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The LAPD has been under federal oversight since 2001 for being a less-than-above board outfit, particularly over the last twenty years. The daprtment feels it’s cleaned up its act and doesn’t need Big Brother’s help any longer. Others disagree. The Takeaway podcast discusses the situation and dynamics of the issue below. The Takeaway: Has the…

Just a well done video from James Perry, a New Orleans mayoral hopeful.

This is a baaaaaad man. From The Stimulist: AGE: 42 JOB: Architect WHY YOU CARE: Because a National Museum of African American History will redefine Washington’s National Mall — and the African architect redefining modern architecture is building it. Let’s be frank. When most people think of “starchitects,” white faces come to mind. In a…

Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth is set to face the music. According to the Associated Press, Stallworth will plead guilty today to a DUI manslaughter charge and do some jail time for the death of 59-year old Mario Reyes whom he struck and killed in the early morning of March 14. After an evening of…

Iranian officials agreed to do a recount. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi wants a new election. Iran’s Guardian Council—a body made up of top clerics and judges—has agreed to recount the votes from last week’s election. They have met with opposition leaders and asked which areas they felt recounts were necessary. According to CNN, some…

Skin is amazingly forgiving. It suffers abrasions, burns, sun damage and just plain hard living. Luckily, it can repair itself. Skin is incredibly elastic and adapts to cover us when our bodies change in shape and size. But even good skin has its limits. Extreme weight gain and years of obesity stretches out skin, and…

Who cares about blood pressure when you’re trying to make the rent? According to a new study, not Black folks. Nearly two-thirds of study participants suffering from high blood pressure said that fact concerned them much less than the stress of daily life—job, financial stability, home concerns—BET reports. Fifty-five percent found themselves more concerned with…

With the Los Angeles Lakers 99-86 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night, coach Phil Jackson won his tenth NBA title. Ten titles is a staggering number—it means he now has a ring for every finger—but unless you bleed Boston Celtic green, then Jackson already ranked as the best coach in NBA history. Red…

Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses “fictive kinship” and the collective conscience, shame and reproductive health in Black America.

Something may be rotten in the state of Iran. Today, thousands of protestors have flooded Tehran’s Freedom Square voicing their displeasure at last week’s election results and demanding an investigation take place. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the candidate who ran against the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said today that he would run again in the event of…