Archive for January, 2010
So Whatever Happened to Ty’Sheoma Bethea and Her School in South Carolina?
• January 31, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Race, Sick Building Syndrome/Dilapidated Buildings, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, Ty'Sheoma Bethea, Women
Tags: Atlanta GA, Charles "Bud" Ferillo, Department of Agriculture, Dillon County, Dillon S.C., Governor Mark Sanford, J.V. Martin Middle School, Mayor Todd Davis, Superintendent Ray Rogers, The Corridor of Shame, The South, Ty'Sheoma Bethea
Novelist and Playwright Chris Abani Tells Stories About Our Shared Humanity
• January 31, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Arts, Black People, Comedy, Drama, Film, History, Love, Memoir, Nigeria, People of Color, Race, Religion, South Africa, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Masters of the Board", Buddhism, Chris Abani, Comedy, Drama, English, Igbo, Imprisonment, London UK, Memoirs, Monologist, Monologue, Political Prisoner, Solitary Confinement, Ubuntu, UC Riverside, University of California, Video
The President DEMOLISHES the House Republicans at Their Baltimore Retreat
• January 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Atlantic", Baltimore, Baltimore MD, Booman Tribune, C-Span, Chris Matthews, Democratic Party, Democrats, Faux Noise, Fox News, GOP, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, House of Commons, House of Representatives, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, Marc Armbinder, Mike Pence, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Question Time, Rachel Maddow, Republican Party, Republicans, Reverse Ambush, Rovian, Spending, State of the Union Address, Talking Points, The Budget, The Great Recession, The Party of No, The Stimulus Plan, Tweety
Jasmina Anema, 6, Dies of Leukemia; Spurred Bone Marrow Drives Among Blacks, People of Color, Multiracials
• January 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Leukemia, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Science, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aggressive NK Leukemia, Asian Americans, Asians, Barack Obama, Be-The-Match Registry, BFFs, Blacks, Bone Marrow Donor, Bone Marrow Drives, Bone Marrow Transplant, CaringBridge.org, Celebrity Deaths, DKMS Americas, Donors, Hispanics, Jasmina Anema, Latinas, Latinos, Leukemia, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Michelle Williams, OneForJasmina.com, Paul Pierce, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, The First Daddy, Thea Anema
Oh-Oh. Ike Turner’s FBI File Has Been Declassified and Released
• January 28, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Women
Tags: Addiction, Allegations, Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men, Burglary, Caper, Clarence M. Kelley, Cocaine, Coke, Dreams and Schemes, Embezzlement, Examiner.com, FBI, FBI File, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fender Twin, Ike Turner, Los Angeles, Robbery, Schemes, Stealing, Tina Turner, Turner
Howard Zinn, Author of “A People’s History of the United States,” Dies at 87
• January 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, Education, Haiti, History, Iran, Mexico, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A People's History of the United States", "Memory of Fire", "The People Speak", Alice Walker, Anti-War, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Civil Libertarian, Dresden, Eduardo Galeano, Heart Attack, Hiroshima, Historian, Howard Zinn, Iraq, James Bond, James Carroll, Jeff Zinn, Marian Wright Edelman, Matt Damon, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Nazis, Noam Chomsky, Royan France, Spelman College, The Greatest Generation, Tokyo, Vietnam
MSNBC’s Chris “Tweety” Matthews: “I Forgot [Obama] Was Black Tonight”; But He Doesn’t and Neither Do We
• January 28, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Differently-Abled, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Teabagging Party, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American, African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Blue Dogs, CAPA, Children, Chris Matthews. Tweety, Constables on Patrol, Creative and Performing Arts High School, Crime, Cultural Identity, David Sisek, Differently-Abled, Excessive Force, Fat Cats, High School Students, Jordan Miles, Mentally Challenged, Michael Suldette, MSNBC, Pittsburgh PA, Police Brutality, Post-Racial Era, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racial Identity, Racial Profiling, Republicans, Revolt, Richard Ewing, State of the Union Address, Tea Party Movement, Teenagers, Terez Miles, The Blue Curtain, Wall Street, WPXI
What Some Black Observers in Boston Think About a Republican Taking Ted Kennedy’s Seat, and Why Some Democrats–Black People–Sat This One Out
• January 27, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, History, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Public Television, Race, Television, The Kennedys
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Boston MA, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Scott Brown, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Special Election, Talk Show, Tea Party Movement, Teabaggers, Voters
Rooting for Brett, Rooting for the Saints
• January 24, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Ninth Ward
Tags: 'Niners, American Cities, American City, Assassinations, Brett Favre, Carnival, City Hall, Delirium, Exile, Forty Niners, Geaux Saints!, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Hurricane Katrina, Jonestown, Joy, Katrina, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Prima Donna, Speculators, The Minnesota Vikings, The Ninth Ward, The San Francisco 49ers, The Super Bowl, Vikes, World Championship
Haitian Singer Emeline Michel on Clooney’s Telethon, “Hope for Haiti Now”
• January 23, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Charity Telethons, Class, Emeline Michel, Health, Music, Natural Disasters, People of Color, Race, Television, The Roots
Tags: "Hope for Haiti Now", "Joni Mitchell of Haiti", "Many Rivers to Cross", Blacks, Emeline Michel, George Clooney, Haiti, Haitian Music, Haitians, Jimmy Cliff, Singer Songwriter, The Haitian Earthquake, World Music
Tiger Spotted at Mississippi Sex Addiction Clinic
• January 21, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Circuses, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Found, Golf, Golf Pro, Golfer, Golfing, Hattiesburg MS, Location, Love, Multiracial, Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services, Radar. com, Self-Affirming, Sex, Sex Addiction, Sex Machines, Sexuality, Tabloid Press, Tabloids, Tiger Woods
“Brown Man Thinking Hard”: Don’t Believe Everything the Media Says About Haiti
• January 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Class, Haiti, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, Alfred Metraux, C.L.R. James, Central America, Education, Haiti, Kindle, Maya Deren, Mexico, Noam Chomsky, Randall Robinson, Read, Reading, South America, Talking Back to Your Television, The Caribbean, Voodoo, Voudou, Wikipedia.com, Zora Neale Hurston
Wyclef Jean Explains It All For Us
• January 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Haiti, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Celebrity Giving, Charities, Haiti, Haitians, Philanthropy, Port au Prince, Press Conference, Scam, Scams, The Haitian Earthquake, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti
King
• January 18, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Afghanistan, American Politics, Black People, Hate Crimes, History, Holidays, Iran, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Television, The Iraq War II, The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Favorite, Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Peace, President Lyndon Johnson, Riverside Church, The Sixties, The Vietnam War, Vietnam
Mo’Nique Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Film; Becomes Automatic Front Runner to Win the Oscar
• January 18, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Mo'Nique, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", Acceptance Speech, Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Comedienne, Favorite, Front Runner, Golden Globes, Live and in Color, Mo'Nique, Oscars, Real, Sidney Hicks, The Oscars
President Obama Explains “Why Haiti Matters” in Newsweek
• January 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, Bailouts, Black People, Class, Crime, Cuba, Education, Haiti, Health, History, HIV Positive, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Artibonite Valley, Ayiti, Barack Obama, Blacks, Castro, Creoles, Dirt, Fair-Skinned, Fidel Castro, Floods, François Duvalier, Globalization, Haiti, Haitians, HIV Virus, Hurricanes, Immigration, Intestinal Parasites, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Katrina, Leftist, Light-Skinned, Malaria, Mudcakes, Mudslides, President Aristide, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roosevelt Administration, The Black Republic, The Caribbean, The Nineties, Tourist Trap, Tuberculosis
Family of Mitrice Richardson Files Claim Against Los Angeles County
• January 14, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Jasmyne Cannick, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Our Weekly: Los Angeles", "The Malibu Surfside News", Ann Soble, Bipolar Disorder, City of Malibu, Infliction of Emotional Distress, L.A. County, Latice Sutton, Leo Terrell, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Mitrice Richardson Law, Negligence, Santa Monica Mountains, Wrongful Death
Turning Off His Light: Teddy Pendergrass Joins the Ancestors at 59
• January 14, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Differently-Abled, Health, Love, Music, Sexuality, Teddy Pendergrass, Women
Tags: "If You Don't Know Me By Now", "The Love I Lost", "Truly Blessed", "Wake Up Everybody", Aural Viagra, Bisexuality, Differently-Abled, Eddie Murphy, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Love, Paralysis, Philadelphia International Records, Philadelphia PA, R&B, Sex, Sexuality, Stanford University, Teddy Bear, Teddy P, Teddy Pendergrass, Tenika Wilson, The Eighties, The Marguerite, The Seventies, TP, Women
Haiti: Four Hurricanes and Now an Earthquake. Have Mercy.
• January 13, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, Class, Haiti, History, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: Aftershocks, American Red Cross, Blood, Capital, Charity Navigator, Creoles, Direct Relief, Earthquake, Food, Haiti, Haitian Health Foundation, Haitians, Hope for Haiti, Oxfam, Port au Prince, Prayer, Shelter, The Black Republic, The Salvation Army, The Western Hemisphere, Water, Wyclef Jean
Mitrice is Not Found
• January 10, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Cops, Death by Cops, Death by Misadventure, Detective Chuck Knolls, Detective Steven Eguchi, Diahann Carroll, Disappearance, Divers, Hiker, Inyo National Forest, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, L.A. Police Department, L.A.P.D., Latice Sutton, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Posses, Searchers, Steve Fossett, Steve Whitmore, Unexplained Disappearance
Art Clokey, Creator of Gumby and Pokey, Dies at 88
• January 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Art, Art Clokey, Children's Shows, Clay Animation, Documentaries, Film, History, Love, Memoir, Religion, Science, Television
Tags: "Black Bart", "Gumbasia", "Gumby Dharma", "Mandala", "The Adventures of Gumby", Art Clokey, Clay Animation, Clokey, ComicCon 2009, Dallas McKinnon, Davey and Goliath, Eddie Murphy, Fourth Street, Gender, Ginny Tyler, Google, Gumby, Gumbyana, Joseph Clokey, Kinesthetic Film Principles, Matt Groening, Nancy Wible, Native American, Norma McMillan, Pokey, Raceless, Robina Marchesi, Ruth Clokey, San Rafael CA, Slavko Vorkapich, Southern California, Stop Motion Clay Animation, The Eighties, The Nineties, The San Rafael Art Center, The Sixties, The Sundance Channel, You Tube, Zen Buddhism
Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant Case
• January 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television
Tags: "Grand Theft Auto", "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Los Angeles Times", Alameda County, Anthony Sowell, BART, BART Police, Bled to Death in Custody, C-Span, California, Changing Stories, Chuco's Justice Center, Criminal Record, DeAndre Brunston, Flight from Justice, Fruitvale Station, Gag Order, Hayward CA, Johannes Mehserle, Judge Perry, Judge Robert J. Perry, Keishia Brunston, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, Marysol Domenici, Michael Rains, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Nevada, New Year's Day, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Property Damage, Public Television, Riots, San Francisco Bay Area, Taser, Tasering, Tatiana Grant, Televising Court Cases, Tony Pirone, Wanda Johnson
Meanwhile, Back in Las Vegas: Michael Jackson’s Former Doctor Lawyers Up
• January 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Gossip, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter
Tags: "Entertainment Weekly", "Milk", Addictive, Anesthesiology, Cardiologist, Conspiracy Theories, Criminal Charges, Dr. Conrad Murray, Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, Echo Chamber, Ed Chernoff, Homicide, IMG, Investigation, Involuntary Manslaughter, J. Michael Flanagan, Joe Jackson, John Branca, John McClain, LaToya Jackson, Los Angeles County District Attorney, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Negligence, Propofol, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com
Police and Sheriff’s Deputies Combine to Search Large Expanse of Lost Hills-Malibu Canyon Area Where Mitrice Richardson Disappeared
• January 7, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", "www.bringmitricehome.org", Bones, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Death by Misadventure, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Geoffrey's Restaurant, LAPD, LASD, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu Canyon, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Rep. Maxine Waters, Unexplained Disappearance
White Supremacist James Von Brunn, Holocaust Museum Shooter, Dies at 89
• January 6, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color
Tags: "The Diary of Anne Frank", Anne Frank, Holocaust Denier, Holocaust Museum, James von Brunn, James Wanneker von Brunn, Killings, Mentally Disturbed, North Carolina, Psychiatric Testing, Racism, Racist, Security Guard, Shootings, Stephen Johns, Stephen Tyrone Johns, The Holocaust Museum, U.S. Holocaust Museum, White Supremacist, White Supremacy
Raw Tiger on February 2009 Cover of “Vanity Fair” w/Update
• January 4, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Art, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Oz", "Vanity Fair", Annie Leibovitz, Boxing, Cover Photo, Eldrick Woods, Half-Naked, Insurance Policy, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jumpoffs, Miss America 1984, Naked, Raw, Sex, Sex Scandal, Shirtless, Sport, Sports, SUV, Suzette Charles, Thug, Tiger Woods, Vanessa Williams, Womanist Musings
New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009
• January 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Documentaries, Education, Hate Crimes, History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Television, Race
Tags: "Big Brother", "Book TV", "Democracy Now!", "Eyes on the Prize", "Talking Book", Activism, Amy Goodman, Attica, Black Nationalism, Black Youth, C-Span, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Department, Coalition Politics, Deborah Johnson, Edward Hanrahan, Empowerment, FBI, Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton Jr., Jeffrey Haas, Jr., Latino Youth, Malcolm X, Mark Clark, Maywood IL, Media PA, NAACP, Oakland CA, Police Brutality, Stevie Wonder, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Black Panthers, The Red Guard, The Young Lords, William O'Neal, Young Gifted and Black, Youth, YouTube
Afro-Cuban Santéria Priests Predict World Will See Turmoil in 2010; But Whose World?
• January 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Cuba, Health, History, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Rest of the World
Tags: 2010, African Religion, Afro-Cuban, Age, Baba Eyiobe, Babalawos, Betrayal, Brujo Major, Carlos Lage Davila, Catholicism, Coups d'Etat, Cuba, Cuban Americans, Elderly, Exile, Exiles, Felipe Perez Roque, Fidel Castro, Forecasts, Foreign Minister, Former Slaves, Lazaro Cuesta, Miami, Obatala, Oya, Predictions, Priests, Raul Castro, Ricardo Alarcon, Santéria, Social Unrest, Successors, Tarot, The Mainstream Media, The Young, Victor Betancourt, Witches, Youth
As 2010 Opens, Some are Living Only on Food Stamps While Homeowners Under Obama’s Loan Plan are Still Foreclosed On
• January 3, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Cooking, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Obama Administration, People of Color, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Banks, Bernanke, Cash Aid, CBS, Child Support, Dependency, Disability Insurance, EBT Card, Family Dollar Stores, Food Stamps, Foreclosures, Gambling, Geithner, HAMP, Home Affordable Modification Program, Homeless, Homeowners, Jobless, Jobs, Katie Couric, Lenders, Midterm Elections, Mortgages, Pensions, Poverty, President Barack Obama, Save-A-Lot, Stocks and Bonds, Taxes, Taxpayers, The Great Recession, The Middle Class, The New York Times, Third World Country, Unemployment Insurance, Wall Street
That Vick’s Nyquil Commercial With the Deep Sleepers
• January 2, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Commercials, Health, People of Color, Television
Tags: Aches, Cold and Flu Medication, Colds, Commercials, Dion, Fat, Fever, Flu, Hairy, Make-Up, Nyquil, Relief, Rest, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Snoring, Stroke, Stuffy Noses, Symptoms, Ugly, Unattractive, Vick's
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