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(Newsone)– This is a commentary I was bound to write regardless of the outcome of the midterm election. I start by saying that your country is not so great, Americans. Any discussion of “what went wrong” must be prefaced with that statement. Harsh words, perhaps, but I do not utter them in haste. And we […]
Houston (HoustonChronicle)– An area in Texas City that 143 years ago was settled by former slaves now is on the list as one of the recognized historical places in the nation.
San Francisco (Colorlines)– Since ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle’s sentencing last Friday, Oscar Grant supporters angry at a criminal justice system that seems to have abandoned their efforts to bring about justice have been ramping up their actions to demand institutional recognition and accountability for Grant’s death.
New York (TheGrio)– Lion King star Shannon Tavarez lost her life and her battle against leukemia last Monday, and will be laid to rest today. Despite her efforts — and those of leukemia patients before her — to increase the number of donors of African descent, there remains a large disparity for African-American cancer patients […]
New York (BlackVoices)– Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, exited stage left today, resigning from her post after a five-year-run.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has extended a lease on his office space in Harlem. According to the U.S. General Services Administration, Clinton signed a lease for another 10 years for the top floors of the 14-story building on West 125th Street in New York City. The lease was negotiated by the […]
New York (NY Daily News)– In retrospect, it probably was not such a good idea to confide in Rupert Murdoch. Billionaires, it turns out, can be just as indiscreet as the rest of us.
New York (NYTimes) — Keith Olbermann will be allowed to resume his nightly program on MSNBC on Tuesday, the channel’s president said Sunday night, after he was suspended for donating money to three Democratic candidates.
*On Monday, Nov 1st in Los Angeles, Lionsgate Films and the Tyler Perry Foundation presented a special screening of Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films’ “For Colored Girls.” The movie is based on the award winning play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. The special screening benefitted […]
After being slammed for appearing to list a controversial tweet from Ann Coulter’s as a “favorite” on her Twitter account, Sarah Palin defended herself Friday by saying she didn’t even know how to tag Twitter posts.
Police arrested 152 protesters who streamed through the streets Friday – some breaking windows and knocking down fences – after a white ex-transit officer, Johannes Mehserle, received the minimum two-year prison sentence for fatally shooting of Oscar Grant on a California train platform.
In her new book, Soledad O’Brien talks about her struggles with her racial identity growing up, and how Rev. Jesse Jackson once questioned her “blackness.” Below is an excerpt from her book “The Next Big Story.” Even though I am not sure what he is saying, I can tell he is angry. Today he is […]