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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Don't Call It A Comeback For Credit Cards?
Our friends over at Recession Wire posted a story about the decline of credit card usage. Their post highlights a recent survey in which a significant number of Americans claim to be swearing off credit cards for good. They wrote: Almost a quarter of people said they had permanently changed their attitude towards credit cards…
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Michelle Obama: First Iron Chef
First Lady Michelle Obama is not playing when it comes to nutrition and childhood obesity. And now she’s taking her agenda to ‘Iron Chef’. Or rather, ‘Iron Chef’ is coming to the White House garden. From The New York Times: On the episode, which will open the show’s new season Jan. 3 on the Food…
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Rihanna Gives Love the Middle Finger
I don’t think I’ve ever actually heard Rihanna. Sure, she’s a singer—someone who makes their living hocking their vocal chords—-yea, OK, fine, whatever. But unlike MJ or Elvis or Whitney, I can’t call up Rihanna’s voice in my head and imagine what she’d sound like ordering greasy Chinese at 2 a.m., cussing out the cable…
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Check It Out: 1 of 11 Bodies Found in Cleveland Rapist's Home ID'd
One of the eleven bodies discovered in Cleveland rapist Anthony Sowell’s home has been identified. It is that of 52-year old Toni Carmichael, a woman who was last seen on November 10, 2008. From CNN: In the missing persons report, Carmichael’s mother, Barbara, told police her daughter was addicted to crack and had previously disappeared…
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Actin' Up
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. The cold, cold Inauguration Day may have been filled with confusion regarding which locations were available for public viewing and which changes were made to the D.C. Metro schedule, but nothing was more confusing than Obama’s actual swearing-in ceremony. Somewhere in the…
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More Bad News for Black Media? REPORTS: Essence.com Lays off Digital Staff
Journalsticks is reporting that after relaunching their Website last week into a more blog-like look, Essence magazine laid off its Web team today citing budgetary reasons. An insider told J’sticks: “This is normal practice. Companies relaunch with new [site] schemes that allow them to do more with less, then they cut staff.” Gawker reported that there were…
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Check It Out: Rihanna Talks Breezy in Upcoming Interview
RiRi is talking Breezy for the first time. From ABC: “The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other,” she told ABC News’ Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview set to air on “Good Morning America” at 7am ET Thursday, Nov. 5. Their full interview will air on “20/20” at…
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Don't Believe the GOP Hype
The text message from my Democratic operative friend popped up on my BlackBerry at exactly 10:19 p.m., just as it was becoming clear that Jon Corzine was not going to be re-elected governor of New Jersey. Bloodbath! That’s all the message said. Later, said operative noted with deepening despair that Democrats were even losing in…
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The Death of Newsroom Swagger
In a bin in my attic filled with sentimental piles of junk, there is a yellowed copy of a Washington Post essay by Henry Allen. The 1997 piece, “A Capsule History of Psychiatry,” isn’t so much an article as it is a freestyle rumination about the rise of Prozac. I vaguely remember in college experiencing…
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Obama's Brother: "What Happened in Virginia, Homie?"
Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, younger brother of President Barack Obama, has penned a new novel which chronicles his experiences as the son of Barack Sr. and Ruth Nidesand, a woman he met after divorcing Stanley Ann Dunham. “It’s a work of fiction, but there’s a lot going on in there that parallels my life,” Ndesandjo…