Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé
Proof The ‘Absent Black Father’ Was a Big Lie
Jay-Z’s Daughter Rumi Carter Throws Up the Roc Nation Sign On Stage, Sparking Insane Illuminati Theories
Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement
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Chasing Craig
To the dismay of the newspaper industry, Craigslist is having their best year ever. While other ad-driven outlets are reporting record losses, revenue for the classified ad site – which was originally launched as an email list in 1995 – is set to rise 23 percent this year. That means the company’s profits will likely…
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PHOTO ESSAY: The Evolution of Bed-Stuy
Do The Right Thing was shot on one block of Stuyvesant Ave. between Quincy and Lexington St. During the filming set designers painted the brownstones bright shades of red, orange, and yellow in order to reinforce the sense of blistering summer heat. One of New York’s oldest black neighborhoods, in the past, Bedford-Stuyvesant was known…
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Stress Wins Out Over Health on Blacks' List of Concerns
Who cares about blood pressure when you’re trying to make the rent? According to a new study, not Black folks. Nearly two-thirds of study participants suffering from high blood pressure said that fact concerned them much less than the stress of daily life—job, financial stability, home concerns—BET reports. Fifty-five percent found themselves more concerned with…
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Excerpt: Obama's Speech before AMA
“From the moment I took office as President, the central challenge we have confronted as a nation has been the need to lift ourselves out of the worst recession since World War II. In recent months, we have taken a series of extraordinary steps, not just to repair the immediate damage to our economy, but…
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A Ring on Every Finger
With the Los Angeles Lakers 99-86 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night, coach Phil Jackson won his tenth NBA title. Ten titles is a staggering number—it means he now has a ring for every finger—but unless you bleed Boston Celtic green, then Jackson already ranked as the best coach in NBA history. Red…
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Video: Black Women and Reproductive Health
Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses “fictive kinship” and the collective conscience, shame and reproductive health in Black America.
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Obama Open to Keeping Docs from Getting Smacked Up
Facing opposition over his proposed public health insurance alternative, President Obama is trying to maintain some leverage in the discussion by considering lessening the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits. Attempting to woo doctors and conservatives alike, the president feels that lowering the number of malpractice suits could have a positive effect on driving down health…
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Quote, Unquote
“I think that those of you that regularly exercise . . . you’re the people getting injured. You’re the people showing up at the hospital with busted knees and tendons and skin cancer and ankle sprain. All you exercise freaks, you’re the ones putting stress on the health care system,” radio political commentator Rush Limbaugh…
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Everyone is Giving Iran's Election the Side Eye
Something may be rotten in the state of Iran. Today, thousands of protestors have flooded Tehran’s Freedom Square voicing their displeasure at last week’s election results and demanding an investigation take place. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the candidate who ran against the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said today that he would run again in the event of…
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Video: GOP Activist Likens First Lady to Gorilla
Rusty DePass, former South Carolina state senator candidate and budding comedian, likes to make funnies. Commenting on a gorilla that escaped from South Carolina’s Red Banks Zoo Friday night, DePass noted on Facebook that the animal was probably a relative of Michelle Obama’s and thus, harmless. As you might imagine, that comment went over like…