This Black Sista's Page
commentary on the news of the day…and then some
Donations via Paypal
This Black Sista’s RSS Link
Liebster Blog Award, 2011
And Now, A Message From Our Browser
Marriage Equality for Everyone
I am One of the 99%, and I Support Occupy Wall Street
Justice for “Wisconsin’s Trayvon,” Bo Morrison, and Healing for His Family and Friends
Justice for Shaniya Davis
Justice for Jonylah Watkins
Justice for Trayvon Benjamin Martin and Healing for His Parents and Friends
Turn Off Fox News Campaign
R.I.P. Steve Gilliard (1964-2007)
The Weather Outside This Blog
Goodreads
No data found
Gas Prices in Madison, WI
Top Posts
FeedJit: Look Who’s Been Here
Support Bloggers’ Rights
Global Voices
BlogHer!
Techno-Freaking-Rati
Bloglines
Blog Catalog
Add This
Amazons & Valkyries
- Angry Black Bitch
- Blog Her
- Echidne of the Snakes
- Feministe
- Feministing
- Rebecca Walker’s Blog
- The Crunk Feminist Collective
- Uppity Brown Woman
- Womanist Musings
Born on the Bayou
- Adrastos’ Blog City
- Bayou Buzz
- First Draft
- Our Man in New Orleans
- The Louisiana Weekly
- Your Right Hand Thief
Bread & Circuses
- Bossip
- Electronic Urban Report
- Kiss My Black Ads
- Media TakeOut
- Nikki Finke
- NNDB
- Radar
- The Smoking Gun
- TMZ.com
- Wonkette
Brothas & Sistas
- 3ChicsPolitico
- Afro-Netizen
- Afrospear
- Angry Black Lady
- Black Agenda Report
- Black Commentator
- Black Mexico
- Black Tokyo
- Black Voices
- Color Lines
- Color of Change
- Farai Chideya
- Jack and Jill Politics
- Michelle Obama Watch
- New America Media
- New Black Man
- Pam’s House Blend
- Prometheus 6
- Racialicious
- Rod 2.0
- San Francisco Bayview
- Shadow and Act
- Skeptical Brotha
- Ta-Nehisi Coates @ The Atlantic
- The Black Snob
- The Field Negro
- The Grio
- The Intersection of Madness and Reality
- The Obamacrat
- The Republic of T
- The Root
- This Week with Barack Obama
- Uppity Negro Network
- What About Our Daughters?
Fellow Travelers
- AmericaBlog
- Bill Maher’s Real Time
- Booman Tribune
- Buzzflash
- Crooks and Liars
- Daily Kos
- Democracy Now!
- Digby’s Hullabaloo
- Eschaton
- Greg Palast
- James Wolcott
- Jesus’ General
- Jon Stewart
- Juan Cole
- Keith Olbermann
- Left Turn
- Liberal Oasis
- Mark Crispin Miller
- Media Matters
- Orcinus
- Raw Story
- Salon
- Stephanie Miller
- Talk Left
- Talking Points Memo
- The Edge of Sports
- The Huffington Post
- The Real News Project
- The Rude Pundit
- Think Progress
- Thom Hartmann
- Truthdig
- Truthout
- ZMagazine
Mad City
- Avol’s Bookstore
- Dane County Farmers’ Market on Capitol Square
- Frugal Muse Bookstore
- The Barrymore Theatre
- The Capital City Hues
- The Capital Times
- The Isthmus
- The Madison Times
- TheMic92.1
- Willy Street Coop
- Wisconsin Book Festival
- Wisconsin Film Festival
- WORT-FM, Madison, WI
Reading, Writing & Writers
SGI Nichiren Buddhism
- “Faith in Revolution”
- A Memorial to Shin Yatomi
- Daisaku Ikeda
- Fortune Child Books
- GakkaiOnlineNet
- SGI
- SGI Buddhism.org
- SGI-USA
- Tricycle – SGI Nichiren Buddhism
- Victory Over Violence
The Madison WI Capitol Times
- Military sex scandal echoes back to World War II, say Madison author May 25, 2013UW-Madison professor Mary Louise Roberts says her book, “What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France," shows how sex can be used to assert dominance.
- All Conn. parks, forests to be open for holiday May 25, 2013HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut park officials say all 107 state parks and 32 state forests will be open for the Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer season.
- Lawyer urges car dealers to oppose GOP efforts to gut lemon law — or else May 25, 2013Vince Megna says if the measure passes, he'll sue in federal court where dealers have more to lose.
- Vernon Hershberger acquitted of three of the four charges against him May 25, 2013After four hours of deliberation, a Sauk County Circuit Court jury early this morning acquitted Loganville dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger of three of the four charges against him related to s…
- Madison-Kipp Corp. digs up PCBs from neighbors' yards; protest graffiti appears May 25, 2013Contaminated soil is being removed from five residential properties under a cleanup agreement with the Department of Natural Resources.
- Dennis Blair and Jon Huntsman Jr.: Foreign theft of U.S. intellectual property massive May 25, 2013The theft of U.S. intellectual property is a national crisis. Our commission has recommended some ways to fight it
- Joel McNally: Junk food and junk legislation May 25, 2013If Republicans are seriously concerned about Wisconsinites eating sugary junk instead of fresh, healthy food, they really should treat everyone equally and outlaw those empty calories disguise…
- Emily Bazelon: IRS does as good a job chasing tax cheats as we let it May 25, 2013The chances you'll be audited rises with your income bracket. It's easy to pillory the IRS for the latest scandal, but we need this agency.
The Chicago Tribune
- Portage Theater closed, padlocked May 25, 2013Bad news for art house cinema fans. After several rocky months under the new ownership of Eddie Carranza, the Portage Theater was padlocked and closed indefinitely.
- 'America's toughest sheriff' illegally used racial profiling, judge rules May 25, 2013Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge ruled.
- 3 dead, 9 wounded in overnight shootings on South, West sides May 25, 2013A 17-year-old boy and 22-year-old man were killed within hours of each other in separate West Side attacks last night, according to authorities, and a 29-year-old man was killed on the South Side.
- Lower lake levels plague harbors but benefit beachgoers May 25, 2013Drifting sand, receding water on Lake Michigan expand beaches but make it more difficult for boats to launch into watersDrifting sand, receding water on Lake Michigan expand beaches but are making it more difficult for boats to launch into waters.
- Dolton mayor questions operators of struggling senior center May 25, 2013Taxpayers in cash-strapped suburb have paid $7 million to subsidize rehab project, operations since 2007Battles for control of a struggling, village-owned senior center have roiled politics in south suburban Dolton for years, and that tradition appears to be continuing under newly elected Mayor Riley Rogers.
- Student wows crowds, YouTube while fighting for his school May 25, 2013Nine-year-old Asean Johnson's school became one of four taken off the chopping block of closings; many are giving partial credit to the 3rd-grader who stepped into the spotlight to fight for his school.
- Aldermen fret new deal will feed meter firm's profits May 25, 2013They ask city officials to prove their projectionsSkeptical aldermen took aim Friday at Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to revamp the much-reviled parking meter lease, warning that his proposal to trade longer meter hours for free Sundays could turn into another financial boon for the company holding the lease.
- Truck accident was likely cause of bridge collapse: officials May 24, 2013Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the bridge before a large section collapsedA bridge collapse that sent cars tumbling into a river in Washington state was caused when a truck carrying an oversize load struck a support beam.
The New York Times
- Leaks Inquiries Show How Wide a Net Is Cast May 25, 2013Details of investigations into government leaks of classified materials also hint at the personal and professional cost for those caught up.
- Hagel Warns New Officers Of Challenge For Military May 25, 2013Speaking at commencement at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confronted the dark shadow of sexual assault in the military.
- In Race to Fill John Kerry’s Seat, Little Talk on Policy May 25, 2013As Election Day nears in Massachusetts, the race between Gabriel Gomez and Representative Edward J. Markey for the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry has focused on lesser issues.
- ‘Oklahomans Don’t Stop Fighting’ May 25, 2013Several Moore, Okla., residents, whose lives were somehow connected by Monday’s tornado and its aftermath, shared their experiences of enduring the storm.
- States’ Policies on Health Care Exclude Poorest May 25, 2013For millions of people below the poverty line, no assistance for health insurance will be available in states that have refused to expand Medicaid.
- New Computer Attacks Come From Iran, Officials Say May 25, 2013The recent attacks seem to be aimed at sabotage rather than stealing information, United States officials say.
- Lautenberg’s Chemical Safety Bill Gains Momentum May 25, 2013A vote by Senator Frank R. Lautenberg for a failed control gun bill gained him allies for the first credible bill in years to revamp the nation’s outmoded chemical safety law.
- Approach to Debt Widens Rift Among G.O.P. Senators May 25, 2013Republicans are locked in a dispute over future budget negotiations, splitting along generational and ideological lines on the party’s approach to dealing with the federal debt.
The San Francisco Chronicle
- Oklahoma tornado - teachers sheltered kidsOklahoma tornado - teachers sheltered kids Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 7:26 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless t […]
- Washington state frantic to replace bridgeWashington state frantic to replace bridge Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:18 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 Federal officials are searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along a crucial Intersta […]
- Faith healers charged after 2nd son diesFaith healers charged after 2nd son dies Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:18 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 The Schaibles were ordered held without bail Friday, two days after their arrest, although defense lawyers argued that they are neither […]
- Racial profiling by Phoenix sheriffRacial profiling by Phoenix sheriff Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:19 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its tr […]
- News of the Day From Across the Nation, May 25News of the Day From Across the Nation, May 25 Eighteen people were hospitalized Friday - two in serious condition - after a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer collided near Atlanta's airport, officials said. An Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid in Ogden, Utah, was foun […]
- BART plans another test for bicyclesBART plans another test for bicycles After a nearly two-hour hearing, the BART board voted 6-3 to conduct the test instead of the other option it was considering, which was to end its policy of banning bikes on trains during peak commute hours. All but a couple of them urged BART to get rid of the rush-hour prohibition, which many said kept them from getting […]
- SF Chronicle names new management teamSF Chronicle names new management team Hearst Corp. on Thursday named a new management team to lead The San Francisco Chronicle, picking a newspaper industry veteran to serve as publisher and a seasoned digital media executive as the paper's president. Incoming Chronicle President Joanne Bradford, in contrast, has spent much of her career in online medi […]
- Presented By:
The San Jose Mercury News
- Fire officials: Five displaced by fire in San Jose home that was up for sale May 25, 2013SAN JOSE -- Five people lost their home Saturday in an early-morning fire at a house that was up for sale for $1.
- Police: Drunken driver hits utility pole, knocks out power to thousands in Danville May 25, 2013DANVILLE -- A drunken driver hit a power pole on Camino Tassajara early Saturday, knocking out power to about 4,000 PG&E customers, police said.
- Hundreds expected to search Saturday for missing Emeryville man who vanished after Bay to Breakers May 25, 2013SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 200 people will search Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park and surrounding neighborhoods on Saturday looking for clues in the disappearance of an Emeryville man who vanished after running the Bay to Breakers race May 19.
- NASA Ames' SpaceShop in Mountain View creating DIY fixes for astronauts of the future May 25, 2013The NASA Ames' lab is a tinkerer's paradise, where experienced engineers, students, and even summer interns are welcome to make their design dreams come true. And on Friday, NASA Director Charles Bolden and Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, got a glimpse of NASA's future.
- Diabetes in California schools: State's high court to hear legal battle over insulin shots May 25, 2013California Supreme Court to review whether unlicensed school employees can give insulin to diabetic students; nurses say it would jeopardize student safety.
- Key senators tightly control immigration debate May 25, 2013The legislation that now goes to the Senate floor creates a 13-year road to citizenship for the estimated 11.5 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully, establishes a new program to allow low-skilled workers into the country and sharply expands the number of visas for highly skilled workers.
- Skyhook king, Abdul-Jabbar, in town to support leukemia fight May 25, 2013Diagnosed in 2008, when he feared he had months to live, Abdul-Jabbar has since learned he has a treatable form, chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). He's the keynote speaker at the CML Patient Summit in Millbrae on Saturday.
- Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools May 25, 2013Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Saenger Theatre's post-Katrina renovations detailed as it approaches October reopening May 25, 2013With its grand arches, intricate plaster moldings, faux facades suggesting a centuries-old European villa and blue domed ceiling dotted by pinpoint lights, the Saenger Theatre was typical of the opulent movie palaces and playhouses built around the nation in the...
- Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office searches for missing 11-year-old Westwego girl May 25, 2013The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 11-year-old Westwego girl. About 9:30 p.m. Friday, sheriff's officers responded to a missing persons complaint on the 9200 block of Paula Court in Westwego. Family members last saw Tationa Youngblood...
- NOPD searches for two women, one for aggravated battery case May 25, 2013New Orleans police are asking the public's help in finding two woman. One is wanted for questioning for an alleged aggravated battery that occurred in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on Sunday and the other is a 54-year-old paranoid...
- Russia suicide bombing injures 18, including two children and five police officers May 25, 2013MAKHACHKALA, Russia -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, authorities said. The attacker was later identified as a widow...
- Mount Carmel student who once spoke only Russian is now a Presidential Scholar May 25, 2013Seventeen-year-old Aidaana Ulanovna Amanbekova of Metairie has had many great achievements in her young life. The greatest of her achievements occurred on May 6, when U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized Amanbekova as one of the U.S. Presidential Scholars.What...
- Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine, breaking a week of silence May 25, 2013TORONTO -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with...
- Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes May 25, 2013WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave...
- Louisiana heroes show Memorial Day matters: James Varney May 25, 2013Memorial Day, 2013. Let us honor not only those who gave that last measure of devotion to this American proposition at Spotsylvania and Shiloh, but to the heroes who followed and proved that sacrifice worthy. Louisiana has many who fit...
The Guardian, UK
- Two passengers arrested after RAF jets escort diverted Pakistan plane May 24, 2013British men held on suspicion of endangering aircraft after Manchester-bound flight is diverted to Stansted following disputeTwo men have been arrested after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with more than 300 people on board was at the centre of a security alert and was escorted to Stansted airport by RAF fighter jets.Officers from Essex police […]
- New reality for Hezbollah supporters May 24, 2013Once denied by its leaders, the Shia militant group's involvement in Syria is now a badge of honour for families burying their deadThe workmen had been busy in the room where Hezbollah honours its dead. In one corner of the martyrs' cemetery in south Beirut, four women shrouded in black sat cross-legged near a new grave, reading from the Qu'ra […]
- Toronto mayor denies crack claim May 24, 2013Mayor dismisses video purportedly showing him smoking the drug as 'nonsense' a day after firing longtime chief of staffThe embattled mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, was forced on Friday to repeat a denial of allegations that he uses crack cocaine and dismiss descriptions of a video purportedly showing him smoking the drug as "nonsense".At a p […]
- Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive a seven year trek says Jim Jarmusch May 25, 2013Director says vampire film featuring Tilda Swinton faced long struggle for funding in difficult financial climate before arriving at CannesJim Jarmusch said today that the Cannes film festival screening of his new film, the vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, was the culmination of a seven-year odyssey."The […]
- Police investigate allegations of sex abuse at Catholic boarding school May 25, 2013Former pupil claims monks at closed boys' school Fort Augustus Abbey committed 'systematic, brutal, awful torture'Police are investigating allegations of abuse at a Catholic boarding school in the Scottish Highlands, following complaints of a brutal regime in which boys were physically beaten, psychologically tortured and sexually assaulted. T […]
- Suicide bomb widow injures 12 in Dagestan attack May 25, 2013Children and police hurt as widow of two dead Islamists blows herself up in provincial capital's central squareA female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers. She detonated an explosives-laden belt in th […]
- Art Basel Hong Kong – in pictures May 25, 2013The four-day annual show has until now only been held in Switzerland and the United States and has made a dazzling debut in Hong Kong
- Police arrest 30 at gay pride rally in Moscow May 25, 2013Activists march to protest at rising Orthodox intolerance of homosexuality across RussiaRussian police arrested at least 30 activists in central Moscow on Saturday at a gay pride rally to mark 20 years since homosexuality was decriminalised.Police officers pounced on the gay campaigners moments after they unfurled banners and rainbow-coloured flags outside t […]
The BBC
- Hezbollah promises Syria 'victory' May 25, 2013The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement promises his supporters victory in Syria, saying Sunni rebels pose a threat to Lebanon.
- Pakistan bus fire kills 16 children May 25, 2013At least 16 children and a teacher are killed in a fire on their school bus in the eastern Pakistan of Gujrat, police say.
- 'Black widow' bombing in Russia May 25, 2013A suicide bomber has blown herself up close to an interior ministry building in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say.
- 'Mafia martyr' Puglisi beatified May 25, 2013More than 50,000 people attend the beatification in Sicily of Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the mafia in 1993.
- Bridge collapses after US rail crash May 25, 2013Two goods trains collide in the US state of Missouri, bringing down a road bridge and leaving seven people injured.
- French army in major Mali pullout May 25, 2013France begins a key stage of its military withdrawal from Mali, four months after sending troops to push Islamist rebels out of the north.
- Swedish riots spread beyond capital May 25, 2013Cars and buildings are torched for a sixth night in Stockholm despite extra police being deployed, as rioting spreads to at least two other towns.
- Africa marks 'great leap forward' May 25, 2013Ethiopia's prime minister opens a ceremony of Africa's 54 leaders celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity.
The Independent, UK
- Death becomes her: Meet the very modern mortician who champions 'cool' funerals May 24, 2013Before we begin our interview, I ask Caitlin Doughty to take me somewhere meaningful: a place that she loves, or to which she has some deep spiritual or biographical connection. It's a sunny day, like a lot of days in Los Angeles, and so she drives us both the few blocks from her home to Angelus Rosedale, the biggest, greenest open space in the non-desc […]
- Toronto mayor Rob Ford clings on as 'crack video' scandal grows May 24, 2013Toronto’s mayor denied accusations of drug use, breaking a week-long silence over a raging media storm surrounding a video that allegedly shows him partaking of crack-cocaine.
- Toronto mayor clings on as 'crack video' scandal grows May 24, 2013Toronto’s citizens are struggling to make sense of the events surrounding their mayor, Rob Ford, who has spent the last seven days ducking a media storm surrounding a video that allegedly shows him partaking of crack-cocaine.
- Hairy moment for tiger Ty as football-sized furball is removed from his stomach May 24, 2013A cat getting a hairball is not usually a life-threatening situation, unless the cat in question is a 27-stone Serbian tiger, and this particular hairball is the size of a football.
- Hairy moment for tiger Ty as football-sized hairball is removed from his stomach May 24, 2013A cat getting a hairball is not usually a life-threatening situation, unless the cat in question is a 27-stone Serbian tiger, and this particular hairball is the size of a football.
- She's The Man actress Amanda Bynes arrested after throwing marijuana bong out of window May 24, 2013American actress Amanda Bynes, star of 2006 film She's The Man, has been arrested in New York City after she threw a marijuana bong out of a window.
- Video: Bridge linking Washington and Canada collapses May 24, 2013A major bridge linking Seattle, in Washington State, US, and Canada collapsed last night, dropping cars and people into the river below.
- US rapper Tim Dog accused of faking his own death May 24, 2013Lack of a death certificate or burial site and sparse obituary information has led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death.
Flickr Photos
|
Recent Comments