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View the most recent update release date March 26, 2015 at this Dilemma X weblink: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates reveal metro areas and counties that propelled growth-Release Date: March 26, 2015 Fastest growing large cities since 2010 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Texas had eight of the 15 most rapidly growing large cities between Census Day (April […]

Farewell to Chocolate City By NATALIE HOPKINSON The New York Times “NOW, I’m not proud of what I did,” my friend Donna said the other day, her voice dropping to a low, confessional register. Donna is black, in her late 40s and a graphic designer. Three generations of her family owned a Victorian row house […]

Culver City welcomes Expo Line light rail to the Westside The Culver City and Farmdale stations opened Wednesday, June 20, 2012.   Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa poses for the ribbon-cutting to open the Culver City station. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Transportation officials opened the Culver City station […]

_____________________________________ Video: The Confederacy politics behind the slave trade ____________________________________ Juneteenth Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.  Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had […]

New York Jewish population is growing, according to new study commissioned by UJA-Federation of New York Largest Jewish community study ever conducted outside of Israel finds increasing ethnic and religious diversity and rising rates of poverty PRNewswire NEW YORK — The population of the New York Jewish community has grown nearly 10 percent since the […]

June 8, 2012 How the man cured of HIV has inspired doctors to discover revolutionary new treatment By Brian Clark Howard Daily Mail Timothy Brown, 46, became the first person in history to be cured of HIV after receiving a blood stem cell transplant from a person resistant to the virus. In 2007 doctors made the breakthrough […]

One Bermuda, 22 monarchs and 507 years By Dr. Edward Harris The Royal Gazette Half a millennium and seven years ago, this being the Year of Our Lord 2012, a small Spanish vessel provided the platform from which humans first became aware of the existence of dry land at 65 degrees West by 32 degrees […]

Born for Biltmore – a big place that’s big business William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil Jr. runs the estate his ancestor created more than a century ago. It’s a lot of work: Biltmore is a big place that’s a big business.   Bill Cecil at the Biltmore Estate Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Todd Sumlin     […]

Obama or Romney: History has shown, by the ages of most US presidents, younger does matter   Dilemma X Some Americans feel the age of a president at their first inauguration should coincide with the more current time period. Many American voters think a president should be able to relate to current trends and the future […]

Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a week The Times-Picayune to cut print papers to 3 days a week amid industry’s digital age struggles By Cain Burdeau Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The Times-Picayune, one of the nation’s oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions seven days a week and instead plans to […]