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Monday Black Enterprise: Top Republicans Want to Let Some Banks Fail; So Does Buzz and Everyone Else The Daily Mail: Longevity Linked to Body’s Reaction Time; Why Blacks Don’t Live Forever Unknown The Huffington Post: PM of Zimbabwe Involved In Car Accident, Wife Killed The Chicago Tribune: Consumers Willing to Make Sojourn to Buy Black…

NYT: Obama Pledges to Improve Food Safety; Peanut People Say, “Whatever Do You Mean”? MH: White House Drops ‘Enemy Combatant’ Term; GOP Still Clinging to ‘Evildoers’ WP: Blaming Bush in Vogue These Days; Why It Wouldn’t Be Is Uncertain Bloomberg: White House Tries to Reassure China About Debt, Says “We Got Yo’ Money Baby!” CNN:…

People who think age is a b**** are being far too generous. Age is an angry beast with a big chip on its shoulder, and it always has a score to settle with you. No one feels this more acutely than professional athletes confronting the vagaries of increasing frailty at an age that society beyond…

Every generation needs its Tom Joad, the everyman protagonist in The Grapes of Wrath, struggling in the face of untenable odds. Given the dire straits we face today, there is a filmmaking temptation to recreate Joad for modern times. In Explicit Ills actor-turned-director Mark Webber takes an unsuccessful stab at it. The film, in which…

HuffPo: Jon Stewart Ethers Jim Cramer. The End. USA Today: The Rock Making Splash in Family Films, Up for O’Shea Jackson Award Deadspin: Barkey Wants to Punch Rush, Everyone Says “Back of the Line, Fella” AJC: BeBe Winans Accused of Assault, CeCe, DeDe, and EeEe Devastated NYT: Maxine Waters Tries to Help Bank and Self,…

CNN: Roland Martin Vouches for DC School Vouchers; Democrats Not Super Into Them KATC: Black Lawmakers Support Overriding Jindal; Do Not Fear His Response Complex: 5 Black Comedians Who Deserve News Shows; Condolensces to D.L., David Alan AP: Black Mississippi Troopers in Hostile Environment, NAACP Says; Response? Dude, It’s Mississippi Minnesota Spokesman: ‘Hip Hop Repub’…

After a month of celebrating and exploring the lives, contributions and struggles of black people, it is only appropriate that we highlight the literary gifts of black people from around the globe. Check out these recent titles that celebrate the diversity and commonality of all of our experiences. What We All Long For By Dionne…

In the past few weeks, like many Americans, I have had to face the harsh reality of how tragic domestic violence can be in the lives of women. It isn’t just that I have two small nieces who look up to Rihanna and listen to her music. This is now very personal for me because…

The thing about history is that you don’t get answers to questions you don’t ask. Sally Hemings was a forgotten slave until Annette Gordon-Reed came along. Black soldiers from the Revolutionary War forward were said to play no meaningful role until black scholars ferreted out the facts. And Lorraine Hansberry had nothing to do with…