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#themonogamydebate
I have 3,800 Twitter followers and asked them if they would discuss issues of relationship and fidelity for publication. I asked these specific four questions: Question 1: Is it really true that being rich, famous, a pro athlete changes the game so that a man MUST be expected to cheat? Question 2: If men at…
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25 Years Later: Remembering The Movement that Unraveled Apartheid
There comes a time in the life of a people when the tyranny of their government becomes too much and they rebel. There comes a time when the quality of life is more important than life itself. That time for black South Africans came in the 1950s, when the yoke of Apartheid grew tighter still. …
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Gone, But Not Forgotten
January 2009 “Prince” Joe Henry, 78, a Negro League all-star baseball player with Memphis Red Sox, Indianapolis Clowns and Detroit Stars died on Jan. 2. Sam “Bluzman” Taylor, 74, a blues singer-songwriter/guitarist, died Jan. 5 from complications of heart disease. On Jan. 4, Giselle Salandy, 21, Trinidad and Tobago’s unbeaten female boxer and winner of…
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Reality TV Crashes in on President and Mrs. Obama’s First State Dinner
The U.S. Secret Service apologized Friday for letting reality TV wannabes Michaele and Tareq Salahi into the White House uninvited. With the help of facebook, the couple set a new low in social climbing; Michaele might not even really be a former Redskins cheerleader. Like Balloon Boy, the Salahis reportedly aimed for a reality TV gig…
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Beyoncé's Video Ho, er, Phone
After watching this leotard porno three times, I still don’t get it. But that’s assuming there’s anything to get in the first place. Still, I expected more from Lady Gaga—she of the fashion risks so risque that one can do nothing but use the adjectives artist and genius because really what else can you say…
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Heather Ellis: Not That Innocent
People that know me will tell you I love a good media-manufactured brouhaha as much as the next media meatball, but the tempest behind the Heather Ellis case, with calls for you to take a day off your good job and go march or whatever, has come to a boil today. The Internet is outraged…
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Did Burris Save the Public Option?
When Illinois Sen. Roland Burris took office almost a year ago, he already appeared to be a lame-duck politician. After being appointed by the shady Gov. Rod Blagojevich in late December, Burris found himself shrouded in a haze of suspicion and controversy. With such a troubled introduction to national politics, it seemed as if “Blago’s…
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Ring 'Em Up (Sort Of): Italy Convicts 23 for CIA Renditions
Italy went squad body on the preeminent squad bodiers. In a historic case, an Italian judge has convicted a CIA base chief, an Air Force colonel and 21 American CIA operatives with the kidnapping and rendition of a muslim cleric in 2003. Judge Oscar Magi handed an eight-year sentence to Robert Seldon Lady, a former…
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One of Your Friends Might Be a Blackface Barack Obama for Halloween. Should You Get Upset?
A recent Clutch post, “ANTM Jumps on the Blackface Bandwagon,” scrutinized Top Model’s decision to stage a blackface photoshoot, especially in light of the recent outrage over the use of the controversial “art form” in French Vogue. Every year, people dress up like the current president for Halloween. Often, in ways that are less than…