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Stephen Colbert Defines "Blackwashing" for Obama's Critics
On Thursday’s episode of “The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central’s faux conservative talk show host stuck it to actual conservative media figures Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck—as always, in the guise of chastising liberals (in this case, former president Jimmy Carter). Sarcastically defending Beck and Limbaugh and North Carolina Rep. Virginia Fox for their outrageous comments…
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How Kandi Burruss Keeps It Real
Bravo nearly let me down. Watching the first few minutes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta — my consistent Thursday night “reality” fix, I didn’t get that good ol’ voyeur feeling; that juicy shame that comes from checking in with the over-dramatic, (allegedly) wealthy black women featured in the current season of Housewives. Castmates NeNe…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: The Obamas hit the G20
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to Air Force One at JFK International Airport in New York, NY, September 24, 2009. Michelle and Barack will be hosting their first G20 bash in Pittsburgh today and tomorrow. Michelle who will be entertaining the spouses of the 20 world leaders that are poised…
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Fame, Shame.
Auditions. It’s hard to match the head rush that comes from watching that sweaty mix of hope and desperation, the crush of bodies locked in competition, the flubbed notes, the missed pirouettes, the missed opportunities. It’s drama writ large, and it is for this reason that many a performance film, from All That Jazz to…
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Serving Soup When Your Employment Status Sucks
There are alternatives on how to spend unemployment outside of Maury Povich, ice cream, and tears. As you can see from the video report many Americans are spending their newfound free time assisting others. Although some do indeed look towards volunteer work solely from its potential networking benefits, others are simply coming to the realization…
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The Proof is in the Racist Pudding
Here’s the problem with parlor games about who is and is not a racist: It’s exactly the conversation that conservatives have spent 30 years fostering in order to drive discussions about racial justice out of public policy. If racism is nothing more than an individual holding hateful ideas, then it’s impossible to correct and of…
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The (No) Nuclear Option: UN Rez Aims for Nuke-Free World
The recession. Health care woes. Soda. Nuclear weapons. Is there anything President Obama does not plan to extinct? From the AP: With U.S. President Barack Obama presiding over an historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons. Russia, China and developing nations supported…
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U.S. Census Worker Hanged and Branded
So let me understand this clearly: Bill Sparkman, a part-time US Census worker and substitute teacher was found hanging from a tree in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest on September 12? The word FED carved into his chest? Wow and WHAT THE… ? It’s bad enough the average American can get stoned for giving a…
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Vaccine Shows Promise in HIV Prevention
A bit of good news in the fight against HIV. In what is possibly the largest HIV vaccine trial ever, researchers found that through a series of inoculations, those who received treatment were 31% less likely to contract the disease than those who were given a placebo. Doctors warn that their gains are modest but…
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A New World Order
NEW YORK—On the eve of the international political conference in Pittsburgh known as the Group of 20, President Barack Obama addressed a packed main hall of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Making his first appearance before the international diplomatic and peacekeeping body, Obama stressed that expectations of global cooperation now drive American…