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The line had slowly come to a halt.  Stretching around the inside of the church were hundreds of people, who had come to this holy place of worship to pay their respects to the life of a sixteen-year-old young man.  Outside on the street corner, on this cold, crisp autumn day in Chicago, were a […]

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**UPDATE** I just spoke with Derrion’s grandfather and they have set up a fund to help cover the very costly funeral expenses.  PLEASE give whatever you can.  No amount is too small.  Via Paypal (Send Money) email: derrionjalbert@yahoo.com Via Mail: Derrion Albert Memorial Fund10126 S. Aberdeen StreetChicago, IL 60643 —————— After the incredible show of […]

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In the same city, the same windy city, where young Barry Obama walked through the streets to organize a community…the same city where Walter needed a Refrigerator to win a Super Bowl…the same city that in ‘68 made students run for their lives…the same city that needed Common Sense to understand the Twisted rhymes of […]

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    Brick City aka Newark, New Jersey.   A place, as a kid, I was afraid to go.  All I remember was the rumor that if you went to Brick City, your car was getting jacked.  To be honest, I was scared straight of the Bricks.  I was happy to stay on the other side of […]

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So, yesterday @unclerush aka “The Godfather of Hip-Hop” aka Russell Simmons went on what some would call a “twitter rant.”  For hours, my man, was tweeting and tweeting away, constantly asking his followers to re-tweet his rant.  And his rant was simple: RT @UncleRUSH: IF you care about the poor, the elderly, the sick, the […]

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This morning, I sat inside the State Department of the United States of America, in a small conference room, on the 4th floor, surrounded by great men and women of faith.  We patiently waited for our host to arrive, and during the down time, chuckles and laughs, hugs and handshakes, Arabic and Hebrew were swirling […]

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    The President can take a peak…can’t he?  After all, he is human…