Sunday Brunch: The Week in Review

MONDAYAP: Obama Announces Plan to Cut Tax Loopholes Suggested Reading Remember Christian Keyes? Former Tyler Perry Accuser’s Video Resurfaces Following New Sexual Assault Lawsuit Will Smith Makes This Wildly Surprising, Candid Admission About His Parenting The Black Movies of 2025 Everyone Should Add to Their Must-Watch List  Video will return here when scrolled back into…

MONDAY

AP: Obama Announces Plan to Cut Tax Loopholes

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AA: Zimbabwe: Mukanya Revisits Chimurenga Classics

CBS: Malawian Dad Opposes Madonna Adoption

FOX: First Family May Vacation in Martha's Vineyard

NWS: Doctors Warn Skin Cancer is Equal-Opportunity Disease

SFC: Senators Want Obama to Look Beyond Fed. Bench for Souter Replacement

TR: Black Youth Shunning Baseball

BET: LeBron James Named NBA MVP

ABC: Diversity, Not Politics, Key to Court Pick

AP: Civil Society Urges Obama to Pursue New Peace Strategy in Darfur

NO: Killer Says Black Muslims Ordered Him to Kill Editor

NYT: Tracing the Threads that Join Africa and America

Gallup: Major Gain in Blacks' Rating of Their Standard of Living

VTH: Vallejo Black Leaders Make Juneteenth Special in '09

EW: NBC Creates Diversity-Driven Short Film Fest

NO: 4th Grader Questions Condi on Torture

TUESDAY

WP: DC Votes to Recognize Other States' Same-Sex Marriages

RD: Cinco de Mayo: Discovering more about Blacks and Mexicans

AJE: Judges Reject Former Liberian President's Request for War Crimes Acquittal

BET: School Bus Driver Accused of Punching Student

NO: Oprah, KFC Team Up to Give Away Chicken

HP: Race and Obama: 390 Years Minus 100 Days…And Counting

Views: Our Collection of Takes on the Topics of the Day

Blogs: Black TV, Pacquiao/ Hatton, Condi Rice and More

CNN: Pregnant Drug Trafficker Won't Face Laotian Firing Squad

MNT: Alzheimer's Risks and Preventions Misunderstood in Black, Hispanic Population

NYP: NY Gov. Paterson 'Lower than Low' in New Poll

NHR: Charles S. Dutton Stars in 60th Anniversary Production of 'Death of a Salesman'

EWB: New Documentary Explores the Humor of Multiethnic Comedians

DFP: The Detroit Free Press Turns 178

BET: Jackson: NAACP Must Save Auto Industry

WEDNESDAY

NO: So…Dave…You're the Mayor of Detroit Now

BET: Man Throws Infant from Car; Buzz Hates Due Process

ESPN: Usain Bolt Back Training; Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay Sad

CNN: Roland Martin Reminds Deadbeat Dads that They Aren't Tight

DB: Does Kanye West Dress As Though He Likes Fishsticks?

BSP: Chris Brown Turns 20, EVERYONE Clamors to Give Him Birthday Punches

PCO: Correspondent's Dinner Might Really Pop Off with Obama in Office

HP: Who has the Black Political Humor Baton? David Alan, Put Your Hand DOWN!

BV: Musician, Activist Marl Young Dies

J&J: Post-Racial = Sweeping Old Ish Under the Rug, Crippling the Disenfranchised

BET: Detroit to Elect Someone Willing to Be the Mayor Today

BH: Suspect in CA Editor's Slaying Headed to Court

IPS: Apparently, Race Doesn't Just Mean 'Black': Obama Urged to Sign Native Rights Declaration

BBC: Nigeria's PDP Wins Disputed Election; Only a Few Receive 'A Knock on Their Heads'

AJE: Chad to Sudan: 'You Licked Off Shots at Us and that Wasn't Cool, Bro'

AJC: 1964 Act Shouldn't Guard Groups Since Racism Doesn't Happen to Groups (Right?)

DMR: Iowa Black Leaders to Discuss Same-Sex Unions; Only One Part of the Preceding is Strange

PRN: McDonald's Celebrates Gospel Music (While Keeping the Hood Obese)!

Front Page: The Lindy, and 'Frisco and Foreclosures, OH MY!

Views: Our Takes on Moms, Vlogging while Black, the other other MJ and more

Blogs: Rootitian's Ball. Peep Game.

THURSDAY

CNN: Obama to Cut Budget by $17B; China: 'Let's Not Get Hasty Here'

NO: Jackson, MS Mayor Dies After Losing Primary

NYT: Disappearing Acts: The Plight of Girls on Our Streets

HP: Breaking the Cycle of Inner-City Gang Violence

WP: Ties that Bind, Codes that Break: The Affect of Drug Laws on Black Families

USAT: Condi Glad to Be Out of Spotlight (Especially After Getting Tuned Up by a 4th Grader)

WV: Vouchesafe? The Battle for Public School Scholarships Heats Up

ND: Black Cops Against 'Thanks for Letting Us Profile You' Information Cards

DB: Spike Lee Talks New Doc on NBA's Mr. Personality, Kobe Bryant

BET: Comedian Eddie Griffin Sued for Writing Bad Checks (and the 'Deuce Bigalow' Movies)!

FRIDAY

AP: Obama versus the Fetid Remains of the Once-Proud GOP

ABC: Delta Blues: Blacks None Too Pleased with Airline's Diversity Initiatives

UIA: Surprisingly, Black Students Have Hard Time Finding Niche at Univ. of Idaho (…)

AP: Handyman Pleads Guilty to Oakland Editor's Murder

FTU: Kujichagilia with Ujima on the Side! Black Students Thriving in Afro-Centric Schools

WSJ: Civil-Rights Gains Test Memorials' Relevance Since Obama Extincted Black History

EW: Sista Soldiers: Study Shows Black Women Voted More than EVERYONE in '08

J&J: Being the Rascals They Are, GOP Trying to Stop Healthcare Reform

BET: Mayor Ray Nagin Manages to Come Under Investigation in NEW ORLEANS

BSP: What's with the Kid Hate this Week?! Woman Tapes Pacifier to Baby's Mouth

NYT: Trailers of Tears: Katrina Victims Begin to Lose Temporary Housing

ESPN: Manny Ramirez Suspended 50 Games; Dominican Dreadlock Community Devastated

AJE: Somalis Getting It in on Terra Firma as Clashes Erupt in Capital City

BBC: Um…What? 'Prayer Camps' Chain Mentally Ill in Ghana

LTV: President Obama Rolls Deep

BET: Limbaugh Attacks Colin Powell; Powell Cares Less Than You Do

USAT: Black Jack Johnson's 'Next Day Air' Goes Over Like Lead Balloon

THR: Networks to Prez: 'Cool It! You're Interrupting Show's (We're Gonna Cancel Anyway)!'

RS: Swinging from Faces to Fences: Chris Brown Seeks LAPD Records in Leaked Photo

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