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Forever stamps — also called first class stamps — will now cost 45 cents, a one cent bump. The change will go into effect Jan. 22. That’s not the only change: Postcard postage will increase 3 cents to 32 cents. Letters to Canada and Mexico will jump 5 cents to 85 cents, while letters to […]
by David Weigel The current frontrunner for the 2012 Republican Party nomination is a 65-year-old black man. Sure, we could talk about how this is a fluke, or how “Herman Cain” is just how voters tell pollsters “I don’t know what to do yet,” or how this is all part of Mitt Romney’s Rube […]
via CNN Three suspects accused of chaining mentally disabled people and stealing their Social Security checks were arrested in Philadelphia. They were arrested Friday after a janitor doing checks at a building found four victims — a 29-year-old woman, and three men, ages 31, 35 and 31 — locked up in a basement boiler room […]
via BBC News A man who spent 26 years in jail for a murder he did not commit has fulfilled his dream by making his professional boxing debut and winning. Dewey Bozella, now 52, became a prison boxing champion while in New York state’s Sing Sing jail. He was freed in 2009 after his conviction […]
via CNN The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial is set to be officially dedicated on Sunday, with lingering controversy still surrounding both the statue and a quote from King. The monument to the slain civil rights leader was due to have been unveiled on August 28, the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington […]
via CNN Thousands of people across the world railed against corporate power, grinding poverty and government cuts Saturday as the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to the streets of Europe, Asia and Australia — and took a particularly violent turn in Rome. Firefighters battled a blaze at an Interior Ministry building near Porta San Giovanni […]
Martin Luther King knew that the Civil Rights movement needed a soundtrack and that every hero needed theme music. The Civil Rights movement incorporated jazz, folk, R&B and gospel to use music that everybody could relate to and be inspired by to help change America in the 1950s and 1960s. 10. Oh Freedom “Oh Freedom” […]
A 9-year-old girl’s wheelchair was stolen from a Georgia family’s van last weekend, and the family is asking their community to return it. Aysia Clements requires a wheelchair because of her medical condition, cerebral palsy. Without her custom made wheelchair, Aysia Clements is homebound and unable to attend school. Read more at theGrio.com RELATED: […]
Martin Luther King isn’t the first African American to be immortalized with his own monument. There are several memorials across the country paying tribute to African American leaders, artists, and academics. Check out our list of the Top 10 monuments to African Americans. We positioned them in the order we think Is there anyone you […]
The decision was made after league owners and players were unable to reach agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement in a last-ditch meeting in New York. The season was scheduled to start on November 1 and the abandonment covers all games originally scheduled to be played through to November 14.Full Story Story By : […]
via CNN By Roland Martin, CNN Contributor Roland S. Martin is a syndicated columnist and author of “The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House.” He is a commentator for TV One cable network and host/managing editor of its Sunday morning news show, “Washington Watch with Roland Martin.” It’s downright disgusting to listen […]
via BBC News The governor of California, Jerry Brown, has signed into law legislation allowing illegal immigrants to receive state aid to attend college. Supporters of the California Dream Act, as it is called, say it will benefit the state economically. However, critics argue that it condones entry into the US without proper documentation. About […]