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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens, right, debated Al Sharpton, left, at the New York Public Library on May 7 2007. Jacob Weisberg of Slate magazine moderated. Hitchens had just published “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.”

Flashback: When Hitchens debated Sharpton

Joy-Ann Reid
TheGRIO REPORT - Christopher Hitchens, the sharp-tongued writer, died this week, and among those remembering him was Rev. Al Sharpton...
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Largest black-owned bank in US bailed out

Karen Hunter
OPINION - According to a bank official, Carver will receive a $55 million infusion of cash and will be saved. But for how long?...
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Detroit pays bus drivers to sit and do nothing

Jay Scott Smith
theGRIO REPORT - For nearly a century, Detroit has been known as the Motor City. These days, however, the engine has stalled as many of the city's buses are idled by numerous mechanical and financial issues...
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