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Turkish Group Claims US Embassy Bombing
As many said goodbye to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, was attacked. On Saturday a leftist Turkish group, according to Reuters, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, blaming their motivations on America’s foreign policy. The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out Friday’s attack,…
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5 Ways the Super Bowl Will Reflect Our Changing Culture
Colorlines‘ Jamilah King explains how this year’s biggest sporting event will also act as a stage for some of the nation’s most dramatic cultural shifts. Black leadership. Ok, I’m biased here, but I’ll say this anyway: The San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick is the future. The league has long asked itself the irritating question of whether…
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Obama Faults 'He Said, She Said' Journalism
“The New Republic has just lifted the embargo on its [wide-ranging] interview with President Obama, in which he talked at length about the role the media can play in breaking Washington’s partisan gridlock,” Dylan Byers wrote Sunday for Politico. ” ‘One of the biggest factors is going to be how the media shapes debates,’ he…
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Death Threat, Sext Scandal for Detroit Reporter
Reporter’s Travails Don’t Make Detroit News The disclosure Wednesday that Leonard Fleming, Detroit News city hall reporter, was removed from his beat after allegations that he was having an affair with the ex-wife of state Treasurer Andy Dillon and threatened to kill her sent rival news organizations to court records for the order of personal…
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UNCF Honors Students and Stars
(The Root) — A Howard University graduate, comic actor Anthony Anderson seems like a logical choice to host the television broadcast of UNCF An Evening of Stars when it airs on local and national cable channels this weekend. The program spotlights students from various HBCUs and other colleges and universities including Spelman, Wiley, Johnson C.…
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What Your View of Beyoncé's Lip Sync Says About You
Writing at Clutch magazine, Danielle C. Belton says that her reaction to the news that the singer didn’t sing the national anthem live at the inauguration was “So?” Here’s how she categorizes those who had more to say about the incident. DID YOU THINK: This is a historic day! And President Obama will never be inaugurated again!…
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'Django' Action Figures Dropped Amid Protests
Advocacy Groups, Writers Called Dolls Inappropriate “The controversial ‘Django Unchained’ action figures have officially been DISCONTINUED … after several African American groups called for a boycott of the dolls … TMZ has learned,” the TMZ website reported Friday. Later in the day, the Weinstein Co., the film’s producer, said in a statement, “We have tremendous…
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2nd Amendment Protected Slavery
Author Says Southerners Wanted to Keep Slave Patrols As Hollywood puts slavery back in the American consciousness and the reaction to the Newtown, Conn., shootings has the Second Amendment on the front burner, an author and talk-show host links the two in an intriguing way. “The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery,” reads the…
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Will Obama Boost His Cabinet's Diversity?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: cabinet appointments. See previous postings in this series…
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Are You Bourgie?
If you don’t know the answer to that question, Clutch magazine‘s Stacia L. Brown says that her quiz can shed light on your precise degree of black elitism. Bourgie. It’s a word with which the black community is fairly familiar. But depending on your attitude toward it, you may feel a little comfortable owning it…