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'The Scottsboro Boys': The Musical
John Kander and Fred Ebb have done it again. They have managed to turn some of the darkest themes into brilliant musicals: Nazis (Cabaret), Latin America repression (Kiss of the Spider Woman) and the dancing murderers of the Cook County jail (Chicago). Now Kander and Ebb have transformed another horrific tale into a powerful and…
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Roberto Alomar's Wife Accuses Him of Knowingly Exposing Her to HIV
According to BV Sports, former Major League Baseball player Roberto Alomar and his wife, Maria, are battling in a divorce court. Maria claims that her husband knew he was HIV positive and had unprotected sex with her anyway. According to the New York Post, Alomar, who is considered by many to be one of the…
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Russell Simmons Urges African-American Community to Vote
Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jams Records and hip-hop’s most visible ambassador and political activist, urged young people not to be “blindsided” by Republican machinations and to vote Democratic in the Nov. 2 midterm election. Simmons insisted that the Republican Party is a threat to our 14th Amendment rights. “We just need to vote. That’s…
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Geraldo Rivera to Roberto de Posada: 'You're a Punk'
Geraldo Rivera must have had a flashback to his days of civil rights activism, because he went slap off on Roberto de Posada, the man behind the infamous “Don’t Vote” ads targeting Latinos in Las Vegas. On Geraldo at Large, Rivera jumped on Posada from the beginning of the interview, not really allowing him to…
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Poll: Democrats Split Over Handing Obama 2012 Nomination
According to the Associated Press-Knowledge Networks Poll, Democratic voters are closely divided over whether President Barack Obama should be challenged within the party for a second term in 2012. Really. That assessment carries over into the nation at large, which is similarly divided over whether Obama should be a one-term president. A real Democratic challenge…
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Obama Makes Final Campaign Stop in Ohio
Bracing for perhaps one of the biggest midterm setbacks in recent times, President Barack Obama made a four-state weekend sprint to help embattled Democrats. He said the chances of Democrats winning are good if their supporters turn out heavily on Tuesday. The president made Ohio his final campaign stop Sunday in the tumultuous midterm elections,…
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Pew Hispanic Center: Foreign-Born Gain Jobs, Native-Born Lose Jobs
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, released a report that finds substantial differences in the experiences of foreign-born and native-born workers during the recovery from the Great Recession. The report shows that, in the year following the end of the recession in June 2009, foreign-born workers gained 656,000 jobs, while native-born…
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Salon Presents Best Race-Baiting Awards
Just days before the midterm elections, Salon.com has rounded up the best of the worst political ads for what has been a ridiculously racist campaign season. Salon.com has highlighted John McCain for his memorable “Complete the Danged Fence” ad. And surprise, surprise — Sharron Angle took home three awards for three separate commercials she has…
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Black Critics to Honor Van Peebles, Horne and Ebert
The African-American Film Critics Association will honor director Melvin Van Peebles, the late Lena Horne and film critic Roger Ebert at its second annual awards ceremony in December. The 2010 AAFCA Awards ceremony will take place Dec. 13 at the Ebony Repertory Theater in Los Angeles. Van Peebles is best known for his seminal and…
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