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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Staceyann Chin Talks The Other Side of Paradise
There are many remarkable things about Staceyann Chin’s new memoir, The Other Side of Paradise. But what has hit me the strongest is the bold reminder that you never know what someone has been through. I remember seeing her perform on Broadway for Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam. She was strong, defiant, and crazy-talented. But…
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The Great African Booty Strike
When I first read about the women of Nairobi going on some kind of “sex strike,” I thought it was the dumbest, ugliest thing I’d heard all week. Not only is it stupid, it props up this ugly myth about black men, that we are only motivated by our penises. I have never, ever read…
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Workers of the World, Eat Right!
I often suggest that hard-working people make soups and stews in bulk as a way to have healthy, sustainable and inexpensive food on hand throughout the week. I mean, once you prepare your stock, most soups don’t take that long to make. They are great for using fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. And they freeze…
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Justice David Souter Hangs a VACANCY Sign on the Court
As numerous sources are now reporting, David Souter, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, will retire at the end of this year’s term. The news came on the 101st day of Barack Obama’s presidency and adds one more difficult and weighty decision to the pile of woes—two wars, trillions of wealth lost, and…
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What Are You Doing This Summer?
A close inspection of the roadkill in the NBA playoffs so far reveals how quickly the mighty have fallen. The first three teams to clean out their lockers and make early summer plans—the Detroit Pistons, the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs—were three of the league’s four conference finalists two years ago. The fourth…
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Am I Too Qualified To Take A $9-an-hour Job At A Casino??
At President Obama’s 100 days press conference, a reporter for BET News asked the President about the economy’s effects on black men and if any policies were under consideration to help aid them in their plight. As difficult as this recession has been to Americans from all walks of life, the economic crisis has been…
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Driving Slow in the Fast Lane
I watched someone ahead of me driving home last night. Lady in a Jaguar, tooling along at about 35—in a 55 mph zone. Apparently it made people crazy. It also made them make risky, last-minute moves: some folks drove right up on her tail, then quickly switched to the side, glared at her, and sped…
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Right Flu, Wrong Swine
Let me be among the first to say that the move by some to rename ‘swine flu’ to ‘Mexican flu’ is offensive on its face and in its roots. It does everything to fuel unfounded fears, and it politicizes a serious health crisis in a thinly veiled effort to stoke hatred toward an already-vulnerable group.…
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Got Credit? You Might Just Have a "Bill of Rights"
A new law being touted as the “Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights” passed the House today. Sponsored by Reps. Barney Frank, Carolyn Maloney and Luis Guttierez, the bill would provide protections against the type of ugly predations that countless famlies and individuals have been subject to in the age of easy money from which…
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CNN's "Swagga" Story is More Bad News for America
Pace Jon’s post: CNN’s “swagga” video is a must-watch. Anchor Kyra Phillips hosts a segment on president Barack Obama’s “swagga” (going to basketball games, eating dinner, hugging people) featuring correspondent T.J. Holmes after which Holmes entreats Phillips to “hug it out” and then Phillips insists that she “gotta get that bump” (read: terrorist fist-jab) before…