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					 <title>Truth Serum</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2994/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republican candidates are revealing much about state of their party.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2012-02-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>2012: A Year for Common Sense</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2985/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black Americans need to wake up and understand what’s at stake]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2012-01-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Time to Lead</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2967/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President will lay out his election year priorities in tonight’s speech.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2012-01-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Crow Flies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2959/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It appears Republicans are intent on resurrecting Jim Crow.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2012-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>FAMU President Needs Time Out</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2915/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Florida A&amp;M's president should take a voluntary leave of absence.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-12-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Leaving Iraq</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2887/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Fulfilling a promise, U.S troops leaving  Iraq by end of month.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-12-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>World AIDS Day 2011</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2884/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Take steps to make sure you are positive that you are negative.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-12-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Music to Die For?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2879/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[FAMU must address cultural issues that led to drum major’s death.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Giving Thanks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2874/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We offer our thanks as we celebrate Thanksgiving Day.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Super Thud</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2868/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional deficit committee fails to reach agreement]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Ambush at Zuccotti Park</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2861/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Occupy movement must regroup, return and organize for political change.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Veterans Day</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2848/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Saluting those who have served our nation in the Armed Forces.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Fire Joe Paterno</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2844/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Penn State University must fire head football coach Joe Paterno.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Final Round</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2835/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Like he always has, Joe Frazier will fight the final round like a champ.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Dying to Succeed</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2818/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson’s death a cautionary tale of pitfalls of celebrity.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-10-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Out of Iraq</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2804/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In 2002, we opposed the Iraq invasion. We fully support the withdrawal of troops.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-10-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Upon this Solid Rock</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2798/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. King takes his rightful place among the Founding Fathers.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-10-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>When Giants Leave Us</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2774/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In Memoriam: Honoring Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Professor Derrick Bell.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-10-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Media Man Crush on Christie</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2770/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Fawning over Chris Christie will not end with his non-candidacy in 2012.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-10-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Shameful</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2747/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Taking an innocent life does not equal justice; blood stains hands of GA Parole Board.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-09-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Complacency Kills</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2731/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Low turnout in Baltimore symbolic of self-inflicted wound.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>First Speech, Now Action</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2720/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President must now find a way to get jobs bill passed by Congress.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-09-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>It Stops, When We Stop It</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2666/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Epidemic of gun violence is killing the future of the Black community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2666/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>American Apartheid</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2646/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Wealth inequality is setting stage for apartheid in the United States.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2646/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>With Intent to Fail</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2627/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans in Congress are intentionally sabotaging deficit talks.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-07-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP’s Crying Game</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2620/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans push country to the brink to score cheap political points.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-07-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Real War</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2610/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[There will be real victims and casualties from the war on the Hill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2610/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Govern Like its 2008</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2534/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President needs to stand and deliver on job creation.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Struggle post-Brown</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2491/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Education must be the civil rights issue of the 21st century.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-05-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Texas' Wrong Turn</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2479/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Texas Senate moves to allow concealed weapons on campus.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-05-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Photo Will Not Please Skeptics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2466/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Images of bin Laden's corpse will not quiet the President's critics.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-05-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Rich Fool</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2451/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Billionaire proves that money can’t buy common sense.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-04-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Fight worth Fighting</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2439/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It’s the dollars that matter most in determining who gets served.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2439/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Business Case for Peace</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2373/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President’s call for innovation must be met with real dollars.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-03-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Remember Wisconsin!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2364/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Wisconsin represents a call to action for the American worker.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-03-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>White Girls Can Step Too</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2357/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are too big as a people, to fall prey to such trivial matters.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2357/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The New Hate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2349/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Peter King can’t mask his true sentiments toward Muslims.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-03-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Defending the Public Defender</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2334/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Jersey official takes a stand against bullying tactics of Governor.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-02-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Showdown in Wisconsin</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2325/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Battle of Madison marks a watershed moment for Black workers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2325/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-02-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Month</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2293/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Blacks have always faced the future, while heeding the past.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-02-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Airhead Politics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2285/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the new "smart" in American politics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2285/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>MLK Day @25</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2266/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On the 25th anniversary of MLK Day, let us return to the work of Dr. King.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-01-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Pushed Over the Edge</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2262/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Running away from the truth means we are bound for another tragedy.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-01-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Remembering Bob Weaver</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2260/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On anniversary of his appointment, we remember a trailblazer.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-01-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Spare us the Hypocrisy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2251/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It’s time we called out those who divide us in this nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2251/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Raining Lies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2245/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New York City television personality deserves punishment for lie.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2245/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Our New Year’s Perspective</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2235/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We approach 2011 with great hope for the Black community.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2010-12-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Rangel’s Censure</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2196/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The aftermath of the censure of Rep. Charles Rangel.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2196/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-12-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Thank You Veterans</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2169/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must honor our veterans for their service to our nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2169/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Killer Cops</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2161/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Is the life of a Black man really less than that of dogs?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2161/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Color of Congress</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2156/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[White, conservative Republican men will control the 111th Congress.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2156/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Voting is Black Power</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2149/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Electing the first Black President was just the first step toward real change.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2149/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Mr. President: JOBS!!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2119/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President needs to step-up and confront Black joblessness.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2119/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-10-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>White House Makeover</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2093/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Summers departure should be the beginning of an extreme home makeover.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2010-09-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Accountability is the Key</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2088/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission sets its course.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2088/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Must Step Up</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2081/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We need real leadership from the Congressional Black Caucus.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2081/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Time for Justice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2065/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It's time Americans validated the principles of justice and equality.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/2065/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Supreme Stupidity</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1968/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Conservatives on the high court once again defy common sense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1968/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Silence of the Lambs?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1967/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black groups on sideline as Kagan nomination is considered.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1967/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Human All-Star</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1954/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Professional sports lost a true humanitarian with the death of Manute Bol.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1954/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Fathers Matter</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1951/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On Father's Day we salute all dads and encourage men to support their children.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1951/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today’s Primaries</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1926/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Today's primaries might reveal the true nature of the electorate.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1926/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Holding BP Accountable</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1913/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Consumers can do their part in sending a strong message to BP.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1913/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Curse of Crude</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1905/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The BP oil spill should force the nation to think about energy policy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1905/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-05-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Saints Go Marching In!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1759/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Carrying a city on their backs, the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1759/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Who Dat?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1756/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Whatever the final score of the Super Bowl, New Orleans is a winner.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1756/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Black History Month Challenge</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1741/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A challenge to infuse a sense of purpose into Black History Month.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1741/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Time to Vote Today</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1622/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[If you truly care about your community, you will vote today.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1622/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-11-02 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Mauling in Ann Arbor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1583/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black college football is being pimped for a large payday.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1583/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bum Rush</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1580/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The NFL is safe again now that Rush Limbaugh has been chased away.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1580/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Chicago Murder is Last Straw</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1549/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Derrion Albert's life must be honored and his death not in vain.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1549/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Comes of Age</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1528/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus is pivotal to President's agenda.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1528/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Our Domestic War</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1511/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It's time we stopped ignoring the truth and confront racists in our nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1511/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Murder at Clark-Atlanta</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1490/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Jasmine Lynn went to Atlanta for an education, she is now a victim of gun violence.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1490/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Encouraging another “Dallas”</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1440/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The presence of guns at a presidential event is a warning to us all.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1440/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Men Score for Vick</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1437/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Tony Dungee and Donovan McNabb lead by example in helping Michael Vick.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1437/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Policy Thugs</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1428/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The ugliness on display at health care forums is not about policy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1428/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Justice Sotomayor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1418/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1418/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Beers Leave Aftertaste</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1402/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It will take more than a few beers to reconcile racial bias in this nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1402/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Rotten Garden (State)</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1384/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Like a group of kids on a field trip, politicians rode the bus to their arraignment.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1384/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Stupidly, Yes.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1378/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[For his honesty, the President has come under criticism by people who doubt Dr. Gates’ claims that the police acted without cause and their actions were racist. The offending officer has spoken publicly and said emphatically that he is not a racist and the local police union is supporting him. No matter what the counter-claim, the fact that the President of the United States made his opinion known is a true sign that change has come to the nation’s capital.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1378/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Education of Henry Louis Gates</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1371/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Noted scholar faces indignities usually reserved for nameless.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1371/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Our Votes Count</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1368/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Newly released Census data shows power of Black vote in 2008 election.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1368/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NAACP @ 100</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1350/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We salute the NAACP as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1350/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama in Africa</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1340/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President's tough love message must be accompanied with support for Africa.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1340/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-13 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Gone Too Soon</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1298/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We honor the memory of Michael Jackson for what he meant to our community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1298/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Voting Rights Preserved</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1284/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The recent Supreme Court decision preserves voting protections.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1284/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Supporting Sotomayor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1249/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let's throw our support behind Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1249/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A New Approach in Middle East</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1239/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President pursues a Middle East agenda forged by truth and common sense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1239/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Help for Katrina Victims</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1238/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Finally, the victims of Hurricane Katrina are being offered real help.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1238/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-05 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Off-duty but in Plain Sight</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1225/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The shooting of a Black, off-duty NYC police officer raises questions.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1225/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Supreme Pick</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1218/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama has made a wise choice in his nomination of Judge Sotomayor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1218/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Truth Hurts</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1204/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Reaction to Walter Fields' critique of Yates family proves the point.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1204/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Arizona State’s Insult</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1197/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Arizona State University's snub of President Obama is an insult.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1197/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Break the Supreme Court Quota</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1170/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The appointment of a second Black would prove we are truly a post-racial society.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1170/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>100 Days</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1160/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We take a look at President Obama's first 100 days in office.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1160/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>U.S. MIA</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1129/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has erred in its decision to skip this week’s United Nations Durban Review Conference that starts today.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1129/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Gun Violence</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1093/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last three days we have heard news of several violent episodes in which guns were used to kill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1093/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>We Will Never Forget</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1090/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[April 4 marks the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1090/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Why Black Power?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1076/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With a Black man now holding the office of President of the United States, the topic of “Black Power” might seem a strange choice as the subject of a symposium of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1076/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Trouble in Oak Town</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1055/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The City of Oakland California is reeling from the shooting over the weekend of four police officers, all of whom have died, at the hands of a parolee.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1055/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Village Mob</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1044/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last few days the public anger over the bonuses received by executives at American International Group (A.I.G.) has resembled the villagers storming Frankenstein’s castle with torches ablaze.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1044/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>D.C.’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1020/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The District of Columbia’s health department is due to officially release statistics on the status of HIV/AIDS in the nation’s capital and the numbers point to an epidemic, with particularly devastating implications for the city’s Black community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1020/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>It Takes a Village</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1017/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are living during a very difficult time in our nation’s history. The current recession is taking a toll on communities across the country and Blacks have been particularly hard hit.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1017/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-13 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>An Education President</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1007/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[More so than anything, the story of Barack Obama’s success is one in which education played a key role in determining his destiny.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/1007/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-11 10:11:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Beyond Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/989/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We were anticipating bad news with the release of today’s unemployment figures for February by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/989/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Michael Steele’s Cowardice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/976/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[If Michael Steele wanted to set himself apart as the new chair of the Republican National Committee, he certainly achieved that goal with his embarrassing apology to conservative radio talk show blowhard Rush Limbaugh.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/976/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Out of Iraq</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/971/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Long before President Bush committed this nation to war in Iraq, this website in its former life as thenorthstarnetwork.com, opposed a U.S. invasion of Iraq.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/971/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Is This the Best You’ve Got?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/963/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[So much for being the “anointed one.” Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is touted as a rising star in the Republican Party and his selection to give the GOP response to President Obama’s almost State of the Union address Tuesday night was suppose to be Jindal’s coming out party.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/963/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Alan Keyes is…Crazy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/952/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let’s be clear about one thing. You can be Black, Republican and sane. While we may often disagree with the GOP on matters of public policy, particularly its far-right wing, we know that many Black Republicans fervently believe in the party’s fundamental economic and social message.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/952/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Steele’s Disappearing Act</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/939/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Just when we thought the Republican Party had made a turn in the right direction with the selection of Michael Steele as their new chair, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is missing in action.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/939/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-23 06:48:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Who Owns News Media Matters</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/932/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people gathered yesterday afternoon in New York City outside the headquarters of the News Corporation to protest a racially insensitive cartoon in the New York Post, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/932/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Love Her to Death</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/924/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[They seemed like the perfect couple. Teen heartthrob Chris Brown and his stunning girlfriend, hit maker Rihanna. Perhaps that was the first sign that something was not quite right.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/924/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NAACP Turns 100</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/906/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It started out as a “movement,” a meeting of Black intellectuals, white feminists, clergy, and concerned whites in Niagara, New York and evolved into a modern creation, the civil rights organization.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/906/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-12 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Alex the Lyinghearted</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/897/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Baseball superstar's admission of drug use should not be casually dismissed simply because of his undeniable talent.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-02-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP plays politics as people suffer</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last week the Republican Party has managed to take all of the positive attention gained from the selection of Michael Steele as its first Black chairperson and flush it down the toilet with their politically motivated opposition to the economic recovery legislation under consideration.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-02-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Not Playing with a Full Deck</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[So, while the nation’s economy is going down in flames, the very team that lit the match has nothing better to do than to sit back and take cheap shots at an administration that is barely three weeks old.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-02-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Tax Man Cometh</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/862/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It was bad enough when Timothy Geithner, now the Treasury Secretary, faced questions over his failure to pay taxes as he was being considered for the post.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Chairman Steele</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Late Friday afternoon Michael Steele made history when he was selected the new chairperson of the Republican National Committee.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-02-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Apology Due</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[The Presidential Inaugural Committee owes an explanation and apology to the tens of thousands of individuals who possessed tickets but did not gain access to the 56th Presidential Inauguration due to an utter lack of planning.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Completing Dr. King's Mission</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/803/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We come upon the National Holiday celebrating the birthday of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a renewed sense of hope as we prepare for the inauguration of our nation’s first Black President.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Reid’s Unnecessary Showdown</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[So, there they were, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Dick Durbin, the senior member of the upper house from Illinois, and the man chosen to fill the remaining two years of Barack Obama’s Senate term, Roland Burris – exchanging niceties and smiles one day after the infamous showdown on the Hill.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Touché Governor Blagojevich!</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[No matter what we might think of Governor Rod Blagojevich, we have to give him his due for sheer nerve. In the face of political scandal, imminent indictment, and possible impeachment, he one upped his critics, and defied his party, by appointing someone whose fitness to represent Illinois in the Senate cannot be reasonably challenged.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP's Third Rail Politics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/740/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[You would think that after the shellacking Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin took at the polls on November 4 that Republicans would be working in earnest to recast their party.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Notre Dame’s Fumble</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/713/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It is one of the most storied programs in college football history. The Catholic school in South Bend, Indiana that plays in a stadium that at one end aligns with a mural of Christ, aptly nicknamed “Touchdown Jesus” because the depiction is with arms stretched upward in a manner a referee would declare a score.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Selective Outrage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/712/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[So, after two weeks of posturing and pontificating, Republicans in the Senate balked at providing Detroit automakers the assistance the “Big Three” – General Motors, Ford and Chrysler – has indicated it needs to make it the first quarter of next year.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Killing Fields</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/697/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are profoundly saddened and angered over the killing of 14 year-old Ronald Jackson in Baltimore on Sunday night. He is the latest among hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Black youth in our country who have been gunned down in senseless acts of violence.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Deal with Labor for Recovery</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/690/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Now that President-elect Barack Obama has made clear his intention to use infrastructure projects, including transportation and schools, as a cornerstone for a massive jobs program aimed at stimulating the economy, Black leadership at all levels must insist that construction trades unions end practices that have prohibited Blacks from gaining access to union jobs.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Why NorthStar?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/681/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our mission is simple – to provide news and information from a perspective that is relevant to the experiences of Black people in this nation.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Still Keeping the Faith</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/673/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[November 29 marked the 100th birthday of civil rights and political legend Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. And unlike the celebrations and memorials that will be held around the country marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. next month, there will be little or no mention of Powell today.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Giving Thanks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/671/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[These are difficult times for many Black Americans and on this Thanksgiving, for some, it may be difficult to find a reason to be thankful.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama's Recovery Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/340/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We are pleased that President-elect Obama has announced he will propose an Economic Recovery plan aimed at putting Americans to work in transportation infrastructure, public school buildings and clean energy projects.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Time to Step Up</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/315/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last two years the issue of personal responsibility has gained currency in our community, first with the controversial crusade of entertainer Bill Cosby and then espoused by Senator Barack Obama on the campaign trail.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Hudson Family Tragedy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/268/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Hudson family tragedy reflects a larger crisis.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-10-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>HIV/AIDS: Beyond Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/141/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New CDC data on the incidence of HIV/AIDS should raise a new sense of urgency in the Black community]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Doing Right by Haiti</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/135/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black Americans must rise to the occasion and help Haiti during its time of great need.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>So Hard To Say Goodbye</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/128/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems intent on staying in office for a third term.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP's Wrong Turn</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/80/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The bill may come due this November on a decades long strategy of divisive politics by the GOP.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Are We There Yet?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/editorials/article/13/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Despite the tremendous success of Senator Barack Obama this election year, we can't lose sight of th]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 01:33:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Affirmative Action; Affirmative Defense</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Just in time for the presidential election, it appears that foes of affirmative action, fueled by no]]></description>
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