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					 <title>NY AG Aims for NYPD</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6208/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NY Attorney General Letitia James takes on police brutality]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-01-25 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hold Donald Trump Accountable</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/6203/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Healing can only begin when Donald Trump is held accountable.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-01-16 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What’s in a Name?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5598/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The fight against white cultural oppression in Black identity.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-30 09:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5259/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The false dichotomy between supporting police or legitimate protest.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2016-07-11 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5199/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Has the U.S. given up on school desegregation?]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2016-05-23 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5150/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[U.S. Banks shortchange justice]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2016-04-12 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5112/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA['Reverse Robin Hood' pummels the poor.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2016-03-23 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Why Blacks are Voting for Hillary</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5086/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black voters are simply supporting what they see as their best interests.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2016-03-02 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Curry Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/5063/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black quarterbacks are still held to a different standard.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2016-02-11 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>No effect on jobs by raising wages</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4935/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Raising the minimum wage has a negligible effect on jobs.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-09-14 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Workers and the Fed</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4917/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The case of Black workers and why Fed should not raise interest rates.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-08-26 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Reforming the Criminal Justice System</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4899/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must find ways to fix a system that is broken and rife with injustice.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-08-10 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What is the Federal Reserve Doing?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4851/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The economy is showing signs that it is fragile.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-06-26 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>REAL Estate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4722/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rebuilding our community through home ownership.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-03-17 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Is Obama Trying to Kill HBCUs? Pt II</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4659/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Having a Black President does not diminish need for Black colleges]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-01-27 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Is Obama Trying to Kill HBCUs?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4652/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President's policies have caused injury to historically Black colleges]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-01-22 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Awareness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4634/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We mourn the passing of our dear Brother, Griot and friend, Gavin Sutton.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2015-01-06 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economic engine's running but needs gas</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4617/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Signs of economic improvement are evident]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-12-17 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Eric Garner: A Poem</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4601/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our resident Griot reflects on the injustice inflicted upon Eric Garner]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-12-05 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Grass isn't Greener</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4480/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rosy rhetoric around an economic recovery needs to be tempered.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-09-03 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Ferguson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4460/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Behind the Michael Brown tragedy there is a history of economic inequality.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-08-20 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>We Need to Fight for Equality</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4434/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The struggle for equality in America is far from over.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-08-05 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Making Sense of It All</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4423/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The economic downturn left us with questions we can't see to answer.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-07-22 13:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Memories</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4413/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Memory can compel course corrections in public policy.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-07-15 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Missing the Point</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4400/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Focusing on college tuition costs only misses the point.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-07-04 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Student Debt Horror</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4390/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Student debt is probably as bad as we thought.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-06-27 14:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Opportunity at 50 Years Out</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4380/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Celebrating the legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-06-23 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Better Vision</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4363/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[How will we tackle broad issues of class inequality?]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-06-06 13:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Difficult Math of Inequality</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4330/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The unfairness of income inequality is evident in the math.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-05-16 13:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Visas, Wage Suppression &amp; GOP</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4311/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans block vote on raising the minimum wage.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-05-02 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Inequality and the 1% Rule</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4299/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court decision on affirmative action further embeds inequality.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-04-25 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Encouraging Economic Leadership</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4289/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Fed chief represents encouraging economic leadership.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-04-21 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Tax to Benefit All</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4282/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A tax on stock, bonds and derivatives transactions would yield benefits.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-04-14 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Republicans on a Limb</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4273/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New employment data pulls rug from underneath GOP's critique.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-04-07 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>March Madness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4259/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[N.L.R.B. ruling sheds light on the plight of student-athletes.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2014-03-31 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Second Amendment - Redux</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4104/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Playwright Mona Washington takes a creative look at gun violence.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2013-12-06 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What Would Republicans Do?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4096/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[What would Republicans do on health care if they were in the White House?]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2013-12-03 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>By Faith</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4074/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Words of encouragement, inspiration and faith.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2013-11-15 05:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>"News"</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4070/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Mona Washington on the absurdity of news coverage of Philippine disaster.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2013-11-13 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Gifted Hands, Foot in Mouth</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/4015/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ben Carson is proving himself gifted as a tool of the right-wing.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2013-10-15 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>They cannot walk alone</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/opinions/contributors/article/3945/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must protect children during their daily walk to school.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2013-08-29 08:30:00</pubDate>
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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>
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