Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé
Proof The ‘Absent Black Father’ Was a Big Lie
Jay-Z’s Daughter Rumi Carter Throws Up the Roc Nation Sign On Stage, Sparking Insane Illuminati Theories
Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement
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At Least 112 Killed in Baghdad Blasts
With a March election on the horizon, trouble brews in Iraq. From The Washington Post: “A series of bombings apparently targeting educational facilities and other crowded areas killed scores of people Tuesday morning in Baghdad. Authorities said at least 112 people were killed and 425 were wounded. At least five bombings were reported, with the…
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Woman Taken by Ambulance from Tiger Woods' Home
And the hits keep coming for Tiger Woods. Early this morning, an unidentified woman was taken from his Florida home by ambulance to a local hospital. From CNN: “A patient was taken from the home to a hospital, said Genevieve Latham, a spokeswoman for Orange County Fire Rescue. She said paramedics responded to an address…
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Harry Reid's Slavery Analogy Not Well-Received by GOP
Uh oh. Harry Reid attempted to bring the high heat in the health care debate, comparing conservatives who are blocking health care reform to those who dragged their feet on emancipation and equal rights. The GOP wasn’t exactly thrilled about it. From Politico: “Reid started by mimicking Republicans whom he claims have said: “‘Slow down,…
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Copenhagen's Class Divisions
It isn’t often that Russians climb in bed with Rwandans. Yet, as the much-hyped United Nations climate summit convenes in Copenhagen this week, 56 world newspapers united against the growing threat of catastrophic climate change. An editorial urging global action to deflect the worst effects of fossil fuel dependence appeared in major news outlets, including…
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Grime: The Next British Invasion?
In the ’70s, Grammy nominee Joan Armatrading was one of Britain’s most famous international stars. Read Juliana Koranteng’s piece grime and the new British hip-hop invasion. <!— /* Font Definitions */@font-face {font-family:”Times New Roman”; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style…
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BOMB THE ROOT: The Kara Walker Interview
Kara Walker is, hands down, one of America’s most well-regarded living artists. She has shown her cut-paper silhouettes and lurid, projected scenes at every major Arts Institution in America—MoMA, the Whitney, the Walker Art Center, SFMoMA, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the name, but a few—and a slew of major arts museums internationally. In…
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Saturday Night Live Gets Laughs For Sketch About Abuse
It’s no big secret that we find physical anguish hilarious. Slipping on a banana peel (or some such) will always get you a laugh. A pie in the face? Painful and humiliating—a double yuck. And although I never quite got Steve Martin’s arrow-through-the-head bit, clearly it worked. But a nine iron to the head, a…
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Job Creation: Change Obama Needs To Believe In
The White House jobs summit may have provided some good photo-ops for the administration, but it must go beyond that and deliver jobs for the American people. With the unemployment rate still in double digits, it is time for government to do what government is meant to do: step in when private forces are inadequate…
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Brother, Can You Spare a Job?
Joel is trying. At 41, he’s never landed a full-time, permanent job. He got started early in the underground economy, selling drugs as a young man in the Bronx and Richmond, Va., which landed him in prison. He served his time and quit dealing a long time ago, but a criminal record sticks to you,…
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Iranian Police Crack Down on Student Protest
The students in Tehran aren’t fans of the government and were again out in force protesting. The government response: tear gas and billy clubs. From The Washington Post: “Iranian security forces and paramilitary groups clashed with anti-government protesters in central Tehran on Monday, witnesses said, wielding batons, firing tear gas and stunning people with electrical…