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		<title>Go Go Green Economy</title>
		<link>http://phiscalmatters.com/2009/09/13/go-go-green-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Fahiym Ratcliffe</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m a recent fan of former Obama administration green jobs czar, Van Jones. Though I was vaguely familiar with his work prior to him coming to work for the Obama White House, the controversy surrounding Mr. Jones (and his unfortunate resignation) these past couple of weeks gave me a crash course into Van &#8211; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MJ and the Question of Color</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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In the wake of MJ&#8217;s death, the question of race and color looms in the background.  Yeah, yeah &#8211; your boy had a red thriller jacket, black pleather pants, glitter socks and penny loafers in the second grade &#8211; I idolized Michael, along with millions of his other fans.  However, over time the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black America&#8217;s First Agenda Item</title>
		<link>http://phiscalmatters.com/2009/01/23/black-americas-first-agenda-item/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Stanley Crouch, a writer whose pragmatism I usually appreciate, wrote the following:
&#8220;&#8230;Malcolm X was one of the naysayers to American possibility whose vision was permanently crushed beneath the heel of Obama&#8217;s victory on Nov. 4&#8243;
I say &#8220;wrong Stan&#8221;.  If Blacks do not improve their condition while having an African-American as President of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Up Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saabir</dc:creator>
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The HNIC (Head Ni**er In Charge) has received a pink slip today. If there are future leaders who will choose to work specifically for the advancement of Black people, they will have to be as sophisticated and accountable as the best that this country has to offer.  Sing-talking bootleg preachers will no longer suffice.
Today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rededicated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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My wife told me this morning that this was the &#8220;first time she wanted to wave an American flag,&#8221; and I feel her. An extraordinary event occurred on November 4th, 2008 &#8211; an event that I and many Americans of African descent never thought we would ever see &#8211; the election of the United States [...]]]></description>
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