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A little off the top, some spirited sports commentary, neighborhood gossip and a bit of man-to-man advice on domestic affairs: it’s all there at the barbershop, an institution that plays a beloved and central role in the African American community. Increasingly, in recent years, the black barbershop owner has become an influential source of health advice too. Public health officials and researchers have been actively enlisting his help in an effort to narrow gaping disparities in healthcare access and uptake that put black men at a deep disadvantage compared with whites. And deputizing the barber—an already respected figure in many...

Oh my: Michelle Obama electioneering in polling place? posted at 7:15 pm on October 14, 2010 by Allahpundit regular view When Drudge puts up the red font — with italics, no less — we’re almost obliged to blog it, aren’t we? I’m … outrageously outraged?

Disgraced Congressman Charlie Rangel attempted to escape reality by diving into a crowd of adoring lefties at the “One Nation Working Together” rally at the Lincoln Memorial. The Harlem Democrat is about to stand trial to defend against 13 counts of ethical charges by his colleagues in the House, but you wouldn’t know it if you saw him being treated like a rock star on Saturday. Rangel sported enormous black sunglasses and delved into the crowds, who cheered “Charlie, Charlie!” A happy-go-lucky Charlie hugged the fans, glad-handed and yelled “I love you!” Well, Charlie tried to escape reality, but HUMAN...

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WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and that he has firsthand knowledge of that — because they fix his house.

I can't wait to see Robert Gibbs walk this one back tomorrow. Surely, some able reporter will ask him to explain in more detail exactly who President Obama was referring to and what comment met the bar for "talk about me like a dog." Video is here.

Not every American who marches behind a hateful crackpot is a hateful crackpot. The peaceful, thoughtful throng that assembled for Louis Farrakhan at the Million Man March in 1995 -- including a young Barack Obama -- proved that point. Notwithstanding some commentary, I tend to feel the same way about the much different (and rather smaller) assemblage that gathered at the behest of Glenn Beck in Washington last Saturday. Certainly, if you’re president of the United States, the most prudent course is to draw a distinction between the leader and the anonymous masses and treat the latter with at least...

THE ALTERCATION began when Officer Tamika Gross challenged Latifa Savage to a brawl in front of a vacant store next to Savage's Mill Creek home on Saturday, according to neighbors. " 'You got a lot of mouth 'cause you holdin' that baby,' " Gross said, according to witnesses. [snip] Still, witnesses said the tiny woman got the best of the cop in the fight. When backup officers arrived and restrained Savage, Gross kicked her, slammed her head in the sidewalk and screamed threats, forcing her colleagues to repeatedly pull her away, witnesses said.[snip]Savage was face down on the ground. As...

Club offers whites-only scholarship The College Republicans group at Roger Williams University says its $50 scholarship is making a statement against affirmative action. 01:00 AM EST on Sunday, February 15, 2004 BY ALEX KUFFNER, Journal Staff Writer BRISTOL -- The application for the scholarship being offered at Roger Williams University reads like no other. To be sure, it asks for all the standard information -- the applicant's name, age, year of graduation, grade-point average and a list of accomplishments and accolades -- but the topic of the essay sets it apart. " In 100 words or less," it says, "write...

<p>ST. LOUIS — A small but loud group of protesters on Thursday crashed the party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the MetroLink light rail system, voicing unhappiness over the lack of minority-owned firms involved in expanding the system. Activist and Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton was among 20 or so protesters who walked through the event outside Union Station, where a few hundred people gathered for cake and to hear speeches from civic leaders. Meanwhile, protesters chanted and carried signs reading, "Economic Racism" and "No Justice, No Peace."</p>

May 14 — The case of Jayson Blair, the often-invisible man of American journalism, has fueled a new debate over two abiding American preoccupations — news and race, and what we know and what we believe. INTERVIEWS WITH black journalists suggest the complexity of the Blair episode. For some, the Blair affair points to how a newspaper’s hermetic, multilayered bureaucracy can lead to abuse by a talented but unscrupulous young reporter. Another view suggests it’s a problem properly addressed in the classroom — before journalists even become journalists. But the ferocity with which some in the media have addressed it...

In anticipation of the UPOCOMING deadline for the President to weigh in on the Affimitive Action issue... we the undersigned request the President Of the United States to take a strong public stand to OPPOSE racial discrimination and put an END to the so called "Affirmitive Action"....Click here to sign petition...David C. Osborne

UGA revises admissions policy Race not a factor; diversity a goal ATHENS -- Creativity, maturity and a history of public service could be key for University of Georgia applicants who don't meet traditional academic standards under a new policy announced Wednesday. The changes follow on the heels of a lawsuit over UGA's undergraduate admissions practices. In 1997, some white applicants who were denied admission challenged the constitutionality of UGA's practice of considering race -- among other factors -- in about 15 percent of application decisions. University officials say the new undergraduate admissions policy is designed to select a more well-rounded...