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Jesse Jackson Jr.: Stuff Gets in the Way
Fur capes, parkas, children’s furniture and Michael Jackson memorabilia: The Washington Post‘s Michelle Singletary writes that you have to shake your head at the list of things that court documents say the former Illinois congressman bought. Why would a couple risk so much — respect and even their freedom — for furs, furniture and a…
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty
The Washington Post is reporting that the former Illinois Democratic congressman entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court. He’s charged with using $750,000 in campaign funds to buy fur coats, a Rolex watch and pop-culture memorabilia. The charge against him carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Jackson’s wife, Sandra, who has…
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Is Obama Ashamed of Tiger Woods?
(The Root) — A lot has been made of President Obama’s recent golf session with Tiger Woods. More specifically, a lot has been made of the fact that the press was excluded from the outing. While the president has some surprising defenders on this, among them Fox News Channel’s Charles Krauthammer and, more tepidly, Bill…
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Does Obama Owe a Debt to Black America?
(The Root) — Does President Barack Obama owe a special debt to black America? Does he have a duty to spell out a specific black policy agenda? Is it time for him to squarely talk about race again, something he hasn’t really done since his 2008 Philadelphia speech? Will he have failed as the first…
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Miniseries Brings New Look to the Bible
(The Root) — On March 3 the History Channel is launching a 10-part miniseries filled with the drama, action, tragedy and triumph that make for compelling television. The characters are complex, the locales are exotic and vast and the time period is the distant past. Yet it’s a narrative that has resonated with people for…
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Obama Goes After Black Fathers Again
Writing at Clutch magazine, Zettler Clay says that the president’s “continuation of the hackneyed black pathology rhetoric of his political predecessors” is beyond disappointing. Fatherhood in black culture is laced with explosives. President Barack Obama seems to have a taste for pyrotechnics. On Friday, he hit his old Chicago stomping grounds to speak at Hyde…
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'Dreamgirls' Songwriter Talks Oscars, MJ
As we gear up for the 2013 Academy Awards, airing Feb. 24, The Root is speaking with black Oscar winners and nominees — past and present — about the prestigious honor. (The Root) — Siedah Garrett is a burst of energy. Anyone in the presence of the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter for just the smallest amount of…
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Warren Hill Granted Stay of Execution
Updated: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:32 p.m. EST: Warren Hill has been granted stays of execution by the federal appeals court in Atlanta and the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The decision to halt the execution was announced less than an hour before its scheduled time. The state Court of Appeals granted a…
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Why Aren't Black People Outraged? Harry Belafonte Gets Real
Actor and longtime activist Harry Belafonte accepted the NAACP’s highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, in a Friday ceremony. What did the confidant to Martin Luther King Jr., and organizer of the March on Washington, have to say about the pressing issues facing today’s African-American community? At the top of the list was America’s obsession with…
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Alec Baldwin Accused of Hate Crime, Brings Up Arthur Ashe Donation. Huh?
The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is reportedly investigating whether Alec Baldwin committed a hate crime against New York Post photographer G.N. Miller during a run-in this weekend. According to Radar Online, Miller says that Baldwin used racial epithets against him as he tried to snap a picture of the actor. Baldwin…
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