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Booker T. and W.E.B. W.E.B. and Booker T. Are there two more polarizing schools of thought in Black America? Issue & Views takes a look at the two giants. Old Lessons Black People Have Not Learned What say you, Buzzonians? (You’re Buzzonians now, just so you know)

The country is attempting to bail itself out by giving away lots of money in the hopes it will be spent wisely. A few warm-up questions before we get to the main event: How do you give away lots of money you don’t have? If the answer is loans, then who are these lenders and what…

Yikes. The Buzz still doesn’t know the facts. There has been dispute as to the photo’s veracity and whether the woman in question is even Rihanna. Again, these are allegations in an on-going drama. But, Mr. Brown, if that is indeed your handiwork, the above is not a good look for you. At the point…

The New York Times: The Buzz is holding out hope that they also found Mos Def with a napkin full of yellow cake. The Washington Post: EXACTLY. The Los Angeles Times: At what point do we step into the fray? Al Jazeera: Don’t worry, Liberia: When it comes time to collect, they won’t be knocking on your door…

Growing up in Texas, I always figured I’d go to college in state for cheap. But during my senior year in high school, a college recruiter convinced me that leaving my home state would bring me closer to my dream of becoming a writer.   My family did not have the means, and scholarship-hunting was rough-going…

As part of its Fashion Week coverage, New York magazine published a fascinating account of Kevahn Thorpe, a teenaged shoplifter who is serving one to three years at Sing Sing. It seems that the allure of golden Prada sneakers, skinny Dior jeans and Fendi eyeglasses was too strong for the 17-year-old honors student from the…