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Obama's Day, Aug. 22: Speaking at Lincoln Center
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012 In the morning, the President will participate in a roundtable discussion with teachers at Canyon Springs High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be a pool spray of the roundtable. While at Canyon Springs High…
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Can White Debate Questioners 'Represent'?
Commission Rejects Adding Latino Journalists Reacting to complaints that only white journalists were chosen to moderate this year’s presidential and vice presidential debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that ” . . . we strongly believe that the four journalists we have named see their assignment as representing all Americans in their choice…
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5 Drugs That Have Hip-Hop Breaking Bad
(The Root) — Hip-hop has had a steady love affair with drugs. Way before studio kingpins like Rick Ross told tall tales of drug dealing, rappers routinely rhymed about their recreational use of marijuana. In fact, contemporary artists such as Wiz Khalifa and the reconstituted Snoop Lion have built careers out of professing their love…
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Olympic Inequalities Explained
At the Huffington Post, David J. Leonard argues that the answer to “Why are so many sports so white?” has everything to do with institutionalized racism and inequality. The reason why America’s Olympic team is overwhelmingly white, the reason why there are so few athletes of color within many Olympics sports, is the persistent impact of…
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Obama's Day, Aug. 6: Signing Veterans Bill
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Later, the President will sign the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of…
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15 Music Biopics We Can't Wait to See
Now that there’s photographic evidence that Outkast’s Andre 3000 is shooting a new biopic in Ireland about guitar master Jimi Hendrix, fans have a legitimate hope that hip-hop’s coolest dude will do justice to rock’s late genius. Unlike many proposed biopics of our music idols, the forthcoming film, All Is by My Side, may actually hit…
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Obama's Day, July 30: Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, JULY 30, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President will participate in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office.…
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Were They Gay? Who's Sure? Who Cares?
Rumor, Fact Follow Sherman Hemsley, Sally Ride Deaths On Facebook Tuesday, Joyce Ladner, a former interim president of Howard University, posted a notice about the death of actor Sherman Hemsley of television’s “The Jeffersons” and praised him as “out and proud.” Friends approved with a “like.” No point in being in the closet one’s whole…
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Did Janet Jackson Slap Paris?
It’s been a difficult and dramatic week for the Jackson family, with ongoing reported disputes about Michael’s estate and an announcement that his mom, Katherine, was presumed missing. (She was later found to be in Arizona, where she’s reportedly resting.) Today we’re hearing about a fight involving multiple family members, in which Janet — who…
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Obama, Romney Can't Avoid the Gun Issue
(The Root) — On Friday morning at about 12:39 a.m., when James Eagen Holmes walked into the Century Cinema 16 theater complex in Aurora, Colo., outside Denver; kicked open an emergency-exit door leading into Theater 9; and opened fire on a crowd of people gathered for a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, resetting…