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How Homeschooling Made Our Home
Excerpted from One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love by Rebecca Walker. Courtesy of Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Group (USA). ***** Let’s start at the beginning. My husband, C (his name is Charles, but so is our…
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My Son Nearly Died of Salmonella
President Barack Obama’s first prime-time news conference played on a small television monitor above my son’s hospital bed, as the 24-pound toddler fought for his life. As a Washington journalist, normally, I’d be itching to be there at the White House. But on that day, Obama’s words faded into the background as I looked at…
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Truth Hurts?
Your best friend just bought leather pants. She’s been saving up to buy them for a couple of months. She has the Big Unveiling planned next week at a party where a guy she’s interested in getting to know better will be, and she’s hoping the new outfit will catch his eye. A few days…
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Burris Fiddles, Chicago Burns
Who amoung us didn’t know—-or at least suspect— that Roland Burris was dirty? I felt like alot of tanksters championed him simply because he was a brown face, but, not for nothing, it matters who gets you to where you’re going. Put simply, you can’t trust the “ups” from a criminal. When Blags appointed Burris,…
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Who Will Be Michelle's Michelle?
At a time when many a career has been toppled by any whiff of Obama Hate, The Buzz has to give culture critic Robin Givhan credit for daring to ask the question of who will deflate the myth around Michelle Obama, in the way the First Lady did for her husband during the campaign. Speaking…
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Demonizing Chris Brown; Empowering Rihanna
I do not condone physical abuse. Boyfriend to girlfriend, parent to child, teen to grandmother, domestic partner to domestic partner, it’s unacceptable and, without question, one of the most cowardly acts of insecurity in the history of humankind. But I will say this: Chris Brown is “sorry and saddened” and that’s a step forward. Right? …
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Black Santa's Blago Blues
Sen. Roland “I am the junior senator from Illinois” Burris recently disclosed that he had multiple conversations with the office of impeached former Gov. Rod “Gracias por su apoyo” Blagojevich about the senate seat to which Burris was appointed in January. The Chicago Tribune reports that Burris amended his January 8th testimony to the Illinois…
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More Than a Day Off?
Living in America – eye to eye, station to station Living in America – hand to hand, across the nation Living in America – got to have a celebration… You might not be looking for the promised land, but you might find it anyway. —James Brown, “Living in America” Black patriotism has always been a…
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Confessions of a Reluctant Flag-Waver
There are cynical luxuries that come with being black in this country, like the ability to shrug off the dime-store rites of patriotism. We’ve seen America through a perpetually raised eyebrow, the yeah, whatever perspective that comes with the terrain on our side of American history. And here lies Presidents Day. Like July 4th, Thomas…
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Sunset in Phoenix
His double-double averages and the memories are all Shaquille O’Neal has left these days. Making what is likely his final appearance in the All-Star game before his hometown fans Sunday, the Big Aristotle, as might be expected, is a little reflective. “I’m the Shogun of all centers,” O’Neal told me. “I’ve done the most; any…