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I haven’t owned a television in about three years. My old one went out; I never replaced it, and never missed it. It wasn’t just the government mandated a purchase of digital convertor box and my belief that this mandate was unfairly targeted towards the poor, or the outrageous cable bill prices, that made me ditch T.V. …. Read More
Read moreThe Internet companies that power your online life know that data equals money, and they’re becoming bolder about using that data to track you. If they get their way, your every online step would be not only irrevocable, but traceable back to you. Fortunately, there are some positive steps you can take to reclaim your online history for yourself….. Reda More
Read moreHave consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?….. Read More
Read moreSales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’ suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic….. Read More
Read moreHad he lived, Sam Cooke would have turned 80-years-old in January of this year. His life and legacy were celebrated with the naming of 36th Street, Chicago, Illinois as Sam Cooke Way on Saturday, June 18. …. Read More
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Jarrod Horton Staff Writer According to www.hiphopdx.com and other media sites, Natina Reed of 90’s R&B group Blaque died in an hit-and-run accident in Atlanta. Reed 32, who reportedly has child with Dogg Pound member
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Gil Scott Heron ‘The Godfather of Rap’ died on May 27th, 2011 at age 62. He was most known for his song ‘The Revolution will not be Televised’ which title turned into a catchphrase that transcended generations….. Read More
Read moreWilliams, a generation removed from staying in first-class hotels with Larry Bird and Co. in their drive to the 1985 NBA Finals, mostly wonders how much more he can bear. He is not new to poverty, illness, homelessness. Or quiet desperation…… Read More
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