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Pop Culture 101: The New Trend in Higher Education

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 7:15 AM

by Erika Parkins

Is academia dumbing its subject matter down, or simply channeling popular culture to teach its students? Course offerings on supermodels, hip-hop, and popular TV shows like "The Wire" are showing up on Ivy League curriculums providing students with a chance to access classic theories in economics, finance, literature and sociology, through the world they know.

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Save $1 On The December Issue of ESSENCE

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:30 PM

Don't forget to grab your December issue of ESSENCE on newsstands now.
Click this link to receive your free coupon

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How the Obamas Have Shaken Up D.C.'s Social Scene

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:45 AM

by Cynthia Gordy

As we all know, with a new President comes a change to the political landscape of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Is Washington D.C. the new Black Hollywood?

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Army Mom Faces Multiple Charges for Going AWOL

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 3:50 PM

An ABC news video shows Army spc. Alexis Hutchinson's 10-month-old with his grandmother. Hutchinson faces a number of charges for missing her deployment. She is being held at the Hunter Army Airfield.

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Should Criminals Not Be Allowed To Have Children?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 10:20 AM

Calvin Lowery, a father of four, penned a compelling article on Momlogic sparked from the recent death of Shaniya Davis, the 5-year-old girl who disappeared last week and whose body was found on Monday in Sanford, North Carolina.

It turns out that the girl's 28-year-old mother, Antoinette Davis--who has been arrested and charged with human trafficking, felony child abuse-prostitution, filing a false police report and obstructing a police investigation--is pregnant.

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70,000 Temp Government Jobs Available Right Now

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:00 PM

by Jayme Ganey

The U.S. Census Bureau's Chicago Regional Census Center is recruiting people to work part time between Dec. 2009 and June 2010 to help perform the 2010 Census, according to the Chicago Sun Times.

You can work in the local Chicago community, you must be a U.S. Citizen, and all you need is a basic skills test, a background check, a driver's license and vehicle.

For more information, call 866 861-2010 or go to census.gov/2010census.

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Police Find Missing Girl's Body

Monday, November 16, 2009 - 1:55 PM

Five-year-old Shayina Davis is dead. Her body was found in North Carolina today.

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Black Women in the Obama Administration

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 6:55 AM

by Cynthia Gordy, additional reporting by Tatsha Robertson

Economic policy, health care, national security--if it's on the President's or First Lady's agenda, it's on these African-American women to make it happen...

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Boston Train Conductor is a Life Saver

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 12:55 PM

On Friday night, Boston train conductor Charice Lewis saved a woman's life when the woman--who was under the influence of alcohol--fell off of the station's platform and on to the train tracks.

As frantic commuters waved at 27-year-old Lewis--who could not see the woman on the tracks--to stop the train, she quickly staged an emergency stop and "prayed for the best."

The woman on the tracks walked away unharmed and Lewis walked away a hero.

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 'I Have Cancer'

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:00 AM

Basketball all-star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced that he has cancer on Tuesday November 10. Abdul-Jabbar chose to come out about his disease in hopes of educating the public on his disease, chronic myeloid leukemia.

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