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…I am meeting with agent Renee Morris of the FBI; a beautiful, slender, Latin woman with long reddish brown hair, hazel eyes, and a beauty mole on her right cheek. We are meeting in a coffee shop because she suspects that the C.I.A. haves her home bugged. So, once I’ve seen her come through the [...]

The world’s largest supporter of AIDS programs has made an ominous announcement: Because of the global financial crisis, it is well short of its fundraising goals. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria pays for more than half of the world’s HIV medicine, and supports hundreds of education and advocacy programs worldwide. With [...]

Black Friday as a term has been used in multiple contexts, going back to the nineteenth century, where it was associated with a financial crisis in 1869 in the United States. The earliest known reference to “Black Friday” to refer to the day after Thanksgiving was made in a 1966 publication on the day’s significance [...]

As school districts across the nation have scaled back instructional hours and moved to four-day weeks to balance their budgets, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is forging ahead with his push for a longer school day and year. And, though his plan is stirring controversy on many fronts, if implemented well, it stands to benefit students [...]

Mumia Abu Jamal – Interruptus In Iraq With the news of the imminent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq comes mixed reactions; relief among both military families and anti-war Democrats; a collective weary breath among millions of Americans who’ve tired of the longest war; and fury among most of the madcap politicians running for the [...]

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Some of the presenters at this education summit included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Warrren Buffett, Melinda Gates, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, LeBron James, Geoffrey [...]

For this generation of students to remain competitive with their international peers as adults, they need to start spending more time in school. This week President Obama proposed that American school children extend their time in class, either by lengthening the school day, or spending less time on summer vacation. “We can no longer afford [...]

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Mumia Abu Jamal – Why Jobs Bill Ain’t Enough When Pres. Barack H. Obama made his speech before a joint session of Congress on his jobs bill, he spoke with an intensity that has seemed to be missing since inauguration day, 2009. The reason is simple: the worsening economy, joined with the gnawing unemployment problem [...]

Salary Negotiation Tips: Thou Shalt Not Speak Too Soon There is one, and only one, time to discuss salary in any detail: when they say they’re ready to make you an offer. What if the employer asks about it before they’ve made you an employment offer? You’ll want to answer because we are all rewarded [...]

Download Video or MP3 -Iamnotarapperispit.com JP Morgan (JPM) is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each case that it handles, so that means that the more [...]

By: Abdul-Kareem Johnson Statistics constantly point out that the black income median is so much below the white. Less attention is paid to how much wealth is owned by blacks as compared to how much whites own in the country. The reasons for the disparity, of course, are clear and need not be belabored here. [...]