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Black Rock's Blazing Genius
Back in the early ’80s, Bad Brains made a name for themselves by melding punk with reggae. Today, these pioneers of hard-core punk continue to thrill audiences and their influence on a gang of bands has stood the test of time. Captions by Rob Fields ”When they play together, I’ll put them onstage with anybody,…
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General McChrystal's Real Mistake
Now that General Stanley McChrystal has “resigned” following the publication of a Rolling Stone article showing him and his team to be recalcitrant to Obama administration authority, criticism of the Desert Storm veteran has been swift. Obama said he’d accepted the general’s resignation without protest, as it was “the right thing for our mission in…
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Watch Your New Growth: Hair Restrictions in the Military
It was near the end of the “Blogging While Brown” conference on Saturday when a woman in the Air Force stepped to the microphone to tell the group that she blogged about natural hair and that there were “so many restrictions” on it in the military. If you have “relaxed” hair, she said, a new rule…
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Single-Minded: Sending My Mom Love on Father's Day
I don’t get those single women who say they’ve had to be ”the mother and the father” to their kids. Nobody can be two people. Not even Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could pull it off, and they had mad science on their side. Thing is you’re either someone’s mother or father, the two roles…
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Obama's Oil Spill Address Ends Up Addressing Little
On the 512th day of his presidency, Barack Obama used his first Oval Office address to try and allay the nation’s fears about the countless barrels of oil currently spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, what he termed the “worst environmental disaster” in American history. Though the president prefaced things by saying he intended to…
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Tiger Woods Learning Center Comes to D.C.
In a statement released by the Tiger Woods Foundation, the pro-golfer announced that his charity will be establishing two Tiger Woods Learning Center campuses in Washington, D.C. in collaboration with the Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy. Construction of the campuses should be completed by mid-August and they are set to open by…
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Summer Reading: Best of the Beltway
As the days get longer and voters turn up the heat on our national leaders, Washington becomes the setting for most of the nonfiction work listed here, at least it’s where many of the authors make their livings. The election of Barack Obama was a shot in the arm to the book industry, and it…
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Marc Lamont Hill Would Not Be Considered a Drake Fan
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill isn’t exactly swooning over Drake. Check out the excerpt below. For the past two years, Drake has been one of the hottest acts in hip-hop. From high-profile guest appearances to a ubiquitous presence on urban radio, it is nearly impossible to follow hip-hop and not get regular doses of the Toronto-born…
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Beyond the Blame for Aiyana's Death
Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for 7-year-old Aiyana Jones last Saturday. On the previous Sunday, May 16, 2010, Jones was killed by Detroit police officers during a raid of a home harboring a 34-year-old suspected of the murder of a 17-year-old high school student. While the police allege that Aiyana was killed when an officer’s…
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Call Me Ms. Coach
Washington D.C.’s Calvin Coolidge High School needed a new varsity head football coach. From a pool of 15 well-qualified applicants, the school selected a confident leader with five years of professional football experience as a wide receiver and kick returner. The new coach is known as a no-nonsense teacher at Coolidge and had previously been…