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Powell to O'Reilly: 'You Only See Me as African American'
“Why do you only see me as an African American, Bill? That troubles me. I’m an American.” Ouch. Tell it like it is, Colin Powell! As the Huffington Post reports, the quote above was his response to a line of questioning from Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, who was “perplexed” about how the former secretary of…
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Could a Bachelor Win the Presidency?
(The Root) — Though President Obama’s inauguration for a second term took place just over a week ago, speculation is already rampant regarding who the next black president might be. At the top of many lists is Newark, N.J., mayor and soon-to-be Senate candidate Cory Booker. Booker is telegenic, Ivy League-educated and a Rhodes scholar;…
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Trend Alert? African Men Tattooing Lips Pink
Well, this is new. Batta Box TV has released a video interview with a Nigerian man who administers tattoos that color his male customers’ lips a bright, bubble-gum pink (as he puts it, “cleaning up the lips”). The cost? About the equivalent of 35 to 40 U.S. dollars. And apparently there’s demand for the service.…
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Gabby Douglas Donates to Black-History Museum
Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas will go down in African-American history as the first black woman in her sport to win the all-around gold. Now, thanks to her donation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, mementos from her 2012 London Olympic Games triumph will go with her, the Huffington Post reports.…
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Meet the Newest Black Senator
(The Root) — William “Mo” Cowan has been appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to replace newly confirmed Secretary of State Sen. John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. Cowan will fill the role in an interim capacity until his successor is chosen in a special election in June. The selection of Cowan, Patrick’s former chief…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 30: Talking Immigration on Telemundo, Univision
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President and Secretary Clinton will meet for lunch in…
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Girl Who Performed at Inaugural Events Killed in Chicago
Just a week after performing with her King College Prep band and drill team at Washington, D.C., events surrounding President Obama’s second inauguration, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed at a park on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The unique narrative surrounding the majorette and volleyball player’s tragic death will no…
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Are You Afraid of Online Dating?
Reflecting on the Manti Te’o saga and the MTV show Catfish, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas points out in a piece for Essence that the online world is a great place to meet people, but it’s not actually where you date. … The farces perpetuated on Te’o and on Catfish speak to every fear anyone’s ever…
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Reforming Prison’s Harshest Tactic
Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts. Click here to read part 1, “Freedom After 40 Years in Solitary?” In December 2012 the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit to curb the use of solitary confinement in that state’s prisons, broadly decrying it as “extreme isolation” that imperils the physical and…
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Obama, the Media and the Truth
Writing at Clutch magazine, Zettler Clay says that the president’s “wise words” about the media’s effect on politics have a double edge. … Headlines all across the web yesterday: Obama: Media to blame for promoting gridlock … The president is no fool. He knows that a growing part of his base feels this way. That’s…
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