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					 <title>All Things to All People?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1733/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Despite the hype, Barack Obama is human and cannot serve all interests.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2010-01-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Second Chance</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1604/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Prison mental health therapist Evan Baker maps the road to recovery.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-10-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>My Provincetown</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1412/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Sometimes kernels of truth are revealed in casual conversation.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-08-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Vantage Point</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1344/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President's Ghana speech was on-point but his message needed greater context.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-07-14 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Strip-Searching Teens is Out of Control</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1148/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court case raises important issues for students and parents.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-04-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Image and Job Interviews</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/1149/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With competition high for jobs, appearances matter.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-04-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Facts and Fiction About Black America</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/804/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The new conventional wisdom is that black America is in deep decline and single-parent families are the cause. It is true that black single-parent families have increased significantly since the 1960s. However, the evidence for a black “culture of failure,” to excerpt a recent title by Juan Williams, is much harder to come by.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Direction in the Middle East</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/805/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The lack of available commentary from Black journalists and political leaders on the current war raging in Gaza is jarring.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama and the District</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/704/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Historically the President of the United States has had a complicated relationship with the city of Washington, D.C. The expectation of a Barack Obama White House is different as residents and community leaders anticipate more outreach from the POTUS.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP Claims No Mandate for Obama</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/330/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[One day after Election Day, Republican members of Congress and right leaning pundits, were quickly out in front of cameras stating that Barack Obama's resounding victory over John McCain did not equate to a mandate for the newly minted President-elect.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>All that is left is for us to act</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/273/</link>
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					 <pubDate>2008-10-30 17:22:46</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Palin Edict</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/156/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Editorial Director Dr. Nsenga Burton explores Sarah Palin and the "benefits" of wh]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-16 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Falling for the Okey-Doke</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/155/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Cindy Barnes-Thomas shares her angst over the rise of Sarah Palin.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>How Much Did that Beer Really Cost?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/157/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Dan J. Nunn, II suggests the nation has paid a high price after eight ]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Private School Experience</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/48/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Many Black parents are faced with the decision to place their child in private school, a challenge t]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Truth vs. Fiction</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Editorial Director Dr. Nsenga Burton explores the many myths surrounding the candi]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hurt Feelings</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/7/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Editorial Director Dr. Nsenga Burton suggests there may be some bruised feelings i]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Concerned with Edwards Affair</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/8/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Cindy Barnes-Thomas looks at the recent admission by former North Caro]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Just Beyond the Horizon</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/20/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Lenworth Gunther, historian and cultural commentator, explores the journey that has taken Barack]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 01:33:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>In Defense of Black Fathers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[RushmoreDrive.com Contributor Chris Wilder offers a defense of Black fathers against the backdrop of]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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