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Eddie Long’s New Birth School to Close January 4; 221 Students Affected, But That’s Not All That’s Affected

• December 29, 2011 • 6 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Academy, African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bishop Long, Blacks, Board of Education, Christian School, Deficits, DeKalb County, Disillusionment, Distrust, Divorce, Eddie Long, Eighteen Years, Enrollment, Four Young Men, Georgia, High School Students, Long, New Birth, New Birth Christian Academy, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, School, Sex Scandal, Students, Vanessa Long, WSB-TV

Black Chicagoan Edward Clemons Survived Japan Quake and Tsunami After Days Without Food or Water; Finally Able to Talk With Anxious Mom Back Home

• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Japan, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World History
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Chicago IL, Chicagoan, CNN, Cynthia Young, Earthquake, Edward Clemons, English, Epicenter, Japan, JET Programme, Junior High, Middle School, Mother, Nancy Grace, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Reporter, Sendai, Son, Students, Teaching English, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, The JET Program, The Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami, Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States

The President with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” October 27, 2010

• October 28, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Jon Stewart/"The Daily Show", Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Stephen Colbert, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill
Tags: 2010, African Americans, Cable, Charlie Sheen, Citizens, Comedy, Comedy Central, Congress, Cop Shooting, Daily Show, David Arquette, Democrats, Eugene Walker, Exclusive Interview, Fake News Show, FBP, First Black President, Fitchburg WI, GOTV, Interview, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jon Stewart, Midterm Elections, Obama Administration, POTUS, President, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Stephen Colbert, Students, The Daily Show, The House of Representatives, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Senate, United States, Young, Youth, Youth Vote

“Suddenly” Dane County Has a Heroin Problem? Five Overdose Deaths Reported in January

• February 11, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Class, Columbia, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Drug Overdoses, Health, Laos, Nigeria, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Isthmus", Chicago IL, Columbia, Dane County, Dealers, Dominican Republic, Drug Overdose, Drug Overdoses, Heroin, High School, Hillbilly Heroin, Interdiction, Junior High, Madison, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Milton WI, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI, Mount Horeb, Nigeria, Oxycontin, Prevention, Rehabiliation, Rock County, Sgt. Gordy Disch, Smack, Students, The Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force, Youth

Friday Night Music, July 3: Laura Nyro, “Save the Country”

• July 3, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Laura Nyro, Love, Music, Sexuality, The Economy
Tags: "Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro", Barack Obama, Blacks, Carly Simon, Carole King, Curtis Mayfield, David Bianchini, Franklin Roosevelt, Gil Bianchini, Girl Groups, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Lesbians, Maria Desiderio, Pinnacle, Richie Havens, Students, The Fifth Dimension, The Sixties, Vietnam, Women

Morehouse College Shootings: Elite Black Students Going Gangsta

• May 20, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Race
Tags: African Americans, Black Upper Class, Bullying, Caleb Cooper, CNN, Community, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Drugs, Essence, Frank Rashad Johnson, Fronting, Gangs, Gangsta, Guns, Jack and Jill Politics, Joshua Brandon Norris, Legacy Students, Morehouse College, Students, The Maroon Tiger

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