The President at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, January 19, 2012
• January 21, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Chain of Fools", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Walk on By", 2012 Presidential Election, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, BarackObama, Bill Clinton, Child Labor, Clintonism, Dionne Warwick, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, GOP, High Cost of Living, Lame Duck, Lyndon B. Johnson, Medicare, Obama, President, President Barack Obama, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Lyndon Johnson, President Obama, Republican, Republicans, Ron Paul, Social Security, The Great Recession, The Tonight Show, Wanda Sykes
James Willie Jones with His Daughter Chatari: How Much and How Long Must He Apologize?
• October 7, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Education, Joblessness, Love, Memoir, People of Color, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Today Show", African Americans, Alonzo Brundidge, Anti-Bullying, Apologies, Big Scary Black Man, Black Fatherhood, Black Relationships, Black Women, Bullying, Cerebral Palsy, Chatari Jones, Children, Ego, Father, Fatherhood, Fragile, Gangsta, Gay Teen Suicides, Growing Up, Hard, Hospitalization, Jail Time, James Jones, James Willie Jones, Lake Mary, Lake Mary Florida, Love, Matt Lauer, Memoir, Reform School, Schools, Seminole County, Sensitive, Suicide, Swagger, Tender, The Great Recession, Today (NBC program), Tyler Clementi, Violence and Abuse, Working Class, Working Poor, Wrong!
Don Lemon Versus Bishop Eddie Long; My Feelings Lie with The Survivors
• September 27, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "Spiritual Sons", "Young Acting", Abusers, Anger, Anthony Flagg, Apostle Bill Anderson, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Masculinity, Black Mothers, Black Women, Cable TV, Charlotte NC, Chronological Age, CNN, Daddy, Deals with the Devil, Degradation, Don Lemon, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Exposure, Father, Favorites, Female Headed Families, Gay, Gay Marriage, Heterosexual, Homosexual, Hyper-Masculinity, Jamal Parris, Jury, Jury Trial, Legend in His Own Mind, Lithonia GA, Male Bordello, Marriage, Marriage Vows, Masculinity, Maurice Robinson, Mental Health, Mercenary, Myths, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Obsession, Omission, Parishioners, Pedophiles, Rage, Rape, Raped, Reputation, Reverend Bernice King, Settlement, Sex Predators, Sexual Abuse, Sissies, Spencer LeGrande, Spiritual Health, Stephen Brown, Subjugation, Survivors, Tammy Wynette, Television, The Black Community, The Great Recession, The Media, Tricks, Validity, Vanessa Long
The Fifth of Katrina – The Community at Large
• August 30, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "When the Levees Broke", Affordable Housing, African American, Bennie Pete, Bounce Music, California, Children, Civil Rights, FEMA Trailers, Harry Cook, Homeless, Homelessness, Housing Projects, Hurricane Katrina, Low-Cost Housing, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New York, New York City, NYU, Oklahoma, Rental Property, Rentals, Rents, Sandra Bullock, Tennessee, The Great Recession, The Hot 8 Brass Band, The Lower Nine, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Ninth Ward, Tulane University, United States, Warren Easton High School, Young Urban Redevelopment Professionals
The Frame Up of Shirley Sherrod
• July 20, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Andrew Breitbart, Black Women, Blacks, Faux News, Fear, Fear Pimps, Fox News, Georgia, Half-Truths, Hate Speech, Lies, Mark Williams, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, President Barack Obama, Race Baiting, Racism, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Set Up, Tea Party, The Cult of White Victimhood, The Department of Agriculture, The Economy, The Eighties, The Great Recession, The New Black Panther Party, The Obama Administration, The Tea Party Movement, The White House, Tim Wise, Tom Vilsack, Whites
That Pine Sol Sista: The “Intensity” Campaign is a Straight Up Winner
• May 7, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Diane Amos, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Advertising Age", "Balancing Act", "Intensity" Campaign, "Mandingo", "Notorious", Actress, Advertising, Barbara Billingsley, Black Man, Black Women, Comedian, Commercials, DDB, Death + Taxes, Diane Amos, Housework, James Medellin, Lesbian Mom, Mopping Floors, Olivia Cruises, Pepper Miller, Pine Sol, Sexuality, Shannon Hassett, The Clorox Corporation, The Economy, The Great Recession, Voice-Over, White Man
States Landing Hard on Payday Loan Industry, But Wisconsin Won’t Cap Interest Rates (w/Update)
• April 13, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Australia, Black People, Canada, Class, Consumerism, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Sexuality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, Wisconsin
Tags: Axcess Financial, Bounced Checks, Check 'n Go, Credit, Date, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, DINOs, Lawmakers, Legal Loan Sharks, Little or No Credit, Low Income, Money, Nooky, Overdrafts, Payday Loan Industry, Payday Loans, Poor, Regulation, Shanna Wycoff, State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, The Economy, The Great Recession, The Wisconsin Legislature, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Assembly, Wisconsin State Senate
There’s Jim Crow in Silicon Valley
• March 12, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, India, People of Color, Race, Science, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The San Jose Mercury-News", AMD, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Apple, Applied Materials, Caroline Simard, Chicanos, Cisco Systems, Diversity, eBay, Electrical Engineering, Freedom of Information Act, Gender, Google, Henry Alford, Hewlett-Packard, Hispanics, India, Indians, Information Technology, Intel, La Raza Unida, Latinos, Lawsuits, Mark Dean, Midwest, NAACP, Oracle, Pacific Rim, Race, Richard Ford, Roy Clay, Sanmina, Silicon Valley, Silly Con Valley, Sun Microsystems, The Department of Labor, The Great Recession, The Pacific Rim, Urban League, West Coast, Women, Yahoo
Bummer! Maria Pinto, One of the First Lady’s Favorite Designers, Closes Her Doors
• February 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Crain's", "The Chicago Sun-Times", African Americans, Barney's, Blacks, Chicago IL, Couturier, Fashion Designer, Jackson Street, Latinos, Maria Pinto, Michelle Obama, Mrs. O, Mrs. Obama, Sak's Fifth Avenue, The Economy, The First Lady, The Great Recession
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
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
President Obama’s Message to African Americans at the Close of 2009
• January 1, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, American Urban Radio Networks, April Ryan, Barack Obama, Class, Congressional Black Caucus, Danny Glover, Foreclosures, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Belafonte, Home Ownership, Interview, Jim Clyburn, John Conyers, Predatory Lending, President Obama, Small Business Administration, The Black Community, The Black Middle Class, The Economy, The Great Recession, The Recovery Act, Unemployment
The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About Thanksgiving
• November 25, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Education, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, The Economy
Tags: Afghanistan, Alternative History, Broken Families, Death, Eddie Izzard, First Nations, Homelessness, Iraq, King Philip's War, Massasoit, Mother Earth, Myth Making, Native Americans, Propaganda, Recovering Addiction, Scott Berkun, Settlers, Smallpox, Squanto, Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Ocean, The Civil War, The Great Recession, The Holidays, The Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Puritans
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