culture
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Chris Brown's Fans Need to Sit Down
“A ‘Free Chris Brown!’ rally? Really? Michael Arceneaux writes in a piece at Ebony that likens the R&B crooner’s fans to enablers after they protested his arrest this weekend in Washington, D.C., because of an apparent altercation. I hate the phrase “you people,” but what in the hell is wrong with you people? A “Free Chris…
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Why Obamacare Will Succeed
Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes at his blog, the Hutchinson Report News, that while glitches have dogged the rollout of Obamacare, the importance of these problems in the “overall initial implementation of Obamacare has been wildly overblown.” The GOP controlled House Ways and Means is the first of the three GOP congressional committees “investigating” Obamacare to…
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Obama Administration to Senate: Vote on Mel Watt
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling urged the Senate to confirm Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. “Confirming Mel Watt is a top economic priority for this White House,” Sperling said Wednesday on an on-the-record press call. “Having Mel Watt confirmed…
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'12 Years a Slave' Director to Film HBO Pilot
The director of the critically acclaimed and Oscar-worthy film 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen, is developing a drama for HBO with Russell Simmons, Deadline reports. The untitled project would center on an African-American man with a shady past as he navigates the New York upper-crust social scene. It’s being described as “Six Degrees of Separation meets…
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Kerry Washington Pregnant With 1st Child
Beloved Scandal actress Kerry Washington is pregnant with her first child, according to an exclusive issue of Us Weekly. “She’s about four months along,” Washington’s friend told Us, but she has apparently been concealing her baby bump with roomy dresses. The Emmy-nominated actress, who is notoriously discreet about her private life, married San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha…
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Sen. Ted Cruz Defends Law to Trayvon's Mom
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, that “Stand your ground” laws actually benefit African Americans as much as they do whites, the Atlantic Wire reports. During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Cruz said that the law didn’t hold any negative racial implications. Since many black people are victims of violent…
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Stevie Wonder Plans 2 New Albums and Concert
The musical gods have seen fit to bless the minions with this announcement: Stevie Wonder plans to release two new albums, and he will be performing in concert songs from one of his most acclaimed albums, 1976’s Songs in the Key of Life, CBS News reports. The 63-year-old musical genius says the albums will be a…
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Al Sharpton Talks Racial Profiling With Barneys CEO
Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton and the CEO of Barneys, Mark Lee, had a closed-door meeting to discuss recent allegations of racial profiling at the New York department store, the the Huffington Post reports. The two met at Sharpton’s National Action Network in Harlem. “We had a very candid and open meeting today…
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Hells Angels Sue Young Jeezy Over Skull Logo
The Hells Angels are going hard at gangster rapper Young Jeezy and his 8732 Apparel for jacking their Death Head logo, TMZ reports. According to the website, the infamous motorcycle club has filed a lawsuit claiming that the rapper’s clothing brand has used the logo on jackets, vests and hats. While the design isn’t an exact…