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Oscar and Grammy-winner talks about the Hershey School and the structure it provides its students.
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Michael Moore
Oscar-winning filmmaker explains why he thinks things have gotten worse since the release of his top-grossing '09 documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story."
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MLK: A Call to Conscience
Tavis goes on the road to get the story behind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1967 anti-Vietnam speech and its impact today.
Take 2 with TavisJobs BillTavis weighs in on the jobs bill and shares his frustration with the holdup in Congress to get it passed. Young Voices BlogA Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist Completes Her Census FormI have no problem sharing all of my information on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Buzz...but the minute that the Government (capital G) starts asking me for information, I clam up. Dr. King's Forgotten AgendaYou've never heard of Dr. King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech? Well, you're not alone. The speech not only joined the anti-war and civil rights movements, but it also included a searing indictment of U.S. foreign policy. The New Jim CrowIn the "era of colorblindness," there's a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we as a nation have "moved beyond" race. Here are a few facts that run counter to that triumphant racial narrative... Fighting For Google's AttentionWhen Google announced it was looking for a relatively small community to test out its new broadband services, Small City, USA started pulling out all the stops. Inside North KoreaThe museum is the long awaited (and long overdue) National Museum of African American History and Culture, and these are just a few of the things museum curator Lonnie Bunch has collected to tell the story of African American culture.
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Your Voice"Thank you so much for informing me of the "New Jim Crow Laws". I'm raising a 17 year old Black young man in the "South". I will definitely inform him of these new laws and other family members. As a people, we have come so far. It is apparent that we have even further to go.
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