The Very Short List of Black Celebs Speaking Out Against Trump’s ICE Raids
White George Floyd Advocate and Husband ‘Target of Political Assasination’ but It Gets Worse
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Behind Florida’s Sheriff’s ‘We Will Kill You’ to Anti-Trump Protesters
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New Orleans Mayor Possibly Exposed to Swine Flu
While returning from an economic development trip, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin may have been exposed to Swine flu. CNN has reported that another passenger on Nagin’s flight is being treated for symptoms similar to that of the Swine flu and Nagin, his wife, and a member of his security detail are being held in…
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What Single Women Can Learn From Michelle
America has fallen for the Obamas. The history, the high glamour, the PDAs on the White House lawn. It’s a universal picture of love. But for many successful black women, with college degrees, ambitious careers and five-year plans, that enchantment has become something of an obsession. Those of us hoping to find suitable mates in…
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Graduate and Get a Real J-O-B?
At the University of Pennsylvania’s annual career fair, held on Sept. 16, 2008, things seemed pretty normal; blue-chip companies like Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Barclays and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had come to woo a bumper crop of undergraduates from the prestigious Wharton School. As business cards flashed, a tremor went through the…
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Working for The Man When You Are The Man
Recently, I was on a panel for black journalists discussing how to build a career as a self-employed journalist. When I did this same panel a few years ago, the attendance was sparse. This year, there was standing room only. As jobs dry up in newsrooms, more and more of my comrades are being forced…
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And Then A Hero Comes Along
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s your crazy neighbor dressed up like the lovechild of He-Man and Wonder Woman. As thrilled as I am to find out more people are taking the time to help out those in need, no way am I about to throw on tights, a cape, and some leather boots…
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Quote, Unquote
“I’m going to get you in the locker room for that; you don’t know me,” tennis player Serena Williams said to her opponent, María José Martínez Sánchez, during a French Open match last Saturday in which Williams accused Sánchez of cheating by playing the ball off her arm. “Obama…does not get paid that much,” New York…
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Lebron James: Sore Loser
By now, you know that my Cleveland Cavaliers took an “L” to the Orlando Magic a few weeks back, and instead of doing the customary congratulating of the victor, the Cavalier’s Lebron James made a beeline for the team bus. When asked for an explaination later, he said he wasn’t sure why it makes sense…
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Speaking the Language: Obama's Greeting at Cairo Sends Message
The use of Aabic greetings are no longer the purview of Black men in bow ties who terrify (white) people. While speaking in Cairo Thursday, President Obama opened his speech with the greeting “Assalamu alaykum”—meaning “peace of Allah be unto you”—and blogger Amy Alexander feels the move was a pivotal moment in our relations with…
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Actor David Carradine's Death not a Suicide
David Carradine was an amazing actor. From the TV series Kung Fu to Kill Bill, the talented actor sustained a career and a canon of integrity. Yesterday 72 year-old actor was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room. His face and genitals were tied with curtain cords. The original announcement was that Carradine died from…