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Rebirth of Slick: Obama Plans Fourth Trip to Gulf
Fourth time’s the charm? President Obama is planning yet another trip to the BP oil spill. President Barack Obama is going back to the Gulf of Mexico, this time venturing on to new ground tainted by oil, before he speaks to the nation about what he’s seen in the afflicted states and what to expect…
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Your Take: Getting Rid of Racial Bias in the Law
To his credit, the nation’s first black U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, has not shied away from discussing race and its impact on our criminal justice system. Shortly after he was confirmed, he famously said that ”in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of…
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Denzel and Viola Awarded Tonys; 'Fences' Wins Too
Red was the big winner at the 2010 Tony Awards, winning best play and five other awards. Other highlights of theater’s biggest night of the year include: “Memphis,” the rhythm ‘n’ blues musical set in the American South in the 1950s, won four Tonys, including best musical. A tale of segregation and integration, “Memphis” was…
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Defense Lawyers Threaten Rwanda Boycott
The arrest of Peter Erlinder has lawyers who defend those accused of genocide worried for their own saferty. Defense lawyers at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which has been prosecuting ringleaders of the 1994 genocide, are threatening to stop participating in cases after one of their colleagues was jailed by the Rwandan government last…
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GALLERY: A Portrait of Algiers
In the Casbah The Coupole, a flying-saucer-shaped stadium designed by Oscar Niemeyer, hosted the opening ceremony for Panafest 2009. Opening ceremony for the Pan African Arts Festival (Panafest) 2009 in Algiers. In the Museum of Modern Art Woman in the Casbah Algeria 2009 In the Casbah The indispensable link Celebrating liberation from France
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America Ties England — Not a Bad Start
Of course, the England-U.S. game in South Africa couldn’t live up to the hype, but when the whistle blew the end in a 1-1 tie, U.S. fans had to be pleased. Meeting England in the World Cup for the first time in 60 years, the underdog U.S. was under less pressure than its highly-regarded opponent. Expectations are high…
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Whoomp! There It Isn't Obama in the Tag Team Video
For the record, President Barack Obama was a civil rights attorney and lecturer at University of Chicago Law School in 1993. Really, y’all should know better. OK, maybe there’s a slight resemblance… An unbelievably awesome online rumor emerged this week that my President, Barack Hussein Obama, was in the video for Tag Team’s [1993] single…
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August Wilson's Leading Lady: An Ode to Viola Davis
On Sunday the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards will air on CBS. Despite the recession, audiences continued to flock to theater, especially to see shows that featured Hollywood hot-list actors as Cate Blanchett, Scarlett Johansson, Liev Schreiber, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Denzel Washington. But this year it is the lesser-known Viola Davis, nominated for…
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Black Republicans: More a Ripple Than a Wave
A number of writers have questioned the much-hyped black Republican surge after many of the candidates failed to win nomination in the latest round of primaries. The Root’s Cord Jefferson asked ”Whatever Happened to the Black Republican Wave?” as if black Republicans have failed in some regard. Granted, black Republican politicians did not deliver many…
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Your Take: Seeing Africa With Different Eyes
As I prepare to travel to South Africa to attend the 19th FIFA World Cup event, I am reminded of the incomparable power of sports. Perhaps it is because I am a politician that I am so acutely aware of the fact that through international competitive sports we as a global community have managed to…