Posted on Aug 2nd 2011 at 1:16 PM by
The BV Staff
From the Detroit News:
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, released from state prison this morning after serving 14 months, vowed to come back to Detroit to tell his story.
"Detroit, I will return to speak frankly with you about this experience because it has affected all of us," Kilpatrick said ...
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Posted on Aug 2nd 2011 at 1:07 PM by
The BV Staff
From AlterNet:
The NAACP has just passed a historic resolution demanding an end to the War on Drugs. The resolution comes as young Black male unemployment hovers near 50 percent and the wealth gap's become a veritable gulf. So why is the forty-year-old "War on Drugs" public enemy number one for the ...
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Posted on Aug 2nd 2011 at 12:56 PM by
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From The State:
Nobody can remember seeing Matthew Perry angry. Determined? Always. Fearless? No question. Forceful and firm? Without a doubt. Kind, compassionate and respectful? Without fail. But never angry. Never bitter. Perry's remarkable temperament - and unmatched legal skills - were ...
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Posted on Aug 2nd 2011 at 12:50 PM by
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From The Fan Sports Radio:
One of the best to ever play the game has to decided to call it quits. After 13 seasons, Randy Moss is retiring. Despite being known around the league as having a terrible attitude and a tumor on any team we was a part of, Randy Moss still put up spectacular numbers that ...
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Posted on Aug 1st 2011 at 11:33 AM by
The BV Staff
From the Atlantic:
The mob, members of an outlawed gang, blindfolded Walter Odondi with a strip of cloth and steered him through the narrow alleys of Nairobi's Kibera slum, slapping him with the flat sides of their machetes as they went. They frog-marched the frightened 16-year-old for half an hour ...
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