By: Stephaine Iszard
Do you recall when going “coach” wasn’t considered a positive social status?  My, the times are a changing.  With my daughters upcoming birthday and Christmas finally over (my credit card can now exhale), my youngest is again telling me what she wants.  It is “all about” Coach.   I am not talking about an [...]

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by Stephaine Iszard
As I sit and listen to my ten-year-old and eleven-year-old chatter about their “have to do” lists, I devilishly smirk as they name each one by one.  My daughter whines about “having to” clean her room, put the laundry away, and maintain great grades.  My son has a bit more of an extensive [...]

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By Brandon Whitney
Roughly around the time of my conception Reagan was sworn in as president of the United States.  The great deregulator destroyed many of the institutions that made our nation great.  He was followed by Bush who continued his work.  President Elect Obama represents a return to the use of government for the greater [...]

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By Andria Marshall, Fox 5 Intern
What if coming in contact with HIV was like coming in contact with your computer keys?  Think of all the people who have come in contact with the same computer keys you’re typing on.  Think of all the hands that touched the hands that touched your keys before you did.  [...]

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By Brandon Whitney
Obama doesn’t have to fight dirty, he just has to fight.  I believe he’s doing so.  When he directly addressed the McCain campaign’s false outrage at the lipstick comment, he took on a Republican machine that as successfully changed American politics into the dozens.  Obama has thus far managed to energize the American [...]

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DC Vote Shoots Music Video for Joe L. Da Vessel’s Original Composition

August 8, 2008, Washington, DC – Last Saturday, over 200 extras gathered at School Without Walls, the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building and on Pennsylvania Avenue between 3rd and 4th streets NW, and China town,  for a chance to be in DC Vote’s [...]

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By: Christopher Robinson, Jr. - FOX 5 NEWS Workstudy Student

The masterminds behind Superbad and Knocked Up are back with an all new motion picture that totally disregards all of society’s morals and values. Pineapple Express, which stars James Franco from the Spiderman Franchise and Seth Rogen from Knocked Up, is a film that contains crude [...]

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By Brandon Whitney
This is going to sound a little blasphemous to the uber-nationalist among us but I don’t think that if you find someone who you fall in love with and who can put with your crazy butt, and vice versa, you should marry them regardless of race, class, or creed.  While I understand the [...]

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By Pamela Gentry
BET News Senior Political Producer
Pamela’s Blog
Sen. Hillary Clinton makes an assassination gaffe while defending why she’s still in the race.  The New York senator said the following;Clinton: … You know, I have been willing to do all of that during the entire process, and people have been trying to push me out of this ever [...]

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By Pamela Gentry
BET News Senior Political Producer
Pamela’s Blog
There’s some good news from state of California for Sen. Barack Obama. A new poll released today finds more folks shifting dramatically towards his candidacy and away from both Sen. Hillary Clinton’s and John McCain’s.This trend could put the damper on Clinton’s argument that she is the [...]

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