Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
After Dissing Black Americans For Years, African Immigrants Want Us To Care As Trump Tries to Deport Them. A Professor Explains What We should Do
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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Why Retiring Lawmakers are Good For America
A Connecticut senator is doing what’s best for America and his party. And it’s not Joe Lieberman. Chris Dodd, a five-term senator from Connecticut, will not stand for reelection this November. Chris Cilizza at The Fix has the scoop: Dodd’s retirement comes roughly two years after his presidential ambitions came to an end in the…
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The Anti-Gay Conference of Uganda is…Something
Jim Burroway over on Box Turtle Bulletin has posted three videos from the anti-gay conference in Uganda featuring Scott Lively, an “expert” on homosexuality who delivers a “nuclear bomb” to all things gay. Check out the videos below Lively on Sexual Orientation Lively on the Causes of Homosexuality Thanks for clearing that up, Scott.
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Looking Back on the Rude Politicos of 2009
UPDATE Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has agreed to a plea deal that will keep her out of prison and allow her to keep her pension. In the so-called Alford Plea, Dixon acknowledges that prosecutors had enough evidence to find her guilty of charges related to failing to disclose gifts from a developer doing business with…
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The Whack-A-Mole Approach to Terrorism
Is the Obama administration about to open a third front in Yemen? A visit by Gen. Petraeus to Sana’a this week was a strong sign that the military option is fast becoming the first reaction to a terrorist event. We’re still in Iraq; we’re escalating in Afghanistan; and we’re already crossing the border from Afghanistan…
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Check It Out: Steele Uses Slur to Talk about GOP Values
Honest Injun, Michael? Next thing you know, Steele will be catching n*ggers by the toe and throwing them in the paddy wagon. Good grief.
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Avon Barksdale Is Back
In March, just two years after The Wire went dead, the real Avon Barksdale will be brought to the screen in a new documentary, The Avon Barksdale Story—Legends Of The Unwired, which has already won best docudrama at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival. Watch the trailer. Ummm … is it just me?…
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Africa Redux
Every few years, people in the fashion industry rediscover Africa. Like mini-skirts and ripped jeans, African textiles reappear on the runways of New York and Europe and their revival is duly noted. Fashion is cyclical like that and I have no problems with the media taking note. That’s what I do for a living after…
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Ice Cold: Alpha Phi Alpha Freezes Membership Intake Nationwide
Alpha Phi Alpha won’t have any new members strolling anywhere any time soon. Amid allegations of all the illegal hazing that “doesn’t happen”, the General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Innnncorporated has suspended new member intake nationwide. According to Macon.com The ruling, announced to active members in a letter from the fraternity’s General President Herman…