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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Sharpton Family Values
After the Rev. Al Sharpton’s ex and his daughter get arrested for running a red light to get past an unmarked police vehicle, color him perplexed. “How what was apparently a minor traffic dispute ended up with two arrests with desk-appearance tickets is highly questionable and unusual,” said Mike Hardy, Sharpton’s mouthpiece. “We will pursue…
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15 Jobs That Might Lead You To Baldness, Begging For A Prescription
It’s Monday morning, which means you’re either thanking God that you’re kicking off another week at a job you love or sending your millionth prayer for a benefactor. It’s Monday morning, which means you’re either thanking God that you’re kicking off another week at a job you love or sending your millionth prayer for a…
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First the Bill, Then the Work: Hate Crimes Legislation Passes
It’s great news that President Obama has signed the hate crimes bill that includes gender and sexual orientation as covered groups. “No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love,” Obama said in East Room reception, surrounded by joyous supporters. “No one in…
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Character Counts
“The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” Baron Thomas Babington Macauley And that’s for good or for bad things. What we do unobserved or when we don’t have to in some measure defines who we are. So to pick some pretty mundane…
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Prop 8 Redux
This week the voters in the state of Maine will go to the polls to decide on a gay marriage referendum that is widely considered a test case for the rest of the nation. This vote is so important that Californians who successfully organized in support of Proposition 8, and thus outlawed gay marriage there,…
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Happy Halloween from Iran! Nuke Negotiations Sandbagged
Oh Ahmadinejad. A scamp you are! Iran is now saying that’ll they’ll only give up their uranium of they get nuclear fuel from overseas, which basically undermines the whole thing the UN was driving at regarding the country’s nuclear program. From the AP: The condition undermines the basis of a U.N.-backed plan demanding Iran ship…
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Who You Callin’ Uncle Tom?
Black folks shouldn’t have their “black card” revoked just because they don’t share the opinions or conventional political views of the black community. There is a troubling trend emerging in the black community relative to our freedom of speech and the right to dissent. I have been attacked and vilified, marginalized by some because I…
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Asylum May Be Granted to Victims of Spousal Abuse
Rody Alvarado Peña fled Guatemala to the United States to avoid an abusive spouse. After years of immigration court battles, Pena has received a recommendation for asylum for the Obama administration, sending “the strongest signal yet that the administration is open to a variety of asylum claims from foreign women facing domestic abuse.” From CNN:…