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Akeelah, the Bee and national oppression

It is amazing how racism and national oppression make us yearn insatiably for validation and affirmation. While realizing in the first place we must implant those aspects of self-identity and esteem internally, we still look externally...

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This years grads face high anxiety

Around this time of year, thousands of soon-to-be high school and college graduates are contemplating the next steps in their lives. This is supposed to be a time of excitement and hope as young people close...

This Week in Labor

Philly Carpenters on strike Five thousand Philadelphia area Carpenters returned to work May 3 after a two-day strike tied up work on major construction projects, including the Comcast tower in Center City. The workers won increased...

Fox News/White House merger completed: Bill OReilly named Secretary of Defense

One day after being named the new White House spokesman, former Fox News pundit Tony Snow announced that a deal merging Fox News and the Bush White House had been successfully completed. “The merger between Fox...