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Do the Right Thing @ 20: Spike Lee looks back
In this extended version of their conversation, filmmaker Spike Lee and The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discuss the social and political meaning of the film, 20 years later.
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Detroit City Council Woman Pleads Guilty on Bribery Charges
From the Detroit Free Press: “Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to commit bribery and is free on personal bond. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn said, “The defendant now stands convicted.” The one count of conspiring to commit bribery is punishable for up to five years in…
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Ahmadinejad Calls Obama George W. Bush v. 2.0
From CNN: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called the U.S. president inexperienced, compared him unfavorably to President George W. Bush and suggested he apologize for “interfering in Iran’s affairs.” “Do you think that this kind of behavior is going to solve any of your problems? It will only make people think you are someone…
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MTV's Jackie Robinson
An excerpt from Touré’s piece on the Daily Beast: “I can’t help but think about Thriller’s massive socio-cultural impact. Rev. Al Sharpton referred to Michael as a pre-Obama Obama-esque figure in that he’s a black man who knows how to make millions of blacks and whites fall in love with him. He’s an integrationist, a…
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Chasing Michael Jackson
I may be a little fella But my heart’s As big as Texas —Michael Jackson If you are a journalist, and you are a journalist of a certain age, covering Michael Jackson meant reconciling your personal childhood feelings about the Gloved One at the same time you were covering what amounted to a freak show.…
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Shaq Traded to Cavs
From ESPN: The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns have come to an agreement on a blockbuster trade that will send Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland to team with LeBron James, according to sources. The deal has been agreed to in principle and is expected to be finalized Thursday, according to sources. Cleveland will send Ben…
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Notes on a Scandal: Gov. Sanford Edition
Dear Gov. Sanford, Emails don’t disappear after you send them. Breaking News, who obtained the emails from The State newspaper on Wednesday verifies this fact. Here are a few gems: “Two, mutual feelings … You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that[‘s] so fitting with your…
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Video: Wait…You Can't Shout the Homosexuality Out of People?!
Found this clip over on NewsOne. A “casting out of spirits” courtesy of the Manifested Glory Ministries in Connecticut.
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