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• How come we call black people african americans?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 169
  How come we call black people African Americans and not Americans. Honestly i think thats racist. How come we dont call the white people european Americans? We just call them Americans. Haha thats pretty mest up. I mean black people have been in this country just as long as the white people. white bread. Know ur ...
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• US thanks India for extending hospitality to Dalai Lama

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): The United States has thanked India for extending hospitality to Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a comment and a situation that isn’t going to please China, which views the latter as a renegade and a splitist.House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday thanked India ...
  13 hours ago

• If We Had Lived in the Days of Our Forefathers

  
  A Disciple's Thoughts — Authority: 121
  My life overlapped the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by a few months. The famous civil rights activist was murdered before I learned to walk. At times, I have wondered: Would I have joined with Dr. King in calling for an end to legal racism? Its easy to believe that I would have taken the unpopular, but ...
  14 hours ago

• Afghanistan: What Obama Should Do Next and Why Your Opinion Matters

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  As the President’s decisions are made while the conflict continues, it will be incumbent upon each of us to be advocates for the highest and best position – the movement toward a global policy of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Jill & Jasiri X on Afghanistan, Martin Luther King and Why We Should Leave

  
  Jack & Jill Politics — Authority: 612
  The mainstream media is spreading the rumor that Obama will make a decision on Afghanistan after Thanksgiving. Jasiri X has cooked up a new hip hop-laced ballad about a resilient woman named Afghanistan who ain’t takin’ no mess and hasn’t for several millennia. The video starts off with some passionate words ...
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• News Analysis: Deal Will Turn a Los Angeles Hospital Private

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  The Martin Luther King Jr. hospital is entering a public-private partnership for more cost-effective operations.
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• Christian Coalition Promises Civil Disobedience if Laws Passed it Doesn’t Like

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  More than 150 leaders across a spectrum of conservative Christianity on Friday released a 4,700-word document vowing civil disobedience if they are forced to take part in "anti-life acts" or bless gay marriages. Called the "Manhattan Declaration," the six-page, single-spaced document was drafted by Prison ...
  3 days ago

• Jesse Jackson’s Plantaton Mindset

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 140
  Martin Luther King : “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Jesse Jackson, via Project 21 : “You can’t vote against health care and call yourself a black man.” ...
  3 days ago

• Hospitals: New MLK Hospital Going Ahead, More Neighborhood Projects Planned

  
  Curbed LA — Authority: 625
  The UC regents voted yesterday to help LA County reopen and operate a new Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital at the hospitals old site in Willowbrook--the building shut down two years ago and since then, the area has a major lack of medical services. The decision triggers a capital program to build new facilities ...
  3 days ago

• Christian Leaders Unite on Political Issues (abortion, gay marriage, stem-cell research)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way ...
  4 days ago

• Bernice King Just Started at SCLC. And Already Oversaw Its Latest Round of Homophobia

  
  Queerty — Authority: 733
  Well that was a let down. After taking the reigns of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Bernice King — whose father Martin founded the organization — had the chance to turn a new leaf on the organizations, and her own, homophobia. In the most clear signal yet, shes not going to. CONTINUED » ...
  5 days ago

• Is Tweeting Now a Felony Under Federal Law?

  
  Steve Brown Etc. — Authority: 459
  Say you want a revolution. We better get on right away. Well you get on your feet And out on the street. –John Lennon, "Power to the People" The ominous rise of the surveillance state continues unabated. With each passing day, hope fades that the Obama administration will diverge from George W. ...
  6 days ago

• Atlanta’s historic home tours: Martin Luther King Jr. home

  
  Inside Access — Authority: 138
  There are free, half-hour National Park Service-run tours of the Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home on Auburn Avenue every day. Nearby, the National Historic Site and King Center round out the tour experience. AJC file photo Yesterday’s historic home tour took us to Bulloch Hall in Roswell . Today, we’re ...
  6 days ago

• Downed pole knocks out downtown power

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 448
  City emergency crews restored power to downtown San Marcos Tuesday night after the central portion of the city was without electricity for about 45 minutes. City officials said a car struck an electric pole, pitching the city into darkness, shutting down businesses and causing hazards on the streets.
  6 days ago

• The Going Rogue Index

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 745
  Sarah Palin’s autobiography Going Rogue doesn’t have an index. Why? Well, I’m not exactly sure. But it sure makes finding gems in the text--such as the defense of that $150,000 clothing bill, the petty attacks on Katie Couric, and Palin-isms like “maverick” and “dang!”—a pretty tough slog. So, ...
  6 days ago

• Kennedys, King and Watergate, Oh My!

  
  Greenlee Gazette — Authority: 144
  Image from FreeWebs.com There have been countless theories, crazy and somewhat plausible, about exactly what was up in the sixties, with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Bobby Kennedy. Was there some kind of connection? And much of the aftermath, the suspects, the ...
  6 days ago

• China kinder to Obama than Bush?

  
  Changing China — Authority: 468
  How does one measure how U.S. President Barack Obama was received by the Chinese government? I like to read the tea leaves and decided one measure might be to compare the reception Obama got in comparison with that given his predecessors. For me, one indication is the most senior Chinese official greeting an ...
  1 week ago

• BarCampDC 3 Recap

  
  Russell Heimlich — Authority: 116
  This past Saturday, November 14th, a hundred DC tech enthusiasts gathered at the Martin Luther King Library to create their own conference. Topics were suggested by participants and the group at large determined the schedule. It was a BarCamp at it’s best! This year’s BarCamp had a few twists. The ...
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• Nonviolence: 25 lessons from the history of a dangerous idea

  
  Tad DeLay — Authority: 412
  Mark Kurlansky’s magnum opus Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea has been on my reading list for two years now, but Barnes and Noble has continually thwarted me. In other news, I applied for my first real library card the other day.  Put those two things together, and I finally ...
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• Uncle Jay Explains: Nov. 16, 2009

  
  Uncle Jay Explains The News — Authority: 403
  It’s an Uncle Jay rerun, only the third one this year.  New episode next Monday!  This is from January 19, 2009, the final day before America was (destroyed)(saved) by Barack Obama.
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