Politics

Is “Trayvonning” really a trend? According to Global Grind, the new Internet meme — in keeping with the theme of Tebowing, Planking and Owling — involves putting on a hoodie and posing with Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea as if you’ve been shot in the chest. Except there’s nothing funny about it. Trayvon Martin Day…

There are probably tens of thousands of women in the world who wouldn’t mind stepping into the shoes of Michelle Obama —  but what do you fantasize about when you’ve already done the White House thing? The first lady told People magazine that if she could switch places with anyone, it would be Beyoncé.  …

According to partial results reported Friday, Egypt’s landmark presidential election appears to be on its way to a run-off vote in which Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi could face former regime figure Ahmed Shafik. CNN reports that ballots are still being counted, and the final results of the first round are due Tuesday. Whoever wins…

Egypt’s voters say, ‘We’re making history’: Vote counting is under way in the historic presidential election that pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Read some of the voters’ stories here. 50 Cent’s take on gay marriage and straight male “little buns”: The rapper is all for marriage equality,…

Mitt Romney visited an inner-city charter school in Philadelphia on Thursday to promote his new education agenda, venturing for the first time in his campaign into an impoverished black neighborhood to hear the concerns of local educators and community leaders. But according to the Washington Post’s coverage of the event — in which he focused…

Everyone has seen the photo of Barack Obama in the Oval Office with a little boy whose arm is raised to touch the president’s hair. It’s hung in the White House and is still making the Internet rounds because of what many see as its moving message about the symbolic value of the first African-American…