The Surprising Tea on the Black Colorado Child Born With Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes
Everything to Know About Trump’s Massive Birthday Military Parade in DC— And Why it’s Stirring Up Chaos
12 Shocking, Barely-Known Secrets and Scandals of Black Hollywood
New York County Ballot Lawsuit Sparks Election Integrity Firestorm on Social Media
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Obama Took On Jeremiah Wright—But So What?
NEWSWEEK alumnus Richard Wolffe flags his juicy new book from the campaign trail: “Renegade: The Making of a President,” with an excerpt at the DAILY BEAST. He recounts a secret meeting in Chicago with the president’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, at the height of the furor surrounding a series of sermons Wright delivered at…
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Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa! King of Pop to Open Casino
Contact Music reports that Michael Jackson is planning on opening a casino to boost is dwindling fortune. The ‘Thriller-themed’ gambling den is scheduled to open its doors in Las Vegas next year. It is also being alleged that Jackson is working on a new album, a museum and several movie projects. All of this in…
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The Bump Heard ‘Round the World
Where were you for the fist bump heard ‘round the world? The dap that changed America? The knuckles that knocked these United States into a new post-racial era? More formally, where were you when Barack Obama was crowned as the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States? Remember, this was pre-Palin and before…
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Presidents Move in Silence
Daily Beast columnist Richard Wolffe’s forthcoming book Renegade: The Making of a President outlines Obama’s meteoric rise to power. In a recent excerpt provided to The Beast, Wolffe details showdowns with Hillary Clinton and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Each is an interesting treatment of political wrangling and how Obama maneuvered his way to the top. While…
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Guess Who's Coming To (Your Wedding) Dinner?
You’ve done it: you and your dearly beloved (and your families, probably) have edited and re-edited the guest list for your wedding reception so you’ve included the maximum number of people close to you you can afford to feed after the wedding. The beautiful invitations went out on time, with their stamped, self-addressed response cards…
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Kanye, Prince or Barack: Who's Head Blipster in Chief?
THE ROOT’s recent article on “The Rise of The Black Hipster” certainly sparked a lively conversation on the web. My piece, which reported on the cultural appropriation of white hipster style by young black folks, and the similar theft of black street style by white folks, was more of a description than an argument. Walking…
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Video: Man Thwarts Robbery by Shooting Teen, then Shoots Him Five More Times
57-year old war veteran Jerome Ersland has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 16-year old Antwun Parker in Oklahoma City. Parker had been a participant in an attempted convenience store robbery which Ersland thwarted when he shot Parker in the head. After pursuing the other suspect, Jevontia Ingraham, unsuccessfully, Ersland returned…
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Roland Martin: As Seen On TV
PAGE SIX is reporting—as if gossip pages “report” anything”—that Roland Martin and Anderson Cooper are bringing CNN’s Arbitron numbers down. I don’t know if there is any truth to that, and CNN isn’t telling. Personally, I’m like a “not” fan of Roland’s: I don’t watch him if I can help it, but I’m pulling for…
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Ivan Van Sertima: Historian or Dreamer
Yesterday a Facebook friend updated his page with the words Ivan Van Sertima. I thought he was just dropping knowledge; I didn’t know he was paying homage. Afrocentric anthropologist and historian Ivan Van Sertima died on May 25. He had suffered with Alzheimer’s disease. I discovered Van Sertima during a lecture at the University of…
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I'm Almost 50 & Looking For An Internship
After graduating from college, how many of you greeted the idea of doing a post-graduate internship with as much excitement as you would being kicked in the head? Unfortunately for the graduating class of 2009, they may deserve being kicked in the dome for not taking whatever opportunity they can get. Employers plan to hire…