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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Historical Tour Guide Forces Kids to Act like Slaves
So the latest crazy out of Charlotte, N.C., involves an African-American tour guide at the historic Latta Plantation. Brother Ian Campbell forced three black children to act like cotton-picking slaves during a hands-on Civil War history lesson. Oh, I’m forgetting the important part: in front of their white classmates. Campbell allegedly supplied the captive black…
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Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center in Danger
A valuable resource at Howard University may see its doors closed due to budget and structural setbacks. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center may be shut down after 95 years. From Howard University’s The Hilltop: MSRC is recognized as one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the cultural history of people…
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Producing Precious
Lisa Cortés has been navigating the entertainment industry for more than twenty years. She worked at Def Jam during the hip-hop label’s early days in the 80s. She cofounded a company with Russell Simmons that represented music producers. She even started her own record label. Eventually the Yale graduate turned her talents towards film, officially…
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‘Precious’ and the Pushback
The subject of weight has always been a hot-button issue and on everyone’s opinionated lips. It’s inescapable. One person’s Lusciously Large Lady is another’s Disgusting Fat Pig. For years we’ve been bombarded with distorted depictions and unrealistic images fueling the debate about how our bodies should look. And now the catalyst that has everyone arguing…
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Fort Hood Shooting Kills at Least 12
At least one U.S. soldier in uniform opened fire on troops at Fort Hood, Tex., Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 31 others, officials said. Officials said two other soldiers suspected of being involved in the shooting were in custody. The shooting occurred at a processing center and nearby theater where…
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13 Dead, 30 Wounded in Tragedy at Ft. Hood
The latest from The Washington Post: The Arlington-born Army psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage on a military base remains hospitalized and on a ventilator, officials said Friday morning. … The attack erupted shortly after lunchtime on the sprawling complex northeast of Austin that has absorbed more…
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Listen Up! Obama Hates Freedom, Offers Rewards for School Overhauls
Barack Obama wants kids to be less dumb. From NPR’s Morning Edition The Obama administration will soon be awarding billions of dollars in education grants to help local school districts raise the bar on student achievement. In order to qualify for the money, schools may have to grade not only students, but also teachers. Speaking…
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Ring 'Em Up (Sort Of): Italy Convicts 23 for CIA Renditions
Italy went squad body on the preeminent squad bodiers. In a historic case, an Italian judge has convicted a CIA base chief, an Air Force colonel and 21 American CIA operatives with the kidnapping and rendition of a muslim cleric in 2003. Judge Oscar Magi handed an eight-year sentence to Robert Seldon Lady, a former…
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Raise Your Voice for Health Care Reform
In the past decade alone, 880,000 African Americans died because they did not have access to meaningful health care. For people of color, life is, on average, shorter. Illness is more prevalent, and disability is more common. We live in a system that provides limited opportunities for communities of color to access health services, with…
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Anthony Sowell: Neighborhood Pervert
By now you have heard about the case of the horrific serial murders of black women on Cleveland’s East Side and wonder how it could happen. How could bodies be sitting up rotting in somebody’s house, stinking up an entire neighborhood, and nobody get to the bottom of it? How does a pervert move in…