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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Wedding Belles, Bridezillas, The Presents of Your Company
The May and June months seem to be filled with lots of happy occasions—graduation ceremonies, promotions and lots and lots of weddings. For the next few weeks, we’ll be looking at how you can Come Correct to all of these events. If you’re wondering, for instance: Do I have to give a present from the…
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Obama Digs at Boehner about his Tan
GOP Congressional Leader John Boehner finally responded to Obama’s “tan” joke. Last week at a White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner President Obama joked that he and Boehner had a lot in common—they were both people of color. President Obama was poking fun at Boehner’s permanent tan. Good thing Boehner’s a good sport. He recently acknowledged…
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Lakers Done in Six
Nike, Glaceau and everyone else betting on NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers—a series between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James—are likely to be disappointed by the Conference finals. James and his Cavaliers are on target to make the finals, but Bryant and his Lakers, who flirted with disaster in the…
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Obama's Slow Go on Cities
Just before Barack Obama hit 100 days as president, I wrote a piece asking “What Happened to the Office of Urban Policy?” I had closely followed the formation of an Urban Affairs office —wondering if the office, intended to coordinate efforts at the departments of Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Education and the like,…
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Pulpit Pimps?
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, tends to say what he thinks. Recently he suggested that the AIG executives who took those hefty bonuses after their company was bailed out with taxpayer money should either “resign immediately” or “commit suicide” like their Japanese counterparts. And as controversial as that was,…
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Despite Talk of Peak Unemployment Still Rising
Celebrations over reported initial job losses falling and talk of the recession peaking both appear to have been pre-emptive. Despite job loss claims falling earlier in the month, they have since grown higher than anticipated last week. The Labor Department said the number of first-time job loss claims rose to a 637,000 in the…
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President Obama Talks Faith, Makes Nice with Abortion Opponents at Notre Dame
President Barack Obama spoke at the 164th commencement at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana this weekend. The speech was freighted with political controversy, primarily because Notre Dame is affiliated with the Catholic Church, which uniformly opposes the abortion rights and protections that the president supports. These weeks of tension leading up to the…
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That’s Whassup!
Never has a president so effortlessly dispatched an adversary as President Obama did last Saturday night, with his single-word “Whassup?” dismissal of RNC Chair Michael Steele and his self-proclaimed “hip-hop makeover.” By the time Steele jumped out of his seat to be “recognized,” the only thing missing from the scene at the White House Correspondents’…
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Fasting for Darfur and Haiti and Chicago
This is my 16th day of fasting for Darfur, Haiti (where I visit once a month now) and my hometown, Chicago. I waited until the hoopla of Mia Farrow’s hunger strike was over to announce my decision to do this. I began my fast on May 1st. Only Diaspora people are allowing this pain flow…
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Too Many ‘Limits,’ Not Enough Drama
Director Jim Jarmusch’s latest film, The Limits of Control, is a confection of weirdness and camp with a sprinkling of brilliance, and that turns out to be not enough. There is a plot outline, but no real plot. And while there is a first-rate cast, some of whom have previously worked with Jarmusch on some…