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From CNNMoney.com: African-American workers continue to earn far less than whites, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

From PSLWeb.org: The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.

From LATimes.com: Reporting from Washington — If Ronald Reagan was the classic Teflon president, Barack Obama is made of Velcro.

In an essay given to newsone.com via email, Kevin Powell, who is running for a Congressional seat for the 10th Congressional District (encompassing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York and Ocean Hill, as well as parts of Fort Greene, Prospect Heights and Williamsburg) outlined what he claims are tactics by his opponent, Congressman […]

From Huffingtonpost.com: Shirley Sherrod has a simple answer for the Fox News producers begging her for an interview: Too late.

From AOLnews.com Six more U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces in the entire 9-year-old war.

From hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com: by Kevin Powell And the drama of Congressman Charlie Rangel continues to unfold with 13 charges of misconduct, even as I type this essay: Mr. Rangel faces a range of accusations stemming from his accepting four rent-stabilized apartments, to misusing his office to preserve a tax loophole worth half a billion dollars for […]