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QUIT PLAYIN’: A Black Brown Coalition! - Texas Metro News
For as long as I have been Black and good-looking (my whole life), there has always been talk about a Black/Brown coalition. These days, it seems like urban American folklore, but it ain't so far-fetched when you come from where I come from. Michael Cantu, otherwise known by his brand name, Michael
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Gloves Off as Politicians Attack Each Other on Guns After Texas School Massacre - Garland Journal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert tweeted that “you can’t legislate evil away,” Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quickly fired back. “Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job? Just quit and let someone who actually gives a damn do it
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COVID-19 Surge in Marin Fueled By BA.2 Variant - Texas Metro News
Public Health focus shifting toward most vulnerable residents The post COVID-19 Surge in Marin Fueled By BA.2 Variant appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Quit Playin: Brothers…Where You At?
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QUIT PLAYIN’: The Dream Deferred! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall Here we go again. Here comes that litany of the light-hearted, offering their version of the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. The 60th Commemoration of The March on Washington has everyone giddy and sentimental. But Dr. King’s Dream got him gunned down. We
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Quit Playin': Abbott, Neanderthals and Jokes! - Texas Metro News
In September of 1986, Greg Abbott was jogging on a windy day through Houston's ritzy River Oaks neighborhood. A large Oak limb snapped as he ran beneath it. The accident cost him the use of his spine and wreaked havoc on his kidneys. Abbott, an attorney, sued the homeowner and a tree care company
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QUIT PLAYIN: My Fair Lady - Garland Journal
“The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves but how she is treated.” – Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady. Just as I was gazing at the beautiful sights across the harbor from my hotel in Long Beach, California, last week, I received a call from my sister. She told
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QUIT PLAYIN: Bullying? Really? - Texas Metro News
As it concerns Supreme Court Injustice Clarence Thomas (pronounced Tom-Ass) I pray that he goes before me. I shudder at the idea of leaving my children and loved ones subject to his incongruous judgment. Thomas came to Dallas the other day to complain about the leaked SCOTUS document showing that
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Gloves Off as Politicians Attack Each Other on Guns After Texas School Massacre - Texas Metro News
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert tweeted that “you can’t legislate evil away,” Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quickly fired back. “Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job? Just quit and let someone who actually gives a damn do it
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QUIT PLAYIN: More Democrats, Less Hershey Kisses! - Texas Metro News
This editorial is a shameless plug for the Democratic Party. I'm not going to lie; I'm asking you to vote straight Democrat. The Texas Republican Legislature fixed it so you can't vote a straight ticket easily, but you can still do it. My previous plans for this week were scrapped after watching
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QUIT PLAYIN: My First Class on Class - Texas Metro News
At least annually, the nationally syndicated column named for Ann Landers used to repeat a piece that expounds on class. You know, what yo mama tried to teach you. Our saving virtue was classiness as a race of people when we were poor. So quit Playin’ like you forgot your upbringing! Simplistic yet
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QUIT PLAYIN: To Hell with Clarence! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L Hall If there’s a hell below, Clarence Thomas should be first to go! Yeah, I said it! And worse than that, I mean it! As if the installation of the first Black Supreme Court Justice went a step too far in helping African Americans, the Republican Party ordered us two steps back
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QUIT PLAYIN: Carter High Golf Champions – No Anomaly! - Texas Metro News
John Wiley Price gathered a handsome group of young men at the dais of the Dallas County Commissioner's Court in a huddle. Now huddles are generally staples of football and […] The post QUIT PLAYIN: Carter High Golf Champions – No Anomaly! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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QUIT PLAYIN’: 50th L-S-U-O R-I-T-N-A ? - Texas Metro News
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Quit Playin': Kill The Trend! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall Many of my fondest childhood memories were framed at the Church. I had the pleasure of living much of my formative years with my grandparents, specifically […] The post Quit Playin': Kill The Trend! appeared first on Garland Journal.
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QUIT PLAYIN: Drapetomania – The Unshackled History! - Texas Metro News
The absolute joy of parenting begins after you have steered your children “through many dangers, toils, and snares” and they come of age. Vania, the baby and second of my […] The post QUIT PLAYIN: Drapetomania – The Unshackled History! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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COMMENTARY: Always Right to Fight! - Voice and Viewpoint
After the horrific murders of some of our Asian sisters in Georgia, the press started asking whether or not the Black community would align with them to stop the senseless racist attacks against them spurred on by Trump and his merry band of White Supremacists. It was devastating to me to read many
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QUIT PLAYIN’: 50th L-S-U-O R-I-T-N-A ? - Garland Journal
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QUIT PLAYIN: Rigga Please! - Texas Metro News
“There will be a complete EXONERATION,” Trump wrote. “They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” Donald Trump, […] The post QUIT PLAYIN: Rigga Please! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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QUIT PLAYIN: Belafonte 1968 – Artistry, Acumen, & Activism! - Texas Metro News
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COMMENTARY: Your Obituary Goes Right Here! | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We get syrupy about “Hidden Figures” from all over and know little about the heroes and sheroes who grew up in our own back yard. Mrs. French L. Cowens was born French L. Jackson to Willie Mae and Willis Jackson in Gladewater, Texas. She grew up in old North Central
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QUIT PLAYIN’: A Marcus Garvey Bet! - Texas Metro News
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QUIT PLAYIN: Shaun Martin – Musicologist! - Garland Journal
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Quit Playin’: Gone With the Damn Wind! - Garland Journal
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Quit Playin’!: We Need Some New Farmers! – DW
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QUIT PLAYIN: Rigga Please! - Garland Journal
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