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The Obama Marriage in the Tune of Beyoncé
(The Root) — The Obamas and Beyoncé are practically BFFs — or, at the very least, mutual fans. Since 2009 the first couple seem to have borrowed from the pop star’s musical catalog for the soundtrack of their public lives. In a recent interview with Vogue magazine, the Obamas offered proof that their relationship can…
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Kiss Me, I'm One-Sixteenth Irish
Theodore Johnson, writing at the Huffington Post, reflects on the common experiences of “hyphenated Americans” as he plans his St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Years ago, I spent Saint Patrick’s Day in an Irish pub singing ditties with a restaurant full of my newest friends — and left feeling a little green with envy. The Irish-American…
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Is Lil Wayne Dying? His Camp Says No
Update: Saturday, March 16: The publicist of Lil Wayne’s record label, Sarah Cunningham, has confirmed that the rapper did have a seizure. Kia Selby, the MC’s personal publicist, told CNN that he’s “doing well” and denied that he was in a medically induced coma. Young Money MC Drake dropped by the hospital to visit his…
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Could This CPAC Race Event Have Gone Any Worse?
Safe to say the relationship between conservatives and the majority of nonwhite Americans is still a work in progress. On Friday that work became messy, hostile and at times nonsensical at a Conservative Political Action Conference session titled, “Trump the Race Card: Are You Sick and Tired of Being Called a Racist When You Know…
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Is Pope Bergoglio Really the 1st Latino Pope?
It is easy to see that Pope Bergoglio is multicultural and has many identities that are fluid and dynamic. Perhaps the greater question is, with all of the candidates who are racially indigenous or even black and South American, why go with one who is racially white? Some speculate that it is Pope Bergoglio’s Italian…
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Maryland Kills the Death Penalty
The death penalty is history in the state of Maryland (or it will be, as soon as Gov. Martin O’Malley signs into law the bill repealing it, as he has pledged to do). The state’s House of Delegates voted 82-56 on Friday to end capital punishment, the Washington Post reports, making it the sixth state…
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Trayvon Martin: The Latest, Week 54
Friday, March 15, 2:11 p.m. EDT: George Zimmerman’s defense team has released new evidence to the public, including photos of Trayvon Martin’s cellphone, HLN reports. The device may be an important piece of evidence at trial, because the teenager was on the phone with his girlfriend when Zimmerman approached him the night he died. Zimmerman’s…
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Scenes of Outrage Over Kimani's Slaying
Since 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot and killed by two New York City Police Department officers as he left a birthday party at his best friend’s house the night of March 9, the public outcry in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn where he lived has showed no signs of slowing down, with nightly protests…
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Scenes of Outrage Over Kimani's Slaying
Since 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot and killed by two New York City Police Department officers as he left a birthday party at his best friend’s house the night of March 9, the public outcry in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn where he lived has showed no signs of slowing down, with nightly protests…
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The Game That Ended Segregated Hoops
On Friday, NPR‘s Morning Edition tells the story of the 1963 NCAA matchup between Loyola University of Chicago and Mississippi State that helped put an end to segregated basketball and became known as the “game of change.” It all began with a Ramblers starting lineup that featured four black players. At the time, that was…
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