Chicago Black Man’s Face is Forever Changed After Being Tased By Police, But That’s Not the Worst Part…
These Black Democrats Were Allegedly Next on the Minnesota Gunman’s Hitlist
Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé
Proof The ‘Absent Black Father’ Was a Big Lie
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Toyota’s Search for a Solution
Akio Toyoda will sit before a panel of U.S. congressmen Wednesday and try to explain why Toyota—the world’s largest automaker and a company founded by his grandfather—sold cars with runaway accelerators, erratic brakes and undependable steering systems. As Gerald Meyers sees it, the senior management of Toyota would love to do the right things for…
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Blog Noir: "Dodging the Sean Bell Bullet"
The Janitor over on The Urban Politico shares his thoughts on the charges recently dropped against the officers involved in Sean Bell’s slaying I remember walking down 125th street in Harlem back in April of 2008 when the announcement came down that the 3 cops who shot Sean Bell were acquitted. Instantly, you could almost…
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Quick Clips: Detroit Free Press Live Blogs Kilpatrick Hearing
Kwame’s troubles today: Did he violate probation by failing to pay a court fee? The Detroit Free Press is live blogging the hearing Reporters and lawyers are filing into Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner’s courtroom for another Kwame Kilpatrick hearing to determine whether the embattled and disgraced former mayor violated probation by failing to pony…
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The USDA and The Value of Black Land
Alphonso Hooks, a fourth-generation farmer in Shorter, Alab., was ambivalent about recent news that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) signed a $1.25 billion discrimination settlement with thousands of black farmers. The agreement, called Pigford II, was the second redressing of past USDA racial discrimination cases. Hooks says he got nothing in an earlier settlement.…
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‘Don’t mean to be rude, but I didn’t ask for your advice’
There’s really no polite way of saying that, is there? No, I don’t already know what I need. I just think people assume I’m clueless. And apparently quite approachable. No matter where I go, total strangers come up to me and strike up a conversation. Now, I know that’s also a Southern thing, but honestly,…
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Feds Have Evidence Kilpatrick Took Bribes
A corruption probe of Detroit politics could land former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in the bing on RICO charges. But will the charges ever be brought? A contractor who pleaded guilty in an ongoing corruption probe in Detroit has told investigators that he handed as much as $100,000 in bribes to then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in 2002,…
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*Cue Up the Drama Setter* "What Black Women Could Learn from the Kardashians"
The Buzz posts HuffPo blogger Yolanda Young’s op-ed about how black women react to seeing famous black men with white women sans commentary. We know you’ll supply plenty of your own…. When will New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush pop the question to his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian? There were rumors he’d propose after the…
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(Your) Black History Month Photos
Aug. 13, 1960. Press talking with Alton Yates (left), first vice president of Jacksonville, Fla.’s NAACP Youth Council, and Rodney Hurst, 16-year-old president of the Youth Council. After two weeks of demonstrating, youth council members were attacked on Aug. 27 by about 200 white males wielding ax handles and baseball bats in an underreported event called “Ax Handle Saturday.”…