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After 22 years in exile renowned Kenyan novelist and political activist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o recently returned home for a visit. He has taught in the United States for the past several years.

In a move that will impact how the major U.S. corporations market to African-American consumers, REACH Media has reached an innovative partnership agreement with The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: P&G) and REACH Media Inc.’s Tom Joyner Morning Show (TJMS). The pact includes a study to measure the effectiveness of urban radio and its ability to impact sales.

These days Russell Simmons is taking a shortcut to opportunity and thinking of ways he can share that blessing with others.

I believe it’s time we had a truthful debate about the choices America faces in this election. That’s why I’m calling for an end to the tactics of fear and smear coming from the Bush campaign and its allies so that we can focus on the issues that matter most to the American people.

This year, on Sunday August 1, we celebrate the 170th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Jamaica. With freedom came the end of an era when hundreds of thousands – no, millions – of persons who inhabited Jamaica, the Caribbean and the Americas – were denied their essential humanity.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – After rallying in late May and early June, Wall Street has been range-bound for days, and the same sheepdogs that kept stocks penned in last week will probably keep them in the doldrums again this week.