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Michael Wolff Wants More Jazz Hands From President Obama
Michael Wolff wishes Barack Obama did a little more acting up so he would have something worthwhile to write about He’s boring. Devoid of electricity. Square. Stiff. Goody-good. Without charisma. As much as the lagging economy and the health care bill, the Obama flat, blunted, dead-on-arrival affect is what’s hurtling the Democrats to oblivion in…
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Questions Swirl Around Detroit Girl's Death
Seven-year-old Aiyana Jones was killed during a police search for a murder suspect early Sunday morning. In the wake of the tragedy, the police and the community are searching for answers How could Detroit police, storming the house to arrest a murder suspect Sunday morning, end up killing 7-year-old Aiyana Jones? “I seen the light…
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Did Kagan Place Politics Over Justice?
Joe Conason thinks Elena Kagan chose politics over justice when advising former President Clinton on what to do about cocaine sentencing disparities. Below is an excerpt of Conason’s article As first reported in Politico, Kagan prepared a memo on the issue in her role as deputy director of the president’s Domestic Policy Council in the…
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Miss Michigan First Arab-American to Win Miss USA
For what is believed to be the first time in pageant history, an Arab-American was crowned Miss USA last night in Las Vegas With two U.S. flags in front of the stage inside a Dearborn restaurant, Arab Americans cheered, danced, and sang into the night Sunday for Rima Fakih of Dearborn — crowned Miss USA…
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Lena Horne's Final Rites Draw Stellar Crowd
It was a stellar sendoff for Lena Horne at her funeral in New York Friday.
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Dominican Hair Salon Story Recycled
The blogosphere is all a-buzz about the Wall Street Journal story yesterday that reported Dominican hair salons were taking a big bite out of the black hair care business. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md.—Delshawn Rollins once trusted only fellow African-Americans with the delicate task of styling and straightening her tightly curled brown hair. But that meant enduring…
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Not Exactly Just Wright
Of late, contemporary black cinema is sorely lacking a crucial compoment in its ever-emerging canon: The romantic comedy, filled with snappy one-liners, hot and hunky love interests, meet-cute-then-break-up-to-make-up scenarios, all’s-well-that-ends-well finales. We need more love and romance and optimistic endings that celebrate black amour. So it’s about time that we were treated to, say, another…
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40 Years Later: The Jackson State Shootings
On Democracy Now!, a look back at the oft-forgotten Jackson State shootings
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USDA: Dark Chocolate Has More Iron than Beef
Jake Richardson of Care 2 has an interesting blog on the relative iron amounts found in dark chocolate and beef According to the website, Nutritiondata.com, a one ounce serving of dark chocolate contains 19 percent of the US RDA for iron. Yet an ounce of beef sirloin only contains 3 percent. … Data from USDA…
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