National weed holiday and war on drugs send mixed messages
Category: Metro Written by Rebecca Nuttall - Courier Staff Writer
SNOOP DOGG AND WIZ KHALIFA
On April 20, Americans across the country, celebrated 420, a counterculture holiday dedicated to the consumption of marijuana.
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Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2013 18:16
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Televangelist Juanita Bynum arrested
Category: People Written by Atlanta Daily World
JUANITA BYNUM
(Real Times News Service)--Popular televangelist Juanita Bynum was arrested and spent the night in jail on a warrant charging that she failed to appear in court for a civil proceeding against her, reports DallasNews.com.
Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2013 18:02
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Kuntu Repertory Theatre to close after four decades
Category: Metro Written by Genea Webb
VERNELL LILLIE
By Genea L. Webb
For New Pittsburgh Courier
After 40 years on the scene Kuntu Repertory Theatre, the oldest and largest African-American performing Arts Center in Pittsburgh, is closing its doors.
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:51
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Think like a Democrat, act like a Republican
Category: Opinion Written by NNPA News Service
TALKING TOUGH--President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing at the White House in Washington, April 19, regarding the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
by Daryl Gale
One of the great things about working in a newsroom is the level of debate. There are discussions of news topics great and small – from eliminating poverty to illegal guns to Lil’ Wayne’s facial tattoos. Opinions fly, voice levels rise, but more often than not, logic and intelligent discourse rule the day.
Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2013 17:47
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Vogue Blackface sparks call for boycott
Category: National Written by Rebecca Nuttall - Courier Staff Writer
by Rebecca Nuttall
Courier Staff Writer
Last week the fashion industry was again criticized for it’s lack of racial sensitivity when a spread in Vogue Netherlands featured a White model sporting blackface.
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:40
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