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Willow Smith Covers Emo Radiohead Song
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s petite daughter, Willow Smith, has released a new song to follow her surprise hit, “Whip My Hair.” The teen’s newest effort is a cover of Radiohead’s “Sugar and Spice,” which serves up more melancholy lyrics than her young fans might anticipate, reports Billboard. Knees and Elbows has been announced…
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3 in India Rape Case to Plead Not Guilty
In India, three of the five defendants charged in the gang rape and murder of a female grad student are expected to plead not guilty this week. The trio’s lawyer was quoted by Bloomberg as saying that he had never heard of a “respected lady” being raped. The victim, an unnamed woman, died from organ…
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Drastic US Troop Reduction in Afghanistan After 2014?
U.S. troops may be looking at a significantly decreased presence in Afghanistan by the year 2014. The Washington Post reports that some in President Obama’s administration are pushing to reduce the number of soldiers to a few thousand in the coming years, while others say that pulling out too quickly might lead to further unrest…
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Belcher Baby Custody Battle Gears Up
When NFL player Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins and then himself last year, he left behind the couple’s newborn infant. Now the maternal and paternal grandparents of the little girl, Zoey, must sort out a new home for the baby, who may inherit as much as $3 million from her father, a…
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Beyoncé to Sing the National Anthem at Inauguration
Beyoncé will sing the national anthem during President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony this month, reports USA Today. In 2009 the pop star sang “At Last” at the Inauguration Ball as the president and first lady Michelle Obama danced. James Taylor and Kelly Clarkson will join Beyoncé in performing later this month. (A sneak preview…
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Refuse to Be a Slave to the Scale
Erika Nicole Kendall explains at A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss why tying your self-esteem to an often meaningless number does more harm than good. I spend a good half hour skimming through my feed reader and checking out different fitness-related tidbits and news out there. Today is no different. I found an article…
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10 Albums We Can't Wait to Hear in 2013
(The Root) — This year is expected to bring album releases from veteran stars as well as heavy-hitting up-and-comers. From smooth soul joints from Maxwell and D’Angelo to rugged rap releases by A$AP Rocky, Earl Sweatshirt and more, check out the 10 albums we’re most eagerly awaiting in 2013.
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How Will Obama Handle HBCUs?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: the war on drugs. See previous postings in…
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Slavery on Film: Sanitized No More
(The Root) — Not many films keep me thinking for days on end. Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, about a slave-turned-bounty hunter in the antebellum South, accomplished this and then some. As a result, I have to classify it as a great film. A truly great film should stay with you, and Django certainly does. Some…
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Obama Heads the Right Way on Poverty, Jobs
(The Root) — Despite all the rhetoric about reclaiming the American dream for middle-class Americans in this past presidential election, Barack Obama has done more for lower-income Americans than any president since Lyndon Baines Johnson. Quite frankly, I think that Obama’s programs prevented poverty — including concentrated poverty — from rapidly rising over the past…
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