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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Ethnic Studies week

The first Ethnic Studies Week will be October 1-7, 2010. Ethnic Studies Week is a nationally coordinated week of actions to defend ethnic studies programs and academic freedom.


Wednesday, August 25, 2010

BlackAtlas.com

The new website BlackAtlas.com claims to offer "a unique look at travel from an African-American perspective." The website is sponsored by American Airlines, which raises interesting questions about objectivity.


Friday, August 20, 2010

Communicating with African friends and family

A new undersea fiber-optic cable along the coast of East Africa promises to improve phone and Internet communications between East Africa and the rest of the world. Here in Minnesota, particularly, immigrant and refugee populations from Somalia and Ethiopia anticipate less expensive and more reliable connections.