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Today in Postracialism: Oprah and John Tesh
Not sure how credible this is—it’s an unauthorized biography after all—but the prospect of a Winfrey/Tesh romance tickled the Buzz Long before she was a billionaire media mogul romantically linked to Stedman Graham, young Oprah Winfrey reportedly had a different boyfriend: John Tesh. In a new, unauthorized Winfrey tell-all, celebrity biographer Kitty Kelley claims that…
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Politico Had a Black Reporter. Now They Don't.
Politico’s only Black reporter is pulling up stakes for the Washington Post Nia-Malika Henderson, the only African American reporter at Politico, the buzz-creating Washington Web site and newspaper, is leaving for the Washington Post, the Post announced to staffers on Thursday. “Nia will focus her reporting on the First Family, and mine the intersection of…
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From Rubble, A Bit of Normalcy Returns to Haiti
A nice bit of morning inspiration from the New York Times op-ed pages. Despite disaster, a little bit of day-to-day normalcy can be found in Haiti. Below is an excerpt AT 8 o’clock on Easter morning, the preacher at the Reformed Baptist church near my house was back to exhorting the young people not to…
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'The New Jim Crow'
Copyright © 2009 by Michelle Alexander. This excerpt originally appeared in The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, published by The New Press. Reprinted here with permission. Jarvious Cotton cannot vote. Like his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, he has been denied the right to participate in our electoral democracy. Cotton’s…
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Southern Sudan Braces Itself as Elections Looms
For the first time in 24 years, Sudan will have a multiparty election. With this progress, trouble is expected Allegations of impropriety abound. A top presidential candidate has withdrawn from the race. And a number of political parties will likely boycott. But even under the best of circumstances, elections are a headache. And in that…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Stevens to Retire in the Summer
Got this flash from CNN. According the Supreme Court press office, Justice Stevens will retire this summer. The Buzz will update this post as information is released.
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