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Indiana Dad Learns His Fate After Drowning His 3-Month-Old Son in a Bucket of Laundry Detergent
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Thursday's Headlines
WP: Blago Expected to Be Indicted Today (Did You Hear that Roland?) CNN: Michelle Obama Hugs Queen, (White) People Freak Out Reuters: Sarkozy Gives G20 Presser, Asked If Obama Hug Freaked Him Out Too BBC: G20 Seals $1T Deal; Media Asks, “No, But for Real, Did You See That Hug”? NYT: China Looks to Own…
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When Friends and Family Ask for Money
Your brother needs to borrow money to pay the mortgage on a house he could have never afforded in the first place. Your parents’ 401k has been decimated, and they need a little help. Your sister is drowning in credit card debt, and it is up to you to throw her a lifeline. Commercial lenders…
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Did Black Power Birth Obama?
April 4, 2008—the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 slaying in Memphis—provoked endless conversations about the way forward for black politics and whether it was King who truly prepared the nation to elect Barack Obama as the first black president. This year, the topic has moved beyond musings about what is possible for…
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Why Wynton Marsalis Should Never Do Spoken Word
The marriage of jazz and spoken word is an iffy one—the seemingly promising union is often better on paper than in practice. Such is the case with Wynton Marsalis’ newest disc, He and She (Blue Note), a clumsy endeavor that finds the celebrated trumpeter and composer in dual roles as bandleader and narrator of a…
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Why 'More Than Just Race' Matters
I wish William Julius Wilson were as evocative a writer as he is a thinker. Over the past 30 years, the legendary Harvard sociologist has done more than any other social scientist to illuminate the desperate plight of the poor. But he buries his brilliantly nuanced analysis in such flat, academic prose that his insights…
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Should You Qualify for Food Stamps?
There are days when I go to the grocery store and leave with the feeling that eating everyday is overrated. I assumed that sentiment was becoming universal. However, some people in the check out lines still manage to crack smiles when it’s time to pay. I thought the source of their giddiness stemmed from having…
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Wanda Sykes: Gay and on Late Night
Goodbye MadTV, hello Wanda Sykes! Actress-Comedian Sykes is scheduled to take a late spot on Fox this Fall. I have to be honest: I’m a growing fan of Sykes and not a confirmed one. She’s certainly witty, sharp and unfiltered, but I haven’t been won over. I didn’t know much about Sykes before her clash…
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The GOP’s Long, Dark Days Ahead
Looking at the radiant Michelle Obama smiling from the covers of every major magazine in America, it’s not hard to imagine that the unquestionably foxy Supriya Jindal could make a very elegant first Indian-American first lady one of these days. But she’ll never get that chance if her husband doesn’t tighten up his game. Republicans…
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Cosby's Humor Honor
Bill Cosby, one of the country’s most enduring and familiar entertainers, has been selected to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Kennedy Center announced this morning. Cosby, 71, has conquered many media platforms in his nearly 50 years in show business, from stand-up to recordings to television to publishing. His wide-ranging…
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John McCain Loves Black People
Sen. John Mccain is pushing hard for a presidential pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, America’s first heavyweight champion, and aside from O.J. Simpson, perhaps the most roundly hated, unliked and reviled black person among whites in the history of our country. That’s how disconnected McCain is: He thinks he can shore up his bonafides and…