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More Than 'Likable Enough': Obama and Clinton Interview
During the 2008 primary campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama called then-Sen. Hillary Clinton “likable enough” in a not-quite-enthusiastic compliment. Four-plus years later, a joint 60 Minutes interview that aired last night showed just how much things have changed. Although the two denied that the political “tea leaves” should be read as an endorsement by the president…
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Report: Chris Brown and Frank Ocean Brawl
With superstars Frank Ocean and Chris Brown, the potential for conflict over homophobia, musical one-upmanship and Twitter bickering is limitless, as demonstrated in various “misunderstandings” since 2011 that the two eventually smoothed over. But you don’t have to know anything about the public personas, groundbreaking revelations about sexuality or anger-management issues of the singers to…
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Gay Really Is the New Black
In his column at the Daily News, John McWhorter argues that when President Obama mentioned Stonewall during his inaugural address, he underscored the importance for African Americans to continue fighting for equality for all, including gays. When President Obama sounded off about Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall during Monday’s inaugural address, it got me thinking…
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Want Black Votes, GOP? Listen to Black Voters
If Republicans want to successfully win minority voters, it would behoove them to attend events frequented by black and female voters, among other things, Roland Martin writes at his eponymous blog. For more than a year I’ve tried to get Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to make an appearance on my Sunday morning news…
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Strong Role Models Keep Families Together
Community leaders and pastors should look to Barack and Michelle Obama for an example of a solid, two-parent household as they look for ways to piece black families back together during these perilous economic and social times, Tamika Mallory writes in her NewsOne column. Many of us were still on a post-Inaugural high even after…
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What Was the 2nd Middle Passage?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro…
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MHP: Ending Affirmative Action Makes America Less Secure
During her MSNBC show on Saturday, Melissa Harris-Perry read a letter that urges Chief Justice John Roberts to do the right thing, as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the University of Texas affirmative action case, which challenges the practice of including a race-based factor in the college admission process. She says that any ruling in…
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Jovan Belcher's Mom Seeks Estate and Granddaughter
The Daily News is reporting that the mother of Jovan Belcher, the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker who killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself, is close to gaining custody of the couple’s 4-month-old daughter, Zoey, and his estate. Zoey is believed to be residing in Texas with the family of her slain mother,…
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Tina Turner to Become Swiss Citizen
Saying she couldn’t imagine a better place to live, Tina Turner is seeking to trade in her United States passport to become a Swiss citizen. Turner has lived in Switzerland since the mid-1990s, ABC News reports. The “Private Dancer” singer has lived in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht since the mid-1990s. The Zuerichsee-Zeitung newspaper said…
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232 Die in Stampede in Brazil Club Fire
The Associated Press is reporting that a fire ripped through a crowded nightclub in Southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 232 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and patrons stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said. It appears to be the world’s deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade. The tragedy comes…
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