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		<title>The NFL Lockout and What It Means for the Black Community</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2011/02/08/the-nfl-lockout-and-what-it-means-for-black-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean McGianni Celestin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the current National Football League Collective Bargaining Agreement scheduled to expire on March 3, 2011 at 11:59 pm, the sports world is bracing itself for what appears to be a potential lockout of the 2011-2012 football season. The topic has been brewing for years, ever since the original labor agreement was signed in 1993 and extended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti One Year Later: Reflections of a Native Son</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean McGianni Celestin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, many reflected on the devastation it left behind and the rebuilding that remains to be done. While the damage and human casualty estimated was overwhelming, the excruciating anguish and misery it caused is immeasurable. Haiti, by all means, has been destroyed by this disaster and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional School is Done&#8230;But the Economy Has Not Recovered</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/11/16/professional-school-is-done-but-the-economy-has-not-recovered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ehi Uwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life after professional school is similar to “A Tale of Two Cities.” In the famous novel Charles Dickens proclaims that “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” For some professional school graduates the culmination of law school and taking the state bar exam or medical school and taking the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Policy: Political Capital at the Expense of Progressive Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ehi Uwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, America is in an economic bind. We are no longer leading the production of products, we lack the jobs necessary to allow people to spend for the services that drive our economy and politically this only means one solution can be brought to the table, tax cuts. Tax cuts seem to be a part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Love My Hair or You Think Not</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/10/18/i-love-my-hair-or-you-think-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sesame Street video “I Love My Hair” has almost 200,000 views and while many may be from young children a significant amount of the views are black women who have fallen in love with the song. Since the iconic children’s show aired in 1969 – during the Civil Rights Movement – up until today’s current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have White People Lost Their Minds or Do We All Need Strait Jackets?</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/10/16/have-white-people-lost-their-minds-or-do-we-all-need-strait-jackets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Henry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics is one of the past times in America that we celebrate on a bi-annual basis. We love to hear and talk about political subjects during mid-term elections and when it’s time to place a new person in the White House. So any angry or bigoted behavior that we exhibit usually quells the day after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Games at the Expense of Progression</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/10/06/political-games-at-the-expense-of-progression/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ehi Uwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a world where politicians were judged for the laws they have passed instead of how many people they have helped get re-elected? Wouldn’t it be even better if we actually were informed about the substance of laws instead of the political relevance and strategic timing of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Societal Values&#8230;Where Have They Gone?</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/09/23/societal-values-where-have-they-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/09/23/societal-values-where-have-they-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ehi Uwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AshleyMadison.com, The Jersey Shore, The Bad Girls Club, and Kat Stacks have all become images of where our current societal values have stationed. The first promotes infidelity in marriages, the next two promote ladies fighting with one another on national television, and the last represents a person’s quest for fame by any means necessary even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dream Morphed into a Nightmare: How King’s Legacy is being Distorted</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/09/02/767/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Henry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday Fox News TV host Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington D.C. where tens of thousands of people arrived to hear Beck’s message of faith, honor, and respect. Beck’s rally was held on the National Mall where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Mic: Chen Lo’s Mission to Impact the World Through Music</title>
		<link>http://thewateringholeonline.com/2010/09/02/one-mic-chen-lo%e2%80%99s-mission-to-impact-the-world-through-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean McGianni Celestin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political hip hop duo, Dead Prez, once had a song entitled, It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop. But they weren&#8217;t talking about the diamonds on their necks or the size of their bank accounts. The controversial music group was instead describing their mission to empower their listeners to think outside the box and find ways to change [...]]]></description>
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