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<title>Regal Magazine Honors Single Black Mothers</title>
<category>Parenting</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=525007&amp;ca=Parenting</link>
<description>We have seen them in our neighborhoods for years raising young Black men. They are hard working, gentle, vulnerable, scared, crafty, multitasking, vibrant, and no mess taking women who sacrifice so much for their families. Society and media attempt to sully their image, but these are the same single...</description>
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<title>The Performance Rights Act – Strange Fruit in Tough Economic Times</title>
<category>Entertainment</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=495622&amp;ca=Entertainment</link>
<description>On most mornings, you like many Americans, drive to work listening to one or more radio shows where you hear the latest news, traffic and weather reports, and listen to your favorite music. These radio shows provide comic relief as we endure the drive to our dreaded 9 to 5’s. And not only comic reli...</description>
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<title>African American Designer Brings Swag to the Acadia Denali</title>
<category>Automotive</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=479402&amp;ca=Automotive</link>
<description>If you are looking to upgrade to a crossover vehicle with the swagger of a deuce-and-a-quarter (Buick Electra 225), great fuel economy, a luxury interior, embellished features, space and utility, and with an affordable price tag—then GMC’s Acadia Denali is the right choice for you.“This is definite...</description>
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<title>Christmas Depression Can Lead to Loss of Holiday Cheer</title>
<category>Society</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=468994&amp;ca=Society</link>
<description>It’s that time of the year again when people all over the world are gearing up for the merriest day of the year. Retailers have anticipated this day so that their sagging profits can catapult into the black. Children have anticipated this day because they can’t wait to open all of the gifts from San...</description>
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<title>Black Face—The Minstrel Show of Homelessness</title>
<category>Society</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=466619&amp;ca=Society</link>
<description>You see them every time that you drive downtown to go to work or take care of some important business. You see them sleeping under bridges or at intersections with signs that read “WILL WORK FOR FOOD!” You see them on the local news station in line getting food during the holidays. And you see them...</description>
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<title>Does the Perfect Mate Exist?</title>
<category>Relationships</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=449662&amp;ca=Relationships</link>
<description>Here is the question: If you had the opportunity to create your perfect mate which celebrities or historical figures would you combine?OK, now you’ve had enough time to conjure up a few people. Now let me ask you this: Is there really such a thing as the perfect mate?You probably have a list of th...</description>
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<title>Black Men and the Stigma of Seeking Mental Health Help</title>
<category>Wellness, Fitness and Diet</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=439649&amp;ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet</link>
<description>Neo soul artist, Angie Stone puts to lyrics what many Black women have been thinking about Black men for years when she said “you got mad issues, and you tend to refuse every opportunity to right your wrong”. Because the women in our lives, who know us so intimately and care for us so deeply, can se...</description>
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<title>The Low Black Marriage Rate and the Pretty Woman Syndrome</title>
<category>Marriage</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=428345&amp;ca=Marriage</link>
<description>You see them at the club, church, the Urban League meeting, and the grocery store, on Facebook and Tagged, or like me at Starbucks – single ladies who can’t get a guy to put a ring on it. And you wonder “Why isn’t she married?”That is the question that comedian and radio personality Marcus Wiley (a...</description>
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<title>Cakin’ it or Kickin’ it – Quality Time in Your Relationship</title>
<category>Relationships</category>
<author>Maco L. Faniel</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<link>http://www.isnare.com/?aid=423990&amp;ca=Relationships</link>
<description>Have you heard this lately, “Baby why don’t you ever spend time with me, we don’t do anything together, we have no quality time, ALL WE DO IS EXIST AND PAY BILLS?”And in the defensive man type of way (because you think she is nagging) you say “What do you mean we don’t spend quality time together,...</description>
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