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Phone-hacking: Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks face MPs - liveTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:11PMRolling coverage of all the day's developments as Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks face MPs' questions over phone hacking 8.12am: BSkyB haven't yet launched Sky Select Committees as a premium pay channel, but there would be a lot of us who would willing to pay good money to watch Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks go through the wringer this afternoon. In one paper ...

Steven Ivory: The Unforgivable Molestation of the (High) FiveTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:45PM* “…And I said, ‘I don’t have one, but from the looks of things here, you sure the hell do!’” With that gleeful windup, the portly, graying 40-something chiropractor raised his hands in front of his grinning, round, expectant face, his palms opened toward me in the position people assume when they’re being robbed. Begrudgingly, [...]

The Bridge: He Who Laughs…, Part 2—Who’s Culture?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:30PM*Critical thinking and independent thought are rare in a world of social seeding and engineered popular culture. Yes, popular culture, which once developed organically from Black culture, is now artificially stimulated, taking backward portions of Black mis-socialization into the mainstream, which, even when it comes back to our own community appears smooth, but in reality [...]

Audrey’s Society Whirl: Coca-Cola Company Gives Back During Essence Music FestivalTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:30PM*The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Foundation continued its 125th anniversary celebration during the Essence Music Festival with an array of commemorative events. As the festival’s presenting sponsor, the premier beverage company hosted several unique events that included: 2,000 per day giveaways of the 125th anniversary commemorative bottle; music by MC by Rock T of [...]

The Socialist’s Journal: The Limits of Cultural RelativismTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:15PM*Generally speaking an individual or nation should be very sensitive to dismissing others because of a difference in outlook or methods. I am the same person that wrote against colonization because indigenous peoples should be able to use their natural resources how they see fit – not as colonizers see fit. Still there are limits [...]

Robert N. Taylor: Michele Bachmann Once Again Distorts the History of SlaveryTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:15PM*Conservative Republicans like Representative Michele Bachmann both anger and scare me. First, they anger me because they have a tendency to totally distort history, especially Black history, in order to score cheap political points. Secondly, they scare me because their overly simplistic and usually incorrect analyses appear to attract a substantial number of white voters [...]

EUR Guest Editorial: AIDS Drugs Offer Major Breakthrough in Fight Against Spread of HIV/AIDSTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:45AM*The results of two recent studies known as PrEP, released on Wednesday, July 13,2011, show findings that taking a daily pill containing one or two AIDS drugs can help keep an uninfected person from catching the HIV virus. This is definitely significant news – a definite step in the right direction in the ongoing efforts [...]

News of the World phone hacking scandal: July 19 morning as it happenedTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:13AMLatest on the phone-hacking scandal which has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News International.

Six Tips to Beat the 'Sunday Night Blues'Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:37AMThe working person's six-step guide to making the most of each Monday and establish a fresh approach to starting the workweek.