The Surprising Tea on the Black Colorado Child Born With Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes
Everything to Know About Trump’s Massive Birthday Military Parade in DC— And Why it’s Stirring Up Chaos
12 Shocking, Barely-Known Secrets and Scandals of Black Hollywood
New York County Ballot Lawsuit Sparks Election Integrity Firestorm on Social Media
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The Mandelas, Obama, Tavis and Black Expectations
It may have seemed that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was talking out of both sides of her mouth or being “two-faced” as one South African newspaper blasted her for publicly criticizing her ex-husband, Nelson. But in fact, much of what she said was true—regardless of which face it came from. Some might have felt the way listening…
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Kwame Kilpatrick's Dad at Center of Federal Probe
For the media, the Kilpatricks are the gift that keeps on giving. Their numerous political scandals and inept back-door dealings would be comical if they weren’t so tragic. The latest in a long line of offenses allegedly committed by Bernard Kilpatrick, the former mayor’s dad, puts him at the center of a corruption investigation. No…
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'What Change Looks Like': Health Care Bill Passes House
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, passed an enormous, politically daring overhaul of the American health insurance and health care delivery system by a margin of 219-212. President Barack Obama, expected to sign the bill into law later this week, rejoiced with a high-five. And yet in…
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Alice Walker on War, Disappointment and Anger
©2010 by Alice Walker I do not believe in war at all; although I am as capable of anger as anyone. To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful and so destructive to life that human beings should shun it as they shun swine flu, or HIV/AIDS or as they once…
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Health Care Reform Will Become Law
12:20 am ET, March 22 – The House passed a package of measures to reconcile the just-passed Senate bill with one the House approved last year. Now those “fixes” are in the hands of the Senate. “This is what change looks like,” said President Barack Obama in televised remarks about the historic passage of health care…
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VIDEO: Jesse Jackson Sr. Laughs at Tea Party Protesters
Activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson Sr. laughed in the face of catcalls from Tea Party protesters outside the Capitol on Sunday, while his son took care of business inside. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. – Democrat from Illinois – presided over a sizable portion of the House’s health care debate Sunday. He refereed the debate from the…
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Voices From Smiley's Black Agenda Summit
Tracey Bruno was fired up and looking for some answers on Saturday when she entered the cavernous convocation center of Chicago State University to hear Tavis Smiley’s much-publicized panel about the black agenda. But all she got was talk, she said. “When you have these panel discussions, there is nothing concrete, like you can do…
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Tea Partiers Spit on Black Lawmaker, Yell N-Word
Rep. John Lewis must be having flashbacks to his days as a civil rights activist, when racial hostility was the order of the day. Forty-five years ago he was beaten by state troopers in Selma, Ala. as he marched for equal voting rights. Yesterday he was one of several lawmakers who were heckled with racial…
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Does Your Lawmaker Need a Call From You?
The Hill blog is tracking House Democrats’ positions on the health care reform bill they are expected to vote on Sunday. See where your local lawmaker stands, and reach out with a phone call or email if you’re not happy with his or her position. For the latest coverage, check out the Washington Post’s Health-Care…
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ACORN Plans To File for Bankruptcy
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the community organizing group that pressed banks to offer home loans to low-income Americans and helped several hundred thousand people to vote, is on the ropes.The community organizing group Acorn, battered politically from the right and suffering from mismanagement along with a severe loss of government…