Arkansas Deputy Gets His Karma After Racist Video Spreads Online
Black Museums, Exhibits That Should Be On Your Summer Vacation Plans
After Customer Got Caught In A Hilarious Braid Shop Brawl, She Recorded The Whole Thing
Meghan Markle Breaks Her Silence On Her Viral Twerk Video
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Zuma Rising
On Saturday, South Africa will roll out its red carpet and put on the dog, as only it can. If the past is anything to go by, there will be plenty of pageantry and poetry and a few staid speeches as big planes fly in salute over the old Union Buildings in Pretoria. It will…
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Welcome To The World of Freelancing
When my job options did not turn out as well as I had hoped, I became a freelancer in September 2007. According to a survey by human resources consulting firm Kelly Services, Inc, 26% of the U.S. working population now find themselves in a similar position. For companies the benefits of hiring freelancers over full-time…
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Hey Marion: Since When Don't Minorities Deserve Rights?
This week, the state of Maine became the fifth in the United States to allow marriage protections for same-sex couples. The edict, signed into law by Governor John E. Baldacci, adds to the growing list of states–Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont–that have decided that gays have the right to marry one another. It also follows…
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David Simon Takes "The Wire" to the Big Easy
Fans of “The Wire” and fans of the Big Easy are about to get one mother of a mashup: David Simon, reporter, author, and prolific creator of HBO’s “The Wire” as well as other classic dramas like “Homicide: Life On The Street” and “The Corner,” has confirmed plans to create a series for HBO based…
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Touching Taboos
Scene 1: A black co-worker with a freshly-shaved head was working away at his computer terminal when a white colleague walked over, blissfully ran her hands over his head, and cooed “it looked so smooth! I just wanted to feel it…” He, who is rarely lost for words, was shocked wordless. Later he came to…
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Economy Fails, Legalize Marijuana
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently asked if his state should legalize pot and tax its proceeds. His answer was sweet and simple: Let’s talk about it. Apparently, recent polls suggests 56 percent of Californians give the thumbs-up for legal marijuana use and with a state literally about to fall into the ocean, economically, well,…
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Wednesday's Headlines
NO: So…Dave…You’re the Mayor of Detroit Now BET: Man Throws Infant from Car; Buzz Hates Due Process ESPN: Usain Bolt Back Training; Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay Sad CNN: Roland Martin Reminds Deadbeat Dads that They Aren’t Tight DB: Does Kanye West Dress As Though He Likes Fishsticks? BSP: Chris Brown Turns 20, EVERYONE Clamors to…
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E-Race Literature
Are you Black or Post-Black? The world of books has always offered insight into race matters in this country. Couple that with the internet and there’s a lot to talk about. Earlier this week author and critic, Touré reviewed Colson Whitehead’s new book “Sag Harbor” for the New York Times Book Review. And as ringShout…
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Foreclosure Follies
Veronica Gallon went and got her gun. This was just the kind of thing she and her husband, George, had left the north Jacksonville ghettos to avoid: some guy banging and rattling the door in the middle of the night, like a crazed killer or God knows what. Veronica wasn’t having it. So she grabbed…
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Why Are Black Folks Leaving San Francisco?
“San Francisco is beautiful. You shouldn’t have to be upper-middle class to be a part of that.” —Micah in Medicine for Melancholy In April 1858, perhaps as many as 700 black settlers—about 14 percent of the blacks then living in California—began an exodus from San Francisco to Victoria, British Columbia, 750 miles north, in a…