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Treme: On The Verge of a Faster Pace?
So I’m still slow-moving on the Treme bandwagon. (Hence, the lateness of this post.) But I haven’t given up quite yet. Last night’s episode had some interesting moments. Of course, the music was great. Even Wendell Pierce’s “singing” of “St. James’ Infirmary.” And then, there was a split second of New Orleans bounce music, courtesy…
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Single-Minded: Plowing Through the Oprah Bio
As it stands, “internationally acclaimed investigative biographer” Kitty Kelley’s latest offering, Oprah: A Biography, reads more like a middle-school book report than a well-researched, heavily reported, and revelation-laden expose. Footnotes would have been greatly appreciated. It reminded me of one I wrote in seventh grade on France. I waited until the 11th hour and, instead…
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Do You Have Your 'Hood Pass?
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama aroused some controversy by checking “African American” on his U.S. Census form. He’s black, some say. No, he’s half-white, declare others. If blackness is more of a social construct than a biological one, what are its social definitions? Its dating and marriage choices? An identification fostered on Hawaiian basketball…
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The Musicians 'Down in the Tremé'
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Born in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans, Boutte got his start in music by playing the trumpet and cornet in area marching bands. Although he grew up with a heart beating to New Orleans’ rhythms, he didn’t start singing professionally until…
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Dorothy Height's Legacy in Print
Some Wednesday newspapers had a photo of Dorothy Height on the front page, or more likely, relegated her death to an inside page. But in the Washington Post, the image of civil rights leader dominated the paper. A photo of the longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women, who died in Washington on…
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President Obama May Not Get What He Wants on the Supreme Court
They don’t always get what they want, but I’m hoping that President Barack Obama sticks to his values as he nominates a new justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appointee would replace Justice John Paul Stevens, who has announced that he is retiring in June. Here are a few examples of surprises to presidents…
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Daryl Gates, Controversial LAPD Chief, Dies at 83
Daryl Gates, former LAPD chief, dies at 83 Daryl F. Gates, the rookie cop who rose from driver for a legendary chief to become chief himself, leading the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent 14-year period that found him struggling to keep pace with a city undergoing dramatic racial and ethnic changes, has died,…
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Former Cheetah Girl's "Spectacular" Video Grade: F-
Below is one of the better critiques (read: dirt naps) handed out regarding Kiely Williams’ racy new single “Spectacular.” AJ Plaid of Racialicious provides the commentary Where some folks go from finger-wagging to full-on outrage is the consensuality: was it there if Williams was already drunk and getting drunker by her one-night partner? Statistics say…
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Opinion: Virginia's Move to Bar Ex-Cons from Voting Is Disgraceful
Below is an editorial from the Washington Post staff regarding Virginia’s efforts to bar ex-felons from voting AS A CANDIDATE last fall, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell earned praise and reinforced his carefully nurtured image as a moderate by pledging to streamline the cumbersome process by which nonviolent former felons may regain their voting rights…
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Two Black Editors Celebrate Pulitzer Day
Michael Days, Greg Moore See Staffers Win Honors “The newsroom was quiet this afternoon, save for the sound of a nervous editor repeatedly clicking his mouse while staring at a computer screen,” David Gambacorta wrote Monday for the Philadelphia Daily News. “Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. “Finally, at 3 o’clock, the silence was pierced by a euphoric…