A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
In Minnesota Assassination Attempt, Wife’s Split-Second Decision is a Testament to a Mother’s Love
KWN, ‘The Female Version of Chris Brown’ Got Black Men Worried And For Good Reason
Oklahoma Black Man Hit By Patrol Car During Jaywalking Arrest, and That’s Not Even the Most Infuriating Part
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The Ten Laws of Blog Beef
To the extent that I care, I have to ride with Perez Hilton on the recent punching incident involving him and the Black Eye Peas. Of course you know, any brother who dresses like Peter Pan is going to be sensitive to any questions about his manhood. So Perez was wrong for calling Will. I…
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Prosecutors Say Burris Didn't Lie, Merely Bungled Re-Telling the Truth
Senator Roland Burris is no longer under investigation for perjury. According to BET, Illinois state prosecutors say that though the senator was not terribly open about conversations with disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich’s brother Robert, he didn’t lie about said conversations. Said State Attorney John Schmidt in a letter: “It is clear from the conversation that…
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DTRT@20 Compatibility Quiz
Photo illustration of the Obamas, Bed-Stuy 1989 style by Kristen DiFate. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Take this test online! ______________ Finish planning your own Do The Right Thing @ 20 house party with these free downloads! How to Rock it like it’s 1989 African Medallion coasters! LOVE/HATE four-fingered rings!…
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(Traditional) Fathers Don’t Always Know Best
Who’s your daddy? Barack Obama, that’s who. We haven’t seen black family role modeling like this since the Huxtables. Actually, Cliff and Clair couldn’t touch the Obamas—they didn’t have Bo. Still, the president’s not content with his own nuclear family bliss. He really, really wants you to have a great dad, too. But the problem…
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God's Work? Baptist Minister Prays for Obama's Death
From the mouth of Rev. Wiley Drake, a minister in the Southern Baptist church, regarding the president: “If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death.” According to the Baltimore Afro American,…
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Justice Thomas Dissents
1 Cite as: 557 U. S. ____ (2009) Opinion of THOMAS, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 08–322 NORTHWEST AUSTIN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DIS- TRICT NUMBER ONE, APPELLANT v. ERIC H.HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA [June 22, 2009] JUSTICE THOMAS,…
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Selling Sex or Simply Selling Yourself Short?
On second thought maybe you don’t need that diet, Bikram yoga class, or impromptu police chase to whip your body into shape in an effort to sell yourself in the world of adult entertainment. As it turns out, sex doesn’t always sell….or at least not for full price. Our friends over in Germany have seen…
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A Deadly Washington Train Wreck
On Monday afternoon, two trains that were headed in the same direction, collided in NE Washington when one rear-ended the other. The driver of the trailing train is among those who died in the crash. Emergency rescue workers arrived on the scene shortly after the accident. They helped commuters off the train, taking many of…
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Michael Thomas Wins Impac Award But Questions Why
Brooklyn writer Michael Thomas recently won the Impac Dublin International Literary Award. He was nominated for his novel Man Gone Down by the National Library Service of Barbados. He also beat out Pulitzer-winner Junot Diaz, among others. If you don’t know, Man Gone Down is this amazing, edgy piece of fiction that examines the life…
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Court Saves Voting Rights Act and Itself
It would be difficult to overstate the significance and revelatory import of the Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District (NAMUD) v. Holder —the case that challenged the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. We learn that the conservative plurality on the court—minus Justice ClarenceThomas—has a pretty good sense…