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‘Mississippi Baby’ Still Represents Hope—and Heroism—for AIDS Community
It’s no surprise that the so-called Mississippi Baby was a hot topic at an international gathering of AIDS experts. Earlier this month, the world learned that the child, thought to have been cured of HIV after her July 2010 birth, had detectable levels of the virus in her blood. Quick as a heartbeat, “cure” was downgraded…
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Michelle Obama: The Camera Loves Her
Unbroken String of Successful Magazine Images “Michelle Obama has become a top magazine cover celebrity, arguably the top celebrity in terms of breadth and frequency of appearance,” Robert Newman wrote last week for Folio:, which covers the magazine industry. “I can’t think of anyone else who makes such a stylish splash every time she appears…
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A Look at 3 Black American Journalists Covering the Israel-Gaza Crisis
3 U.S. Black Journalists Covering Gaza Crisis Alphonso Van Marsh of CBS News, one of a handful of battle-tested U.S. journalists of color covering the Gaza crisis, stood outdoors Monday interviewing Micky Rosenfeld, spokesman for the Israel National Police, in Sderot, Israel. “It is one of the heavier hit areas by Hamas rockets. Sunday evening, Israel’s…
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VSB Interviews: Tonja and Berook Bring you CINEMA BUN!
Every now and then something new (no Sanaa Lathan) hits the scene that heals the world and makes it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race. Cinema Bun is not one of those things. *rimshot* What it is, however, is a new podcast brought to you by some of…
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Actor Lance Gross Chaperones Howard University Students on Trip to China
Actor Lance Gross is playing a new role as a global ambassador for the Howard University Freshman Leadership Academy. The voyage started this past Sunday, when the Howard alumnus and about 60 students and faculty members boarded their flight to Beijing. On this three-week immersion trip, students will examine practices in education, business and leadership…
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Va. Man Claims ‘Kingdom of North Sudan’ to Make Daughter Princess
When Jeremiah Heaton’s daughter asked last winter if she could be a real princess, he said yes. As it turns out, Heaton, who isn’t big on false promises, wasn’t just saying that to appease his daughter. He set out to make his daughter’s dream come true by laying claim to an unclaimed 800-square-mile section of…
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I’m Writing About My Bipolar Disorder While I’m Learning to Live With It
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2007, but it was just recently that I started a blog, Manic Monique’s Meanderings: My Journey to Wellness. I’m an English teacher at an all-girls school by day, but I am writing in my free time because I plan to publish a memoir about my experience with bipolar…
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Comic Books and Sexism: A History of the 2nd-Class Caped Crusader
Back in 1975 the Wonder Woman television series gave thousands of imaginative girls and young women a superheroine that was a force to reckon with. She was faster and stronger than most men, more beautiful than most women and wiser than most kings. Though the version of Wonder Woman portrayed by Linda Carter was campy and tongue-in-cheek, it…
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Dispatches From Freedom Summer: The Ghosts of Greenwood
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by ProPublica. In 1947, my father, along with his mother and older brother, boarded a northbound train in Greenwood, Miss. They carried with them nothing but a suitcase stuffed with clothes, a bag of cold chicken, and my grandmother’s determination that her children—my father was just 2 years…
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VSB Roundtable: How Fake Deep Was Your Fake Deep?
The majority of the people reading this were either in high school or college when Love Jones/Def Poetry Jam fever hit the Bougie Black nation, turning everyone into some awkward combination of Saul Williams and Miss Cleo. Christina Eichelberger posed a great question to the rest of the VSB contributors: How fake deep was your…