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Black Woman Wins Mayoral Race in Italian Town
A gem from Afro: By a slim margin of just 38 votes, a Black woman has become mayor of a small town in northern Italy. Sandy Cane, 48, won the election earlier this summer and will govern the town of Valceresio, population 5,300, which borders Varesotto and the Swiss confederation of Ticino. She will serve…
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Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia to Help Out
Ethiopia decided to lend a neighbor a hand but many in Somalia do not appreciate the help. From Al Jazeera: Hundreds of troops reportedly entered the strategically important town of Beledweyne on Saturday. Abdinur Ahmed Maow, a local resident, told The Associated Press news agency that the armed opposition fighters had left “without a single…
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Iraqi Shoe-Thrower is Out The Joint
The d-bag who threw that shoe at Dubya? Well, he’s getting out the joint on good behavior —- what the eff? Are you serious? Dude tried to bean the leader of the free world with one of his Skechers and he gets out the joint early? Holy Crap. I’m not saying he should have been…
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Africans in Moscow Fear Racist Attacks
Contrary to popular cyber-belief I do not dig through the internet searching for news of a racist globe. Well, unless I’m feeling particularly marginalized on a given day or frenzied due to a weekend overload of carbs and sugars. ANYWAY… Moscow is having some problems with their African community. And no, Africans are not trumping…
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Chris Brown Claims He Doesn't Remember Mollywhopping Rihanna
In an interview set to air Wednesday, Chris Brown sits down with Larry King to discuss the events of February 8th. Click here to see the preview. Hmmmm. You don’t remember, Mr. Brown? Let’s say, for the sake of argument, we buy that. How do you explain the other incidents that have recently come to…
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Obama Supporters Trying to Get Tough on Health Care
With the same zeal and energy that helped get President Obama elected in November, supporters of health care reform are using the same approach when it comes to health care reform. From The Washington Post: The initiative began Wednesday with a rally at a labor hall in Phoenix that featured the Obama sunrise logo and…
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Whitney Houston's "I Look to You" Celebrates Singer's Arc
Whitney Houston has been in the game a long time and she has jumped back into the R&B fray with “I Look to You.” From the New York Times: “I Look to You,” with Ms. Houston’s longtime mentor Clive Davis as her co-producer, is more subdued, canny and cautious. She still sings about the power…
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Waiting for Charity in New Orleans
When Hurricane Katrina forced Charity Hospital to close four years ago, it was a dream come true for many officials in Louisiana’s state government who had long wanted to see it shuttered. Charity was the troubled medical facility that poor and uninsured residents of New Orleans turned to as their last resort for medical care.…
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A True Inside-the-Beltway Nerd
ABOUT JENEE DESMOND-HARRIS It’s no surprise that I see things from a lot of different perspectives. I’m a Gemini, biracial, tied to two different coasts, and simultaneously a lawyer and a writer. Originally from the Northern California, I spent the best four years of my life at Howard University, survived 3 years at Harvard Law…