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March 28, 2014 •
Race •
Views: 4452
About a week ago, I came across the following article on Right Wing Watch. The article states that: Pat Buchanan devoted his column last week to adding his own racist spin to the issue of population decline in Europe, which he laments is turning
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March 28, 2014 •
Entertainment, Race •
Views: 3666
On a personal level, I never really “cared” for Nick Cannon. While he does have his moments of being funny, he never came off as overall appealing to me. Wild N’Out was, and still is, a show that brings laughs. He is also a successful businessman.
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March 28, 2014 •
Education, Politics •
Views: 3762
The hits just keep on coming. We have Paul Ryan talking out of his ass that inner city (black and brown) men don’t want to work. We know he failed to correct himself trying to distance himself from the starting another fire of racism. We recognize coded
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March 27, 2014 •
Media, Politics •
Views: 3277
Millionaire scumbag Matt Drudge, who still uses photos of himself from 25 years ago, made yet another last ditch attempt to discourage people from getting Obamacare in the final days before the enrollment deadline of March 31. Drudge, who has been a lying
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March 27, 2014 •
Culture, Education •
Views: 3910
This is the time for March Madness. And we all know how crazy March Madness can be. The busted brackets, the clutch performances, the bone-headed plays, and the upsets make this an intense time in college basketball. With those situations came the highs,
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March 26, 2014 •
Education, Race •
Views: 3453
There’s no doubt that there’s a need for vigilance in the wake of violence on school campuses. Given a recent series of high-profile school shootings and attempted school shootings across the country, it’s not beyond reason to be wary of
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March 25, 2014 •
Politics •
Views: 3323
We interrupt the ongoing, non-stop coverage of flight 370 to bring you a message from President John McCain: My friends and fellow Americans, I am speaking to you from the Oval Office today because I have made the decision that we must go to war with the
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March 25, 2014 •
Culture, Politics •
Views: 2774
Make no mistake about it, the Hobby Lobby lawsuit before the United States Supreme Court is about more than birth control rights for women. On the surface, the question before the High Court is whether or not a company can deny contraception coverage to
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March 25, 2014 •
Culture, Gender •
Views: 4093
I’m not the religious type, and I understand that parochial schools have different rules and standards relative to a state funded public school. However, I think it’s unfortunate that some of the rules written and enforced at parochial schools are
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March 25, 2014 •
Culture, Media •
Views: 2931
There’s clearly no shortage of fuckery in our nation’s capital. If you thik there’s a definite need for our elected officials to get their shit together, in comes the following story from the District of Columbia and a certain emergency
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March 25, 2014 •
Culture, Race •
Views: 4042
Within minutes of publishing my post about Shanesha taylor — the homeless Arizona mother who was arrested for leaving her children unattended in her car while at a job interview — last night, one of my readers gave me a tip to a similar story.
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March 24, 2014 •
Culture, Gender, Justice •
Views: 5881
With many people unemployed, homeless and living out of their vehicles in America there’s really no telling how often something like this happens. As if being homeless with children isn’t tough enough, I imagine for many folks with similar
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March 23, 2014 •
Gender, Justice •
Views: 7973
Editor’s Note: I wrote the following post about Rennie Gibbs of Mississippi back in June 2011. Back then I was disheartened that this was a very little reported story. Since then, Gibb’s story has gained very little traction until now. Last week,
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March 23, 2014 •
Entertainment •
Views: 4600
When I think of Aaron McGruder, I think of the visionary that took it to whomever he saw fit for satire. It could have been Martin Luther King, R-Kelly, or even Tyler Perry. McGruder had no qualms with making commentary about Black culture, be it positive
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March 23, 2014 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Media •
Views: 4016
Lupita Nyong’o… the Mexican-born, Kenyan-raised, Yale educated actress and filmmaker took Hollywood and popular culture by storm, after her breakout role as Patsey in the film adaptation of the memoir and slave narrative, 12 Years A Slave. Making the red
