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		<title>CRIME PAYS &#8211; LITERALLY</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Clingman NNPA Columnist A recent report by Jason Jenkins, Investment U Research, shows that private prisons are earning even more money via warehousing prisoners and by establishing Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) with the land upon which their prisons are built.  Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group, the two largest private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hip Hop Controversy: Rap Music May Be Facing New Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – Rappers and music audiences appear to be engaged in a battle over freedom of speech and consumerism with a backlash against negative lyrics. The latest to feel public pressure is former prison guard-turned rapper Rick Ross, who also uses a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Couple&#8217; Reveals Honest Portait of Black Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Nicole Williams Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel If there ever was a show that positively represented the elements of what Black relationships should be, then YouTube sensation ‘The Couple’ is that show. ‘The Couple’ is apart of Black and Sexy TV, a network that was created by Numa Perrier and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving &#8216;Up&#8217; Isn&#8217;t as Easy as You Might Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Krissy Clark Special to the NNPA from Marketplace Wealth and Poverty Desk Squirrels. If you have lived in a middle-class neighborhood for most of your life, you might take them for granted. But when Valerie Love and her 12-year-old daughter Jada recently moved to Albany Park on the north side of Chicago, squirrels were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Summer Chicago Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today that more than 18,000 Chicago young adults ages 16 to 24 will gain valuable job training and work experience this summer as part of 2013’s One Summer Chicago program. Additionally, over 190,000 opportunities to participate in educational and recreational opportunities will be made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Quinn to Eliminate Criminal Background Question On State Employment Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) has tried for years to remove criminal background pre-screening questions on state employment applications, and on April 17, a letter from Gov. Pat Quinn’s office indicated that is happening. Gary Hannig, Quinn’s director of legislative affairs, informs the Austin lawmaker in the letter that Quinn will issue an executive order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Speaks For Who?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By William Reed NNPA Columnist Do you have anything to say about what’s going on in town, or across America?  What are your personal priorities and how do you put voice to them? It’s a good question that we all have to ask ourselves from time to time: “Who speaks for me?” A poll, commissioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Leaders Have Sold Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the Black community has been shown how irrelevant they have become in the U.S.  Most of the blame can be laid at the feet of the media appointed Black leadership for selling out their people. And we’ve gotten nothing in return. At least Judas Iscariot had sense enough to get 30 pieces of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackie Robinson: &#8220;Too Bad He&#8217;s The Wrong Color&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist You could say “42,” the film about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, is a gripping baseball tale, and your assessment would be correct – but woefully incomplete. “42” is not just a baseball story. It’s a compelling history lesson as well. It tells the story of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basketball Used as a Tool to Curb Chicago Violence and a Path Out of Negative Lifestyles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – David Bradley doesn’t get anxious anymore when he steps outside the front door of his home on the city’s South Side. Before, the 24 year old Auburn Gresham resident minded what streets he walked and corners where he stood. Those were invisible borders that marked gang territory and where crossing onto a rival’s [...]]]></description>
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