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15 Incidents That Remind Us How Close We Still Are To Jim Crow America

15 Incidents That Remind Us How Close We Still Are To Jim Crow America

Someone doesn't have to hang from a tree to be "lynched."
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Legal Experts: How U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on ‘Reverse Discrimination’ Will Make Things Worse For Black Americans

Attorney Marc Brown said, "the floodgates have been let open" after the Supreme Court's ruling
If You Thought You Knew Everything About Prince, Here Are Some Things That Will Shock You

If You Thought You Knew Everything About Prince, Here Are Some Things That Will Shock You

June 7 would have been Prince's 67th birthday. Here are a few things few people
A Fan Wanted a Photo With One of His Favorite Rappers, Who Instead Takes Him Hostage

A Fan Wanted a Photo With One of His Favorite Rappers, Who Instead Takes Him Hostage

A moment that should've gone off without a hitch ended up with local authorities getting
  • Tougher than Robben: Mandela Gets a Day

    From Al Jazeera: “Supporters of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, have celebrated the anti-apartheid icon’s 91st birthday with the launch of a special day in his name. Mandela celebrated with his family and friends on “Mandela Day”, which is being promoted as a day to do good and one his charity foundation hopes will…

  • Obama-thon '09: The Health Care Edition

    From the Washington Post: “Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama may have no greater test of his ability to translate personal popularity into a successful legislative agenda than the upcoming two weeks. With skepticism about the president’s health-care reform effort mounting on Capitol Hill — even within his own party — the White House…

  • Filling a Black Hole

    Last week, National Black Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Harry Alford gave Sen. Barbara Boxer the business over their disagreements about the climate bill before her committee. In testimony before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, Alford admitted that he spoke “not as an economist” and as “not a climate change expert,” but…

  • The Original Moonwalk

    I was 9 when Neil Armstrong took that “one small step for man,” and even as a kid, I wasn’t impressed. The moon? Please. On Star Trek, they were whizzing by moons in other galaxies, and Tintin, the protagonist of my favorite series of graphic novels (even in the ‘60s they were way too fancy…

  • NASA, We Have a Problem

    Forty years ago this week, a man walked on the moon. The ultimate prize in the decade-long “space race,” the two-and-a-half-hour moonwalk by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin remains a testament to American exceptionalism, technological prowess and nationalist fervor. And face it, it’s pretty thrilling to watch. In honor of meeting the scientific challenge that…

  • Goin' Up Yonder: Walter Cronkite Passes at Age 92

    From CNN: Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as “Uncle Walter” for his easygoing, measured delivery and “the most trusted man in America” for his rectitude and gravitas, died Friday night in his New York home, CBS reported. Cronkite was 92. “Walter was always more than just an anchor. He was someone we could trust…

  • We’re Relevant, Really!

    “What we gonna do now?” As part of the ongoing celebration of the NAACP’s centennial, Cornel West and Julian Bond got together in a New York City bookstore Thursday to try to answer this question. Lately, the venerable (read old, stale, irrelevant) civil rights organization, while universally lauded for its past contributions to fighting discrimination…

  • Wanting to Avoid the One-Time, Bashir Avoids Uganda Conference

    From Al Jazeera: “Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, has decided not to travel to Uganda for an economic conference after he was warned he could be arrested on war crimes charges, officials in Kampala have said. “The understanding is that he will not be coming,” James Mugume, the permanent secretary of Uganda’s foreign affairs ministry, said on Friday. The…

  • Obama Says: Those Indonesian Attacks Were Extremely Lame

    From Breibart: “President Barack Obama is condemning a pair of suicide bombings at American hotels in Indonesia on Friday. Investigators say the attacks at two hotels in Jakarta killed eight people and wounded more than 50. Obama says the U.S. government “stands ready” as a friend and partner to help its ally in the effort…