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Congress Approves Crack Cocaine Sentencing Changes
Tribune Washington Bureau
3:19 PM PDT, July 28, 2010
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Washington…Addressing what both Democrats and Republicans agreed was a quarter-century old injustice in drug sentencing, Congress gave final approval Wednesday to a bill reducing the penalty for crack cocaine offenders.
The legislation, which was welcomed by the Obama administration, reduces the disparities between sentences [...]

Marketing communications pioneer and Advertising Hall of Fame inductee Tom Burrell is credited with revolutionizing the image of African Americans in television and changing the face of American advertising. During his tenure as a top advertising executive, he coined the now-famous phrase, “Black people are not dark-skinned white people.” His award-winning work promoted positive [...]

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Tyler Perry’s Crack Mothers
By CHARLES M. BLOW, NYT
Mo’Nique is a favorite to win an Oscar next Sunday for her powerful and disturbing portrayal of an abusive, crack-addicted mother in the movie “Precious.”
If she wins, I will silently grit my teeth — not because she’s undeserving, but because it represents another step in the seeming campaign [...]