Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement
Happy Father’s Day: 15 Terrible Dads
Sole Survivor Explains How He’s Alive After Air India Crash
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‘What If They Lived?’
I remember watching that documentary, my roommates and I. We were three broke dancers, working together in a small modern dance company. I was young, female and straight. They were young, male and gay. And in love. I was their third wheel, but we did everything together: Eat, work, travel, fight, play. It was 1986,…
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WORLD AIDS DAY: Tell Us Your Story
After nearly 15 years of writing about AIDS, I’m forced to acknowledge that nobody needs to hear much else from people like me about this epidemic. For too long the conversation about HIV in black America has been one-way: Wonks talk, sometimes people listen and then it’s over. So on this World AIDS Day, we’re…
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UPDATE: White House: "Who Said Three Years?"
UPDATE: Foreign Policy is reporting the White House’s denial of any three-year timetable which was initially reported by CNN. ORIGINAL CNN REPORT According to an official, the US will be out of Afghanistan in three years. From CNN: “President Obama is sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan but plans to conclude the war and withdraw…
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Baltimore's Mayor Liked Gift Cards Too Much
Stealing gift cards meant for poor people? Was there an episode of The Wire we missed? Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon has been convicted for just that. From the New York Times: “A jury convicted Mayor Sheila Dixon on Tuesday on one count of embezzlement for stealing gift cards that were meant for poor residents, but…
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Check It Out: Chris Rock Puts His Shoe in the Media
Found this on MTV. Media at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York figured Chris Rock would have something cute to say about Tiger Woods’ car crash. He had this to say Uh…yep.
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On World AIDS Day, R. Kelly Wants to Get You 'Pregnant'
R Kelly Never ceases to amaze. Stumbled across this gem on This Week in Blackness. Elon James White writes “Where do I start…? This is like Roman Polanski making a movie about sexin’(verb) barely legal girls. It’s not ILLEGAL for him to sex barely legal girls, but it would be in terrible taste considering his…ahem..situation.…
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South Africa to Treat All HIV-Positive Babies
South African President Jacob Zuma doesn’t fear HIV drugs for his citizens. He said as much yesterday when he announced that all South African infants would be treated with HIV drugs in an initiative that will likely expand in a country with the most HIV-positive individuals in the world. From The Washington Post: “South Africa…
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Cop-Killing Suspect Shot Dead
Suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons was shot dead in Seattle following a two-day hunt for the man believed responsible for killing four police officers. From CNN: “The suspect in the deaths of four police officers in Lakewood, Washington, had a weapon from one of the slain officers when he was shot and killed Tuesday, police…
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When Santa Goes Green
We get it. Most of the folks on your holiday list aren’t exactly tree-hugging, granola-crunching, Birkenstock rockers (not that there’s anything wrong with that). It’s just that the company you keep has always had high expectations of Santa. Even your mom, who always loved the nature crafts you used to bring home from camp isn’t exactly…
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10 Ways to Save Money, Keep Your Sexy, Heal the World
Everything that we do, good or bad, has an impact on the planet. And African Americans and other minority groups are often so wrapped up in survival mode that we go for the easy or cheap fix — which isn’t the greenest. There are simple, cost effective things that can be done to get you…