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From TheRoot.com: For many black Americans, putting a ring on it just isn’t a priority.

From WSJ.com: More human-rights groups are expressing concern about the use of social-networking sites to spread racism.

CHICAGO— A spokesman for the once mighty community activist group ACORN says the group is disbanding.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama’s insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats.

WASHINGTON — Now that Congress has passed a health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is expected to sign it quickly, then get back on the road to talk about it some more.

From WashingtonPost.com: Legislation hailed by supporters as the most significant change to college student lending in a generation passed the House on Sunday night.

Though the House of Representatives made history last night by passing a sweeping health care reform bill, this fight is far from over.

What is it about Wal-Mart that breeds so much trouble? It isn’t clear whether or not the person who made the announcement was an employee or just an intrepid racist shopper who found their way to the P.A. system microphone. Either way, apart from being ignorant, this stunt sounds really juvenile. The store later used […]

From NY Times: WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and remake the nation’s health care system along the lines proposed by President Obama.