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Clutch Magazine: Gabby Sidibe's Elle Cover Needs a Black Fashion Director
Clutch Magazine’s Geneva S. Thomas is hopping mad at Elle magazine’s decision to put indie darling Gabby Sidibe in a wig gone wrong for the cover. Thomas, who was excited about Gabby being on the cover, was horrified to find that they had put her girl in a weave that “looks like an old used up…
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Imam Feisal Rauf Asks Moderates of All Faiths to Unite
The imam behind the controversial proposal to place an Islamic community center and mosque near Manhattan’s Ground Zero said that he wants to create a place where the voice of moderate Muslims can be heard. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told the Council on Foreign Relations, “This is an opportunity that we must capitalize on so…
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The Game Makes a Comeback
Did you hear that? It is a collective sigh of relief from fans of the wildly popular television show The Game, which is returning to network television after a two-year absence. It was a sitcom that managed to be funny and thoughtful, provocative and insightful, hilarious and poignant — until it was unceremoniously canceled by…
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PG&E Has a History of Bad Behavior
According to the San Jose Mercury News, PG&E’s latest natural-gas explosion that has devastated a San Bruno, Calif., community is not a first for the company. As it turns out, the company has a history of problems. The newspaper reports that between 1986 and last month, PG&E had 132 “significant incidents” with its natural-gas transmission…
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Boehner Backs Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
With congressional elections less than two months away, both parties are trying to score big with voters, many of whom are unhappy with Congress. One way to do this is to support a tax cut for the middle class — that is, those earning less than $250,000 a year — and not renew tax cuts…
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Scholarship Scandal Hits Another CBC Member
It looks like Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson wasn’t the only Congressional Black Caucus member using her position to direct scholarship money to friends and relatives. According to Politico, Rep. Sanford Bishop of Georgia is accused of improperly steering three scholarships to family members between 2003 and 2005. A spokesperson for Bishop claims that the CBC…
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Taylor Swift Absolves Kanye West in VMA Song
At this year’s MTV Videoa Music Awards, Taylor Swift exercised the poise and class that eluded Kanye West at last year’s VMAs. Swift’s ditty, which had been hyped up to slay Kanye West, was merely an ode to the “misunderstood” young man. “Thirty-two and still growing up now; who you are is not what you…
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'Act Da Fool' Is Exploitation, 21st-Century Style
Proenza Schouler‘s Act Da Fool just might make us act a fool. The controversial short film by Harmony Korine takes an unyielding look at young black girls living on the edge of society and life. In a place that looks like nowhere and everywhere, Korine, who wrote the seminal film Kids, directed by Larry Clark,…
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Feuds Blamed for Kraft Shootings
A Kraft Foods employee who opened fire on her colleagues, killing two people and leaving a third in critical condition, had been involved in a number of arguments and physical altercations in recent weeks at the plant. Yvonne Hiller, who had been suspended and escorted from the premises, retrieved a Magnum .357 from her car,…
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