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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Evolving from Agendas to Action Items
The popular trend these days has been to state that black America does not need a specific agenda to cure its ills; that, in essence, black America’s agenda is America’s agenda. Tavis Smiley’s counterargument does ring true in many regards: Without the strength, talents and support of black America, all of America suffers. There is…
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Paris Noir
The first time I wrote an essay about relocating from Harlem to Paris, I’d been living in France for all of 10 months. My newbie reflections concerning the City of Lights were based on less than a year’s life experience in my adopted city. May 2010 will mark six years since I uprooted my hip-hop-media-centric…
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See Tavis Smiley's 'We Count!' Summit Live
“We Count! The Black Agenda is the American Agenda,” takes place today, Saturday, March 20, at Chicago State University. Up to 5,000 people are expected to attend the panel discussion, which will include Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan; Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of Policylink; professors Michael…
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Michelle Obama, Home Cooking and Obesity
FLOTUS is on the cover of Newsweek talking about her childhood obesity campaign, with a special emphasis on home cooking. Here’s a sample of what she wrote: “Back when many of us were growing up, we led lives that kept most of us at a pretty healthy weight. We walked to school every day, ran…
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops and Southern Fried Bluegrass
”Hmmm, someone’s cruising for a bruising.” That was my first thought a couple of months ago when I opened an envelope from a record company containing some advance music and saw a photo of three young African-American adults dressed in what looked like a thrift-shop-chic version of juke-joint clothes. The title of their recording: Genuine…
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Malcolm X's Killer Will Be Released From Prison
According to the New York Times, Thomas Hagan, the only man who confessed to killing Malcolm X, will be paroled from his New York prison in late April. Hagan had applied for parole 16 times prior to his last attempt. Each request was denied … until now. While in prison, he earned a master’s degree and…
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A Senseless Sail for Amistad?
More than 150 years after it became the cause celèbre of American abolitionists, the freedom ship Amistad will sail back to Cuba, where its legendary story began. This exercise will commemorate the famous schooner’s voyage, during which African slaves rebelled. The reproduction vessel is being marketed as a piece of shared cultural heritage between the United…
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3 Tips For Michael Jordan, Bobcats Owner
Earlier this week, the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved Michael Jordan’s bid to become the owner. Jordan said in a statement that the sale culminates a dream of his to become majority owner of an NBA franchise. This purchase completes a homecoming for Jordan, a native of Wilmington, N.C.; it began when he bought…
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Paterson Claims He Leaked Story To Media
He can’t be serious. Even if David Paterson’s latest claims are true, why didn’t he reveal that he leaked the scandal before it became a scandal? Sounds like it’s time for a political intervention, or at least professional crisis management…Oh wait, his press secretary just resigned. New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday that he…