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50 Years of Black History: A Time Line
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Feb. 1, 1960, four students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, N.C., begin a sit-in at Woolworth’s Drug Store. Oct. 1: James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, escorted by U.S. marshals…
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Read/React: "If You Rebuild It, They Will Come"
The Buzz originally caught wind of this from Kriss over on Insanity Report. Ex-NBA player cum writer Paul Shirley had some thoughts on the Haitian relief effort that he shared on Flip Collective. Said thoughts are in their entirety below: I do not know if what I’m about to write makes me a monster. I…
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Read/React: "Breitbart Pays O'Keefe's Salary"
In the wake of James O’Keefe’s bungled wiretapping attempt on the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, Andrew Breibart, conservative blogger extraordinaire, has claimed he has no connection to the scheme. Adam Serwer of The American Prospect takes exception with that claim Following the arrest of conservative activist James O’Keefe and three others allegedly attempting to…
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State of the (Job) Union
Whenever President Barack Obama gets into a political bind, he extricates himself with a speech. If that pattern continues, we can expect some amazing oratory in Obama’s first State of the Union address. Never in his meteoric public life has Obama been in such a mess. His signature proposal for health care reform is on…
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Obama’s Spending Freeze Flip-Flop
It lasted a week. A week of President Obama starting to sound like the brave leader millions of Americans elected. And then we got to the policy part. Clearly, his opening bid for next year’s budget is designed to prove he’s more of a deficit hawk than Republicans. The administration’s upcoming budget, which the president…
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Like Watergate, But Dumber
Once upon a time, there was an undercover pimp named James O’Keefe who attempted to bring ACORN down in a sting. His undercover video prompted Congress to cut ACORN’s funding, although it was later determined by an independent panel that the organization wasn’t party to systematic malfeasance. Why do we bring up O’Keefe? Because he…
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OMG Look at Your Hair!
Last week, when Sarah Palin popped onto the set of Oprah’s “Fridays Live” program (via satellite from Wasilla, Alaska) she gave the talk show host pause. No, it wasn’t that she’s pregnant again. It was her hairstyle. The front looked basically the same as most of us are used to seeing it, but this time…
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Blog Noir: Spending Freeze = "The Worst Idea Ever (That Didn't Come from John McCain)"
President Obama has a plan to freeze non-discretionary spending for the next three years and Jamelle of PostBourgie thinks that’s just about the worst idea ever. I don’t understand this at all. If there’s any portion of the federal budget that’s amenable to freezing, it’s defense spending, which eats up the vast majority of discretionary…
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Quick Hits: Tracking Obama's Promises
In advance of the President’s State of the Union, The Washington Post has selected a few of the promises Obama made during the campaign and checks up on their status two years later. What are your expectations for tomorrow night’s address? Party line or a strong stance?
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Who *Doesn't* Get a Maybach for Their Sixteenth Birthday?
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs saw fit to drop 350 large on his son’s sixteenth birthday. That’s not the price of the party; that’s the price tag on the Maybach Mercedes-Benz, which came with its own driver since the son in question cannot drive. Some, like Zerlina over at Urban Politico are less-than-thrilled I’m so glad Diddy…