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Transcript: Obama's Immigration-Reform Speech
President Obama delivered a speech on the need for immigration-reform legislation today during a visit to Texas today. Read the transcript of his prepared remarks as released by the White House. Remarks of President Barack Obama — As Prepared for Delivery Immigration and Border Security Tuesday, May 10, 2011 El Paso, Texas As Prepared for…
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'Thor,' 'Fast Five' and 'Jumping the Broom' Top Hollywood Weekend Box Office
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Hollywood box office was painted black this weekend with Thor “Fast Five and Jumping the Broom taking the top slots. Amy Kaufman reports that the 3-D film Thor — starring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Renee Russo and Idris Elba as Heimdall — raked in an…
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Cain Was Able at the GOP's First Debate
On a day when President Barack Obama sucked the oxygen out of the news cycle with his visit to New York’s Ground Zero, when marquee names like Michele Bachmann, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney were no-shows, and even the Associated Press was boycotting over lack of access for its photographers, the first…
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Young Africans Who Want to Be Porn Stars
I have been dreaming of becoming a porn actor since a very young age. I live in the Ivory Coast and I am looking for a producer or a director to sign a contract and to be in a movie … I am relying on you to make my dream come true. This is the…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
It’s official. The holiday reception season has started in the nation’s capital. Politicos, local entrepreneurs, Hill staff and socialites will be all around town in the next three weeks participating in social-philanthropic events. Politicos, Capitol Hill staffers, journalists and White House appointees gathered at L2 Lounge in Georgetown to network and toast the holidays. Here,…
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Marable's Malcolm X Book Puts Icon in Context
Manning Marable was never a dogmatist. While he had his own strong point of view, he was respectful of, and attentive to, those who disagreed. Marable’s last legacy is Malcolm X: A Life Reinvented, published just five days after he died. Marable courageously examined the contradictions and unanswered questions in the various accounts — including…
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Tucson Students Storm Board Meeting, Defend Ethnic-Studies Program
Fresh from our “We knew this was coming” file, ColorLines is reporting that Arizona’s attempt to dismantle Tucson’s ethnic-studies program was dealt a blow Tuesday when students rose up and took over a school board meeting where a resolution to determine the fate of the program was up for discussion. The Tucson school board was…
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Obama and the Elusive Idea of Race
It’s not surprising to get involved in a heated discussion about race when you’re strolling through a museum exhibit called “Race: Are We So Different?” And wouldn’t you know that President Barack Obama would get caught right in the middle of it. Not all charges that the president isn’t who he says he is come…
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The Root's Faves: The Top Black Performance Poets
This Baltimore hip-hop, soul and spoken word duo is comprised of David Ross (Native Son) and Femi Lawal (The Dri Fish). Although the two perform independently, it is their collective energy that has earned them national tours, museum commissions and appearances alongside Saul Williams, KRS-One, Bill Cosby and more. In this performance on BET’s “Lyric…
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Bassist for TV on the Radio Dies at 36
TV on the Radio announced on its website that its bassist, Gerard Smith, died on Wednesday of lung cancer at the age of 36. “We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and band mate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer,” the group’s message says. “Gerard passed away…