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Round 2…Fight! A Wrap-Up of Sotomayor's Second Day
From the homie Adam Serwer on The American Prospect: A PARTY OF RICK LAZIOS. Several GOP Senators, including Hatch, Kyl, and Sessions, attempted to faze Sotomayor through some pretty insistent questioning about her views on race. Sotomayor, for her part, was unmoved: her calm, staccato delivery never wavered. Her composure made Lindsey Graham’s reading of…
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Charles Taylor Says: I Have No Idea How All Those Dead People Happened!
From CNN: ” Former Liberian President Charles Taylor took the stand Tuesday as the first defense witness at his trial on war crimes charges at The Hague in the Netherlands. Taylor, 61, is accused of fueling a bloody civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone that led to widespread murder, rape, and mutilation. The conflict ended…
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The Trouble With Greatness
Now that Michael Jackson is gone, but not yet buried—notwithstanding last week’s poignant send-off—what are we to make of his legacy? Will he be remembered as the man who created “Thriller”—revolutionizing pop music and transforming the music video into a work of art? Or will we remember him as Wacko Jacko, he of the creepy…
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Live Stream: Judge Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearing
Day one of Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings.
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So Fly: 15-Year Old Pilot Completes Cross-Country Voyage
From NewsOne: “A 15-year-old Los Angeles girl who navigated a single-engine Cessna through thunderstorms in Texas and took in breathtaking aerial views of Arizona’s sunsets landed her plane to cheering crowds at Compton Woodley Airport on Saturday. She is believed to be the youngest African American female pilot to fly solo across the country. Kimberly…
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Philly Swim Club: 'Sorry for the Racis..er..Mix Up. Still Wanna Swim?'
From CNN: “A suburban Philadelphia swim club has invited children from a largely minority day-care center to come back after a June reversal that fueled allegations of racism against the club, a spokeswoman said Sunday. The development came during a hastily called Sunday afternoon meeting of the Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. Club members…
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See? Bill Clinton IS Black, Just Like Every Comedian Ever Said
From NewsOne: “The men of Phi Beta Sigma are hosting their National Conclave this week in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to sources in New Orleans yesterday the men of this brotherhood voted on several members to be inducted into the fraternity at a later date. One of those men is former President Bill Clinton and…
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Burris Says "No Mas"; Shan't Run in 2010
From the Chicago Sun-Times: ” Sen. Roland Burris (D-Illl.) will not run for election in 2010—a not surprising decision given that Burris, appointed by ousted Gov. Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama had never created a political organization, raised virtually no campaign cash, and faced controversy from the start. Burris’ decision, reported…
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Oh No He Didn’t!
Brüno, the latest entrée in Sacha Baron Cohen’s quest to dismantle American idiocracy, is raunchy, ribald, riotous, risqué, over-the-top, obnoxious and brutal, smashing cultural conventions with all the zeal of a 2-year-old let loose in the middle of a Chuck E. Cheese. It’s that chaotic and that funny to watch—funny in the oh-no-he-didn’t—kind of way.…
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At Some Pools, Still Waters Run Deep
From Melissa Harris-Lacewell at The Nation: “For my daughter the moment came in kindergarten. Even though she was the only African American girl in her classroom, she made friends easily, adored her teacher, and was growing in confidence as a student. Then in May, just a few weeks from the year’s end it happened. She…
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