Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
After Dissing Black Americans For Years, African Immigrants Want Us To Care As Trump Tries to Deport Them. A Professor Explains What We should Do
This Alabama City’s First-Ever Black Councilwoman Receives Letter Calling Her N-Word, and That’s Not All
New Development for White Michigan Karen Who Lied and Said Two Black Men Assaulted Her
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See? Bill Clinton IS Black, Just Like Every Comedian Ever Said
From NewsOne: “The men of Phi Beta Sigma are hosting their National Conclave this week in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to sources in New Orleans yesterday the men of this brotherhood voted on several members to be inducted into the fraternity at a later date. One of those men is former President Bill Clinton and…
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If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Again?
Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Obama’s economic adviser recently said, “It looks like the economy is weaker than expected. Why not begin to think about over the next several months whether we need a stimulus package and what it should include.” Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman supports the idea of a second stimulus package, and legendary businessman…
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Grave Robbers in Chicago – What Next?
So let me get this right. Because this is some deep crazy and I need to be clear before I start my attack. Four cemetery workers in Chicago, all African-American, dug up nearly 300 graves, dumped the remains and resold the plots? And this isn’t any old cemetery either? This is Burr Oak, the resting…
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He’ll Always Have Paris
When Paris Katherine Jackson tearfully spoke those 26 words at Michael Jackson’s memorial service, she did more to humanize him than any other speaker at the service. But she also turned on their heads the uncomfortable public conversations Americans have been having these last two weeks about Michael’s complicated relationship with his blackness and black…
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Burris Says "No Mas"; Shan't Run in 2010
From the Chicago Sun-Times: ” Sen. Roland Burris (D-Illl.) will not run for election in 2010—a not surprising decision given that Burris, appointed by ousted Gov. Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama had never created a political organization, raised virtually no campaign cash, and faced controversy from the start. Burris’ decision, reported…
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Oh No He Didn’t!
Brüno, the latest entrée in Sacha Baron Cohen’s quest to dismantle American idiocracy, is raunchy, ribald, riotous, risqué, over-the-top, obnoxious and brutal, smashing cultural conventions with all the zeal of a 2-year-old let loose in the middle of a Chuck E. Cheese. It’s that chaotic and that funny to watch—funny in the oh-no-he-didn’t—kind of way.…
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Eyes Off the Prize
Like millions of others, I’m still deeply moved by the wonderfully rich memorial service for Michael Jackson. But I can’t help but wonder whether Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, is doing Michael Jackson, her constituents or black folks a favor when she promises to bring to the floor what will be a controversial resolution deeming Jackson…
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Put a Ring On It!
On a warm, breezeless July night in suburban Maryland, a football team runs drills on a high school field: 7-on-7, blitz packages, pat and go. If you pulled over to take a closer look, you’d be surprised to see that the players beneath the pads and helmets are women. The 60 of us are members…
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Wrongfully Convicted Men Free after 20 Years; States Hopes for Mulligan
From Hip Hop Wired: “Two Chicago men are free after spending twenty years in jail for a crime they did not commit. According to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, charges were dropped against 42-year old Ronald Kitchen and 50-year old Marvin Reeves. After a re-investigation of the case it was determined that there was a…