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  • New Jack, Old Jack: Will Obama Posthumously Pardon Ex-Champ?

    His first crime? Beating down white boxers. His worst crime? Daring to have a sexual relationship with a white woman. Such is the saga of Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion who, in 1913, was jailed for ten months for violating the Mann Act, which prohibited the transportation of women across state lines for “immoral purposes.”…

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  • Afghan President Karzai Agrees to Run-Off

    After having been accused of voter fraud by just about the entire world, Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai has agreed to a November 7th run-off election against his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. According to CNN Karzai will face his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah in the second round after neither candidate secured more than 50 percent of…

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  • Check It Out: Secretary Clinton Remarks on US' Sudan Policy

    Secretary Clinton gave a speech this morning regarding the US policy in dealing with the Sudan and its president Omar al-Bashir. A major difference in the policy comes via its forceful language and the aspect of counter-terrorism when attempting to address the crisis in the African nation. The New Republic highlights the US’ newly-strong language…

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  • Charges Dropped Against One Teen in Derrion Albert Death

    Eugene Bailey, the teen accused of dealing the “knockout punch” to  Derrion Albert in a beating death that was caught on camera, has been released from custody. From NBC Chicago: The Cook County state’s attorney’s office had charged 18-year-old Eugene Bailey, but authorities announced Monday that they’ve dropped the charge and he’s being released from…

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  • Listen Up! Hugs Help Reporter Cover Stories

    So…this seems like a round-about way of saying “These poor people are so full of dignity and spirit.” This could be a matter of Black sensitivity—which The Buzz can cop to—but…doesn’t it seem like all these “regular” impoverished who Fessler profiled were of color?

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  • Check It Out: Questions Still Circle McNair Death

    CBS’ Armen Keteyian has done some digging around the Nashville police’s investigation of apparent murder/suicide involving former Titans’ quarterback Steve McNair and his girlfriend Sahel Kazemi. Friends and family of Kazemi say that the scenario the police described is nearly impossible and the work of independent investigators have found troubling discrepancy in the timeline of…

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  • The Confab — Oct. 19, 2009

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  • Gates Foundation Puts $10M on Black History Museum

    Bill and Melinda Gates are no strangers to putting their money where their mouth is and have done so once again with a 10 million dollar donation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The donation will go toward design funding and construction. From Black News (via the AP): Allan Golston,…

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  • Check It Out: Spike Jonze and Kanye West's 'We Were Once A Fairy Tale'

    Spike Jonze and Kanye West’s “We Were Once A Fairytale,” the long-discussed short film collaboration that Jonze (“Where The Wild Things Are”) directed was supposed to debut on iTunes September 8, but for whatever reason, that didn’t happen. You can’t blame the infamous Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident either, as the 2009 MTV VMAs aired afterwards,…

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  • Listen Up! Is Harry Reid Tough Enough?

    Harry Reid has quite a task at hand. He’s refereeing a health care reform bill on which many are sharply divided.

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