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The Supreme Court Doesn't Care About Native American People
Redskins is just not a nice name and while the Supreme Court justice might concede as much in private, they’ve decided that the Native American activists’ suit to have the Washington Redskins change their name is not worth their time. From the Washington Post: “The court without comment refused to get involved in the long-running…
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How ‘Precious’ Is Like Palin’s ‘Going Rogue’
It is the focus of a heated media controversy—a wrenching tale of horrific abuse by a father figure, teenage sex and out-of-wedlock birth, the pathological breakdown of social norms in an oft-neglected corner of society. And I’m going to take a pass on this one. Gotcha, didn’t I? You thought I was referring to Precious:…
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Charlie Last Name Wilson Says: Get Your Prostate Checked
In the midst of a career comeback, Charlie Wilson, famed Gap Band frontman, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He battled back and is now a spokesperson for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Sitting down with Mark Anthony Neal of NewBlackMan, he discussed his experience and what men need to do with regard to prostate health: “NBM:…
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Anthony Sowell's Victims: Drug Addicted, Expendable and Murdered
I was looking through the photos of Anthony Sowell’s victims, and my heart dropped. More than half of them were described as women with histories of drug and/or alcohol abuse. Nancy Cobbs, Tonia Carmichael, Janice Webb, all dead, all with histories of drug addiction. I knew this, of course, but to revisit the information through…
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Obama To Chinese: Get On Your Human Rights (Please)!
President Obama is in China on a diplomatic excursion and today had a Town Hall meeting with students to chit chat about America’s core principles and the glory of freedom. From The Washington Post: “Meeting with a carefully screened group of students at the marquee event of his Asia trip, President Obama on Monday sought…
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It'll Take More Than a Tantrum to Stop Gay Rights in D.C.
D.C. councilmember Mary Cheh had it about right last week when she told the Washington Post that the Catholic Church had been “somewhat childish” in threatening the city over its pending same-sex marriage bill. The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is throwing a tantrum—and who gives a crap? Not likely the D.C. City Council. Here’s the…
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Guess Who's Shopping More
If you’re the type of shopper who frequents Nordstrom, Saks, and Macy’s, congratulations – you’re slowly but surely making your way back to the cashier. The AP reports on new recent earnings reports from major retailers that suggest that wealthier Americans have begun to trek back to higher end retailers…to actually spend money. But, for…
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Color-Struck Around The Globe
When I saw Sammy Sosa with his jarringly lighter complexion at the Latin Grammys last week, I wasn’t all that shocked—and I certainly didn’t think it was steroids. I’m a brown girl who knows the work of skin lightening creams when she sees it. In an era when countries like the Dominican Republic and India…
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College Education Is No Longer an Option … Is It?
There used to be a time when you could crap out of high school, get a job at the local factory and bring home some really decent cheese. Then came a time when a college degree was your entree into the midldle class and all that it had to offer. Now, they want you to…
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Oprah to Robin Givens: "I apologize."
Even Oprah sometimes gets it wrong. On Friday’s show the daytime diva apologized to actress Robin Givens, ex wife of former professional puncher Mike Tyson and spokeswoman for the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Winfrey admitted that she should’ve handled a recent interview with Tyson much differently—better. During her sit down with the former heavy weight…