Archive for June 2nd, 2014

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  Ta-Nehisi Coates Discuses “The Case for Reparations” with Ezra Klein

  June 2, 2014 • Race, Video • Views: 2230

  Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic broke the internet a few weeks ago with his latest offering titled “The Case for Reparations“. The piece serves as The Atlantic magazine’s cover story for this month, and it has had the internet on fire with

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  Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman of Humanity

  June 2, 2014 • Gender, Race • Views: 1373

  There would many days and many ways in which I heard this poem recited. The excerpt above always stayed with me. As I became older, I quickly understood that this portion spoke to me. It helped me understand (or why I did not comprehend) the wonderful women

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  Joe The Plumber: The Face of the Republican Party

  June 2, 2014 • Politics • Views: 1174

  Do you think, that in any our normal, civilized, sane nation there would be a writer such as myself writing about a guy who calls himself “Joe the Plumber”? I mean really. But yet here I am. I couldn’t help myself. This country is in such an ass