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Hurricane Katrina sent brothers Kentrell “Krispy” Lindsey and Alvin “Joey” Lindsey out of New Orleans East - first to Houston, then to Los Angeles, where they found a musical home as The Knux. Their debut album, Remind Me in 3 Days …got some attention for its mix of hip-hop with electronica and dance rock, but since then, their musical restlessness has kept them...

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My Problem with Your Problem with The South; or,...

Now you see, it depends on your definition on what is South/Southerner. I have this debate with mid-Atlantans all the time. DC and Maryland are most certainly the South—each are south of the Mason Dixon Line. What your discomfort with the idea does is call into question our definition of the South. I think people are against placing DC in the South because of our continuing (and ironic)...

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How Do You Talk About Black Unemployment Without... →

I’m waiting to see what else Romney says about it, but the pre-speech part of his NAACP remarks that dealt with unemployment deserves another look. The unemployment rate, the duration of unemployment, average income, and median family wealth are all worse for the black community. In June, while the overall unemployment rate remained stuck at 8.2 percent, the unemployment rate for...

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