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Interracial Marriages Surge Across U.S.
(wtopnews.com) Since that landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling, the number of interracial marriages has soared; for example, black-white marriages increased from 65,000 in 1970 to 422,000 in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures. Factoring in all racial combinations, Stanford University sociologist Michael Rosenfeld calculates that more than 7 percent of America’s [...]

As I was going through some of the links to BlackInformant.com this morning, I came across a site that I believe I saw before, but never took the time to really go through it. Being that I had a little downtime on this cool Saturday morning in So. California, I decided to chill for a [...]

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – Carlton Brown, COO of Full Spectrum NY and developer of Kalahari, the sustainable luxury condominium in Central Harlem, will be featured on Sundance Channel’s original series “Big Ideas For a Small Planet: Build” on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 9:00 PM EST. A specialist in sustainability and urban renewal, Mr. [...]

(consumerreports.com) Gallon jars of mayonnaise and 30-roll packs of toilet paper have made warehouse clubs seem appropriate mainly for platoon-size families focused on staples. But if you haven’t joined, you could be missing out on a widening range of choices. Today’s clubs not only stock some smaller sizes but also sell a wider range of [...]