a memo to fellow House [...]
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Iraq, our kids, and the March of the War Pigs
"Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses…" - Black Sabbath, War Pigs If you’ve [...]
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Kim Kardashian and the way men think
ON FATHER’S DAY, I was walking along South Street in Philadelphia with my 9-year-old son, Solomon, and [...]
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Kardashian, Mayweather, and Male Entitlement
I’M REALLY GLAD I’m not Kim Kardashian. Despite the fact that she’s loaded, takes private jets to exotic places, [...]
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Real Talk Video: How to build wealth
Build wealth by investing in what you know AKBAR HASAN is a financial advisor who knows how to build [...]
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Racism is taught
I love musicals. While sitting through “Glee” is more than you can ask from me, I love old [...]
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Racism pays. Just ask Donald Sterling
RACISM PAYS. That’s the stinging truth of the Donald Sterling debacle. The embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner was [...]
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Maya Angelou told us to rise
The life of Maya Angelou BORN IN St. Louis in 1928 and raised in Stamps, Ark., Maya Angelou dared [...]
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