RFK Jr. and 14 Other Trump Picks Unprepared, Unfit for Their Big Government Jobs
Florida Karen Arrested After This Alleged Atrocious Act Toward Two Black Kids Blowing Bubbles
The Tea Behind Brit Eady Suing Bravo For $20 Million
Frank Sinatra, Other Anti-Racist Icons Who Were Down For Black Folks
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Celebriquette, The Presidential Edition
Although it’s more likely than not that they’ll stay on the secured grounds of their rented estate, it’s not impossible that if you’re on Martha’s Vineyard at the same time that you could bump into the first family. Maybe Mrs. O will be taking the girls to Mad Martha’s for an afternoon ice cream. The president might…
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More than a Woman: Reflecting on Aaliyah's Legacy Eight Years Later
Eight years after a plane crash ended the life of 22-year old Aaliyah Dana Haughton, better known the the singular Aaliyah, Jayson Rodriguez tries to put her career and possibilities in perspective. From MTV: Ever since the Detroit singer and dancer debuted in 1994 with Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, we all watched Aaliyah…
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Jena 6 Teen Gets Chance to Turn It Around
Being accused of attemped murder has a funny way of turning someone’s life around. In Jesse Ray Beard’s case, one of the teens accused in the Jena 6 case, his turn was for the better thanks, in large part, to the lawyer who represented him, Howard Alan. From CNN: Beard, 18, now interns at a…
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Tweet Me 911
ABOUT ERIN EVANS I’m a reality TV junkie. Yes, the good, the bad and the “wow, I can’t believe you watch that.” At 12, I was hooked into the original reality show, The Real World. And over a decade later, I can’t believe it’s still on and that they are taping in D.C. as we speak. I…
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Keeping St. Bernard Parish White
St. Bernard Parish, southeast of New Orleans, has the distinction in Louisiana of taking the most direct hit from Hurricane Katrina four years ago this week. In the slow, painful rebuilding that followed, the parish has gone out of its way to keep low-income, working black families from living there. A federal court ruled twice…
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Mr. President, While You Were Out
President Barack Obama and his family are on vacation and, for a while anyway, the angry, disfigured faces of the health care town halls have faded from the news. But we know what’s waiting for him when he gets back—more of the same—and so far he hasn’t been handling it well. Supporters are urging him…
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Confessions of a 'Tiny & Toya' Addict
Admittedly, I was suspicious of news that Tameka “Tiny” Cottle and Antonia “Toya” Carter—concubines of hip-hop royalty, T.I. and Lil Wayne, respectively—were going to have their own reality show on BET: Was this BET’s answer to The Real Housewives of Atlanta? Did we really need to see The Baby Mamas of Bankhead? But Tiny &…
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First Queen of Hip-Hop Gets Her Ph.D.
Roxanne’s revenge was sweet indeed. Twenty-five years after the first queen of hip-hop was stiffed on her royalty checks, Dr. Roxanne Shante boasts an Ivy League Ph.D. – financed by a forgotten clause in her first record deal. “This is a story that needs to be told,” Shante said. “I’m an example that you can…
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Michael Jackson's Death Ruled a Homicide
The latest on the Michael Jackson saga from CNN: Singer Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his blood when he died, according to court documents. Los Angeles’ coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran reached that preliminary conclusion after reviewing toxicology results carried out on Jackson’s blood, according to an affidavit. The drug Diprivan,…
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Our Kind of Vacation
As the first family heads to Martha’s Vineyard for their first first-family vacation, the island is still all aflutter over cultural critic Touré’s New York magazine feature characterizing black Vineyarders as a bunch of self-segregating snobs. Blacks who make the island off the coast of Cape Cod their summer home have not felt this misunderstood…