Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
Should Black Americans Care That Trump Is Targeting African Nations For Deportation After Years of Africans Being So Damn Disrespectful To Us?
This Alabama City’s First-Ever Black Councilwoman Receives Letter Calling Her N-Word, and That’s Not All
New Development for White Michigan Karen Who Lied and Said Two Black Men Assaulted Her
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Man Held in Attempted Times Square Bombing
A Connecticut man from Pakistan is being held in connection with the attempted car bombing of Times Square. A U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, where he had a family, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to…
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Black Tea Partiers Speak
Charles Butler, a black, Chicago-based conservative talk show host, has been in shouting matches and called a traitor to his race because of his affiliation with the largely white Tea Party movement. Lloyd Marcus, a black, Orlando, Fla.-based, conservative folk singer who wears a black panama hat, leather vest, white shirt and black pants, has…
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Slow Down, Mr. President
Mr. President, you have spent so much time courting—here at the street level we call it sucking up to—Republicans who will never come around to your side on major issues, including offshore drilling or a climate change initiative. As a candidate, you were the environmentalist superstar, opposed to offshore drilling, while Sarah Palin, your opponent’s…
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Back Pain and an Unintentional Fast
I hurt. Injured my lower back Saturday. It’s not that I’m in a lot of pain; just experiencing a high degree of discomfort. I worked out all day Saturday and Sunday, but not in the gym. Temps were in the high 90s both days, and I was sweating from sunrise to sunset – and beyond.…
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Buckwheat and Kingfish Demand Reparations
is a former columnist for TIME magazine and a regular contributor to The Root.
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Dr. Ian: Five Ways To Be Happier
Happiness has become a hot topic. In the last several years, dozens of books about how to be happy have hit the market, including The Happiness Project (an Oprah fave) and a re-issue of The Art of Happiness by no less an authority than the Dalai Lama. Now, Dr. Ian Smith has turned his attention…
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Politico Sez: I Know You Are But What Am I!
As you may have heard, President Obama clapped on Politico at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner the other night. Politico, feeling humorous (or something) responded. President Obama presented a revised version of history at the correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night when he unveiled issues of POLITICO from previous centuries. And while POLITICO certainly didn’t exist…
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"Is Black Unemployment a Human Rights Issue?"
Is black unemployment a human rights violation? The United Nations is looking into it. The United Nations may consider investigating whether the persistently high unemployment rate among African-Americans is a violation of human rights. A group of employment advocates, including the National Employment Law Project and the New York Urban Justice Center, contend that the…
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Treme: On The Verge of a Faster Pace?
So I’m still slow-moving on the Treme bandwagon. (Hence, the lateness of this post.) But I haven’t given up quite yet. Last night’s episode had some interesting moments. Of course, the music was great. Even Wendell Pierce’s “singing” of “St. James’ Infirmary.” And then, there was a split second of New Orleans bounce music, courtesy…