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Jerry Yang Steps Down From CEO Post At Yahoo
From TechCrunch.com:
Expect Yahoo’s share price to jump tomorrow - Jerry Yang will be stepping down as CEO of the company, a job that he took on an interim basis in June 2007.
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Obama and Malcolm X: Far From Opposites
Recently AL Qaeda’s #2, Ayman al-Zawahri declared that Barack Obama was an house negro and was the opposite of black leader Malcolm X. While many have compared Obama to Martin Luther King, not as many people have noted the differences and similarities between Obama and Malcolm X.
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OPINION: Stop The Hate On Prop 8
From theroot.com:
The lingering tension between gays and lesbians and the African-American community over the passage of California’s Proposition 8—banning same-sex marriage—isn’t a laughing matter, but it is absurd. It has all the makings of a Tyler Perry movie starring the casts of Big Love and The L Word.
Diary of a Mad Black Mormon Lesbian Nun? Now showing in California and coming soon to a theater near you.
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Master P Hosts Entrepreneur Seminar
Master P wants to show a new generation how to help hip-hop profit.
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OPINION: Save The Obama Drama
From theroot.com:
Having already gone through my—now regretted—Obama tantrums in July (and on this Web site), I do not want to hear about anyone else’s. Please try to get over yours as soon as possible. Click here for the full rant.
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Tom Daschle Is Appointed Health & Human Services Secretary
From HuffingtonPost.com:
“Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has been offered the job of Health and Human Services secretary by President-elect Barack Obama and has accepted the job, according to a Democratic source close to Daschle,” Roll Call reports.
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OPINION: Facts & Thoughts About Eric Holder, Attorney General
From Glenn Greenwald on Salon.com:
Even before there has been a single Cabinet selection announced, I’m already weary from all the gossip and chatter about potential appointees, but, at least for me, the position of Attorney General is different.
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CONTROVERSY: Is Michelle Obama’s Backside Off-Limits?
The debate rages on!
The Salon article that has begun a maelstrom of controversy is included after the jump, along with a response from racialicious.com. What do you think? Is Michelle’s backside really off-limits? Or are we retaining old-school political culture and being prudish in critiquing the administration of ‘change’? Leave a comment!
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