Archive for the 'Public Intellectualism' Category
Friday Night Music, June 28, 2013: Joni Mitchell at The Luminato Festival
• June 29, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, History, Joni Mitchell, Music, Public Intellectualism, The Rest of the World
Tags: Brian Blade, Canada, Herbie Hancock, Jon Pareles, Joni Mitchell, Luminato, Luminato Festival, Toronto
Louis C.K. on Being a Dad
• June 16, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Health, Holidays, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism
Tags: Children, Common Sense, Daddy, Daughters, Divorced Father, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers, Holidays, Louis, Louis C.K., Relationships, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Single Fatherhood, United States
Aren’t You Glad It Isn’t Anyone Black? Putting to Rest The Myth of The Dark-Skinned Terrorist
• April 19, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Chechya, Class, Crime, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Facebook, Health, History, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, MSNBC, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Russia, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombing, Bronx, Caucasian, Caucasians, Chechens, Chechya, CNN, Common Sense, Facebook, Guilty, Haj, Homeland Security, John Allen Mohammad, John King, Journalism, Journalism and Ethics, Lee Boyd Malvo, Lynch Mob, Malcolm X, Martin Richard, Middle East, MSNBC, Murder, Muslim, N.Y. Post, Nation of Islam, Naturalized American, New York Post, Oklahoma City Bombing, President Obama, Race Baiting, Ruslan Tsarni, The Twitterverse, Timothy McVeigh, Twitter, United States, White People
Bill Maher on Last Night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
• April 3, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Public Intellectualism, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Bill Maher, Catholicism, Christopher Hitchens, Common Sense, HBO, Jimmy Kimmel, LGBT, Maher, Marriage, Raw Story, Same-Sex Marriage, Sex, United States
The Democratic Convention, September 5, 2012: Sandra Fluke, Elizabeth Warren, Sister Simone Campbell of the Nuns on the Bus, and the Former Employees of Companies Controlled by Bain Capital
• September 10, 2012 • Comments Off on The Democratic Convention, September 5, 2012: Sandra Fluke, Elizabeth Warren, Sister Simone Campbell of the Nuns on the Bus, and the Former Employees of Companies Controlled by Bain CapitalPosted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Homelessness, Immigration, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Medicaid/Medicare, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Religion, Sandra Fluke, Social Security, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Nuns on the Bus, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election, Adam Mutterperl, Ampad, Bill Clinton, Cherokee Ancestry, Cindy Hewitt, Dade Behring, David Foster, Democratic National Convention, Elizabeth Warren, Fluke, Harvard Law School, JibJab, Minorities, Native Americans, Network, Nuns on the Bus, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Presidential Elections, Randy Johnson, Roger Stone, Scott Brown, Sister Simone, Sister Simone Campbell, Steel Workers Union, Steelworkers Union, Ted Kennedy, The 2012 Presidential Campaign, United States
Some Sunday Love: Hazel Scott with a Medley of Gershwin and “Taking a Chance on Love”
• July 22, 2012 • Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: Hazel Scott with a Medley of Gershwin and “Taking a Chance on Love”Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Adam Clayton Powell, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cafe Society, Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt, France, Growing Up, Hazel Scott, Lena Horne, Leslie Uggams, Love, Mike Douglas Show, People, Rhapsody in Blue, The Great American Songbook, The Sixties, United States
Those Pictures from Facebook: Going Wild from Obamacare
• July 1, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: $1.1 Billion, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Canada, Common Sense, Consumers Union, Costa Rica, Insurance, Keith Olbermann, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Socialized Medicine, Supreme Court of the United States, United States
A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”
• March 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
Sandra Fluke Could Be Anyone’s Daughter, Sister, Friend, Wife, Lover: She Could Be You
• March 5, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Education, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Public Intellectualism, Reproductive Rights, Sandra Fluke, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Anger, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Catholics, Civil Discourse, Color of Change, Darrell Issa, Democratic Party, Democrats, Discourse, Ed Schultz, Facebook, Fluke, Georgetown University, Homophobia, Jesuits, Memoir, Misogyny, Patricia Heaton, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Republicans, Right Wing, Right-Wing Smear, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Talk Radio, The Blunt Amendment, The Non-Apology Apology, The Pill, The View, Twitter, Viagra, Women, Women of Color
That Cartoon from Facebook: “Who Increased the National Debt?” (w/Update)
• January 21, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Democrats, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, The Economy
Tags: Barack Obama, Chart, Data, Facebook, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, PolitiFact, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Scam, Snopes.com, Social Media, Statistics, Treasury Department, Twitter, United States, United States Department of the Treasury
The Roots Snark Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”
• November 23, 2011 • Comments Off on The Roots Snark Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Late Night TV, Music, Public Intellectualism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Roots, Women
Tags: "Lyin Ass Bitch", African Americans, Apologies, Ashlee Simpson, Bachmann, Bad Taste, Blacks, California, Cheek, Cheekiness, Comcast, Common Sense, Demeaning to Women?, Double Standard, Fallon, Fishbone, General Electric, Jimmy Fallon, Kathie Lee Gifford, Lady Gaga, Lampoon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Lorne Michaels, Meme, Michele Bachmann, NBC, Presidiential Candidate, Punked, Republicans, Right Wing Loon, Roots, Self-Preservation, Ska, Slut-Shaming, The Roots, Tweet, Twitter, United States
Veteran Marine Sgt. Shemar Thomas on the Occupy Wall Street Protests: “This is Our Time…to Change The Greed…in America”
• October 18, 2011 • Comments Off on Veteran Marine Sgt. Shemar Thomas on the Occupy Wall Street Protests: “This is Our Time…to Change The Greed…in America”Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Afghan War, African Americans, Anarchists, Baggers, Benefits, Blacks, Civil Liberties, Civil Servants, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, Demonstrations, Dirty Hippies, Iraq, Iraq War, J. Edgar Hoover, Jobless, New York City Police Department, New York's Finest, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Poor People's Campaign, Poverty, Raw Story, Ready-TV.com, Republicans, Riverside Church, Sgt. Shemar Thomas, Single Issue Politics, The Black Middle Class, The February Uprising, The Middle Class, The Poor People's Campaign, The Tea Party, Unemployed, Union Contracts, Union Members, United States, Veterans, Vietnam War, Wages, Wall Street, War Veteran, Wisconsin, Workers, You Tube, YouTube
On The Dedication of The King Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• October 16, 2011 • Comments Off on On The Dedication of The King Memorial in Washington, D.C.Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Art, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I Have a Dream" Speech, Africa, African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Blacks, Call and Response, China, Civil Rights Activists, Drum Major, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Georgia, Homeless, King, Lei Yixin, Mao Anqing, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Memorial, Monument, Nobel Peace Prize, Philosophy, Poverty, Prisoners, Robert Pierre, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Auburn, The King Memorial, Tiananmen Square, United States, Vietnam
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis Discuss Acting, Hollywood, the Film Industry, and Much, Much More
• July 12, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Fences, "Shadow and Act", Acting, Actors, African Americans, August Wilson, Black Women, Blacks, Conversation, Drama, Education, Film, Hollywood, Interview, Lynn Hirschberg, New York Times, Racism, Roles, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sidney Poitier, The Film Industry, Times Talk, Viola Davis
Keith Olbermann Returns Tonight With “Countdown” at Current TV, But Many Cable Companies Don’t Carry It. Why Not? (w/Update)
• June 20, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Keith Olbermann, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Air America, AT&T U-Verse, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Cable Industry, Cablevision, CBS Evening News, Charter Communications, Common Sense, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, CurrentTV, Daily Kos, Digital, DirecTV, DISH Network, Ed Schultz, Ego, Hollywood Reporter, Jealousies, Jealousy, John Dean, Keith Olbermann, Latinos, Lawrence O'Donnell, Madison WI, Markos, Markos Moulitsas, Mashable, Matt Taibbi, Mediaite, Michael Moore, Michael Steele, Mics, MSNBC, People of Color, President Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, Television, United States, Women
Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”
• June 15, 2011 • Comments Off on Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Islam/Sufism, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American Studies, African Americans, Amiri Baraka, Bio, Biography, Black Liberation, Black Men, Black Women, Blacks, City University of New York, Columnist, Cornel West, Culture, Gary Younge, Guardian, History, Leftist, Leith, Leith Mullings, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, Princeton University, Progressive, Racism, Stanley Aronowitz, The Sixties, United States, Writer
Don’t Say Gay, Say Takei
• May 23, 2011 • Comments Off on Don’t Say Gay, Say TakeiPosted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality
Tags: Asian Americans, Associated Press, Gay, Gay Dads, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Human Reproduction, Japanese Americans, Lesbian Moms, LGBT, Mr. Sulu, Republicans, Senate Bill 49, Southern Republicans, Southerners, Stacey Campfield, Star Trek, State of Tennessee, Sulu, Tennessee, Tennessee Senate, The "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Twitter
Author Walter Dean Myers: It’s Back to The Fifties with Every (Black) Man/Woman for Themselves
• May 11, 2011 • Comments Off on Author Walter Dean Myers: It’s Back to The Fifties with Every (Black) Man/Woman for ThemselvesPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Fiction Writing, Gang Violence, Health, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, Women
Tags: "In These Times", American Library Association, Barack Obama, Black Community, Books, Civil rights movement, Harlem, James Baldwin, President, United States, Walter Dean Myers, Writing, Young-adult fiction
Cut Steeler Rashard Mendenhall, An Athlete Thinking Aloud, Some Slack
• May 11, 2011 • Comments Off on Cut Steeler Rashard Mendenhall, An Athlete Thinking Aloud, Some SlackPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, International Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Rashard Mendenhall, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: 9-11, Anger, Animality, Buddhism, Celebrity, Charlie Sheen, Communication, Curt Flood, Football, Football Player, Hell, Hunger, Jack and Jill Politics, Jingoism, Nationalism, Osama bin Laden, Patriotism, Pittsburgh Steelers, Players' Strike, Rashard Mendenhall, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Networking, Sports, The Four Evil Paths, The World Trade Center, Tweets, Twitter, United States, War on Terror, White House, World Trade Center
Getting “Real”: Bill Maher’s New Rules For Republicans After The Past Two Weeks
• May 8, 2011 • Comments Off on Getting “Real”: Bill Maher’s New Rules For Republicans After The Past Two WeeksPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Maher, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", Africa, African American, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Maher, Black, Cleaning House, Comedy, Commentary, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Defense, FBP, First Black President, GOP, Grecian Formula, HBO, Just for Men, Michael Eric Dyson, National Security, Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama, Punditry, Pundits, Racism, Republican, Saudi Arabia, Seth Meyers, The Economy, The Rich, The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Timothy Geithner, Tora Bora, Twin Towers, United States
Another View About How The Media Lies–Yes, YOU Too Faux Noise, NPR, MSNBC, CNN…
• May 3, 2011 • Comments Off on Another View About How The Media Lies–Yes, YOU Too Faux Noise, NPR, MSNBC, CNN…Posted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Class, Crime, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Education, International Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Public Intellectualism, Public Television, Race, Religion, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Manufacturing Consent", Beauty Contest, CNN, Conservatism, Corporate Media, Edward Herman, Junk Food, League of Women Voters, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, Noam Chomsky, NPR, Politics, Showcase, The Mainstream Media, United States, Viewpoints
The President and Seth Meyers at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, April 30, 2011
• May 1, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Public Television, Race, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: 2012, 2012 Presidential Campaign, 2012 Presidential Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, Biden, Birthers, Comb-Over, Democrats, Donald Trump, First Lady Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama, MSM, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President of the United States, Presidential Elections, Racism, Republican, Republican Challengers, Republicans, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers, SNL, SNL Alumni, The First Lady, The Mainstream Media, The News Media, The White House, The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Vice President Joe Biden, White House, White House Correspondents Association
The Ancestors Bring Home Manning Marable, 60, Author-Scholar-Activist, Two Days Before He Was To Publish His Bio of Malcolm X
• April 2, 2011 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Bring Home Manning Marable, 60, Author-Scholar-Activist, Two Days Before He Was To Publish His Bio of Malcolm XPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", African American, Alex Haley, Civil Rights, Columbia University, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Double Lung Transplant, Hip Hop Generation, Legacy, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, New York City, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Sarcoidosis, The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race Class and Power, The Great Wells Of Democracy: The Meaning Of Race In American Life, Transplant, University of Wisconsin Madison, UW-Madison, Working Families, Working Families Party
Three Little Sistas Called Watoto From The Nile Put Lil’ Wayne on Blast
• March 14, 2011 • Comments Off on Three Little Sistas Called Watoto From The Nile Put Lil’ Wayne on BlastPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Girls, Black Woman Hating, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Children's Records, Children's Songs, Disrespect, Drugs, Erykah Badu, Gender, Gender Roles, Generations, Growing Up, Hip Hop Culture, Hip Hop Music, iTunes, Jay Z, Kids' Records, LilWayne, Love, Marriage, Misogyny, Nile, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steve Harvey, The Eighties, The Seventies, United States, YouTube
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Darth Vader Don’t Apologize: James Earl Jones Calls The Tea Party Racist
• July 14, 2012 • Comments Off on Darth Vader Don’t Apologize: James Earl Jones Calls The Tea Party RacistPosted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "The Best Man", African Americans, Baggers, Barack Obama, Blacks, Commentary, Commercials, Common Sense, Cornel West, Darth Vader, Dr. Cornel West, Gore Vidal, James Earl Jones, Jones, Little Darth Vader, Max Page, President Barack Obama, Public Intellectualism, Racism, Republicans, Star Wars, Tavis Smiley, Tea Party, TV Commercial, United States, Voice of Darth Vader, Volkswagen