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Trayvon Martin: Gun Violence One Year Later
As we near the one-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death on Feb. 26, Children’s Defense Fund president Marian Wright Edelman echoes Harry Belafonte’s recent call for action on the Huffington Post, discussing the number of gun deaths in the black community. Shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote that it was…
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'Nigga Neurosis' and Our Reaction to Dorner
Very Smart Brothas‘ Damon Young says that some are just supporting the black former LAPD cop because he’s black and getting back at something “white” — and that’s messed up. … This (the “Nigga Neurosis”) is one of the more unfortunate byproducts of a lifetime of dealing with America’s neurotic relationship with race. It’s something so…
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Can We Trust Reporters With Black Breaking News?
The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas reflects in a piece for Clutch magazine on how the real-life drama surrounding the Chris Dorner saga was covered and what was missed. As commentators and “experts” kept yapping, I wondered if I — you know as a Black member of the general public — was even the…
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Rubio's Big Moment Fizzles
(The Root) — Washington Post commentator Jonathan Capehart summed up the Republican Party’s strange demographic quandary on his blog the other day: It’s a party of “white people” that is about to be led by people of color. Among the Hispanic and Asian-American politicos emerging as potential future standard bearers for the GOP are Ted…
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Transcript of Obama's State of the Union Address
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Washington, DC As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
The annual Opening Night Gala at the Kennedy Center is considered one of D.C.’s top charity events and boasts a mix of top politicos and philanthropists. Guests at the gala, held on Feb. 5, were treated to three performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and then enjoyed a lavish after-party with dinner and…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
The annual Opening Night Gala at the Kennedy Center is considered one of D.C.’s top charity events and boasts a mix of top politicos and philanthropists. Guests at the gala, held on Feb. 5, were treated to three performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and then enjoyed a lavish after-party with dinner and…
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Why White Men Are Obsessed With the First Lady's Butt
High school football coach Bob Grisham of Alabama was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students making inappropriate — but, unfortunately, also familiar — comments about the first lady’s body, the Washington Post’s Krissah Thompson reports. “Fat-butt Michelle Obama,” Grisham said. “Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.” (Bonus:…
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Report: Chris Brown and Frank Ocean Brawl
With superstars Frank Ocean and Chris Brown, the potential for conflict over homophobia, musical one-upmanship and Twitter bickering is limitless, as demonstrated in various “misunderstandings” since 2011 that the two eventually smoothed over. But you don’t have to know anything about the public personas, groundbreaking revelations about sexuality or anger-management issues of the singers to…
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Black Love: What Is It, Exactly?
Blackness is complicated and always will be, Very Smart Brothas’ Panama Jackson says, so it’s no surprise that the definition of “black love” isn’t simple. … If two Black people are dating or married and in love, does that, by default constitute Black love? Is seeing a woman pick up her son and give him…