Arkansas Deputy Gets His Karma After Racist Video Spreads Online
Black Museums, Exhibits That Should Be On Your Summer Vacation Plans
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Meghan Markle Breaks Her Silence On Her Viral Twerk Video
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Why Venus and Serena Own Wimbledon
UPDATE: Serena Wins In Straight Sets PHOTOS: How Beautiful Are The Williams Sisters? Venus and Serena Williams will meet in the Wimbledon finals on Saturday. This may not seem like news, but the context of the Williams sisters domination of their sport is changing. It’s no longer a matter of whether they are the best…
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What’s the New American Idea?
The United States of America celebrates its 233rd birthday this year, while its leaders try to refashion the “idea of America” for an increasingly complex and unpredictable world. The White House is burning the midnight oil deliberating on the extent to which American foreign policy should move toward national interests or national values, realism or…
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Can You Hear My T-Shirt Now?
T-shirts are a powerful form of American expression. The ’60s, ‘70s and ‘80s were chock full of chic, racially specific slogans and images on T-shirts that amounted to an ongoing protest rally. Who can forget “Black Man’s Time”? Or the equally iconic: “Happy to be Nappy”? But in the 1990s, that sort of in-your-face, activist statement…
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Michelle Obama's Sistah-Girlfriend Press Corps
Howard Kurtz’s recent claim that black female reporters are having difficulty covering the first lady because she is also a black female is a worthwhile topic of discussion, but his focus on “objectivity” misses the point. THE BUZZ has a pretty good summary of Kurtz’s analysis, and at TAPPED, Adam Serwer makes a characteristically smart…
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Monica Conyers Doesn't Wanna Go to Jail, Unlike Everyone Else
From NewsOne: “Detroit City Councilwoman and admitted felon Monica Conyers went on television Tuesday to talk about council endorsements, hopes of staying out of jail and her plans to write a tell-all book. And toward the end of her hour-long live TV show, Conyers apologized. “To all of the residents of the city of Detroit,…
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Michael's Face: Self-Loathing or Mental Disorder?
Keith Josef Adkins is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and social commentator.
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Black, Paranoid and Absolutely Right
An excerpt from the book This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America by Ryan Grim. In the summer of 1996, the San Jose Mercury News broke the story of the connection between L.A. crack dealers and the U.S. funded Nicaraguan Contras. More than a month later, the Washington Post…
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Video: The BET Awards Recap
Jay-Z Eddie Levert Janet Jackson and the “I’ll Be There” Finale Was there more worth seeing? Not really.