Archive for the 'The Catholic Church' Category
LIVE STREAMING II: The George Zimmerman Trial for the Murder of Trayvon Martin
• June 17, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Facebook, Gun Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Peru, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Religion, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Benjamin Crump, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Congressional Black Caucus, Constables on Patrol, Dick Parsons, George Zimmerman, Growing Up, Institutions, Latinos, Martin, Murder, NAACP, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Richard Parsons, Robert Zimmerman, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Time Warner, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
Richard Blanco Delivers the Inaugural Poem–He Is Who He Is In Spite of His Cubana Grandmother
• January 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Arts, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Immigration, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Barack Obama, Blanco, Child Abuse, Colorado, Cuba, Cuban, Cubana, Florida International University, Gay, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Growing Up, Inaugural Poem, Inauguration of Barack Obama, Latina, Latino, Latinos, LGBT, Love, Poet, Poetry, President Obama, Racism, Richard Blanco, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States
Move On’s “The GOP War on Women” Commercial
• March 14, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in Abortion, African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, European History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church
Tags: "The Handmaid's Tale", Adolf Hitler, African Americans, Barack Obama, Beale Street, Blacks, Christian Fundamentalists, Elvis Presley, Fascism, Jesse Owens, Margaret Atwood, Memphis TN, Political Ad, Political Commercial, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republic of Gilead, Republican, Rick Santorum, Sex, United States, White Citizens Councils
I’m Going to Watch the Funeral Like You Will Be, and Doing the Laundry, Too
• February 18, 2012 • Comments Off on I’m Going to Watch the Funeral Like You Will Be, and Doing the Laundry, TooPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: ABC, African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Dionne Warwick, Funeral, Funeral Service, Gohonzon, Kevin Costner, LiveStream, Love, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Jersey, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhist, SGI, United States, Whitney, Whitney Houston
Those Posters From Facebook, “One Love, One Marriage” and “Family Values”
• January 22, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Traditional Family Values", African Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Cain, Callista, Callista Gingrich, Catholic, Catholicism, Cheaters, Clinton, Family Values, First Lady Michelle Obama, FLOTUS, Grandiosity, Hypocrisy, Infidelity, Jackie Gingrich, Marianne Gingrich, Marriage, Newt Gingrich, Philandering, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Public Policy, Republican, Retrograde, South Carolina, Spitzer, Texas, The Church, The Keith Olbermann Fan Page
Monaco: Prince Albert and Princess Charlene Are Suing Those French Newspapers Who Said Their Marriage Was A Sham, But Who Believes Them?
• July 25, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Monaco, People of Color, Revolutions, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "L'Express", "The Daily Mail", Agence France Presse, Alexandre Coste, Banking, Catholicism, Charlene Wittstock, Corruption, D'Argent, Damage Control, Dollars, Euros, Heir, Heiress Presumptive, Michel Roger, Monaco, Money, Money Laundering, Monte Carlo, Mozambique, New York Stock Exchange, Newlyweds, Nicole Coste, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Caroline, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Royal Wedding, Runaway Bride, South Africa, Special Olympics, Spin, Stagecraft, Taki Theodoracopulos, The Grimaldis, The Paris Bourse, The Principality of Monaco, The Shenzhen, Tittle-Tattle, TMZ.com
News From That Other Royal Family, The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Almost Runaway Bride and The Groom Just Going Through The Motions
• July 13, 2011 • Comments Off on News From That Other Royal Family, The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Almost Runaway Bride and The Groom Just Going Through The MotionsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, European History, Fashion, Love, Monaco, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Albert II Prince of Monaco, Alexandre Coste, Andrea Casiraghi, Annulment, Catherine Middleton, Charlene Wittstock, Competitive Swimmer, Diana Princess of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Fashions, Grace Kelly, House of Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace Rotolo, Marriage Ended Before It Starts, Marriage Vows, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Coste, Olympic, Paris, Passport Confiscated, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince William, Prince William of Wales, Princess Caroline, Principality of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, South Africa, Tamara Rotolo, The Grimaldis, The Windsors, United States, Zimbabwe formerly Rhodesia
Arnold Schwartzenegger Admits To Fathering a Child With Household Family Staffer Before He Became Governor of California
• May 17, 2011 • Comments Off on Arnold Schwartzenegger Admits To Fathering a Child With Household Family Staffer Before He Became Governor of CaliforniaPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Race, Republicans in Name Only, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Anne Sinclair, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Catholicism, Child Support, Divorce, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, First Lady of California, Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, Housekeeper, Illegitimate Child, Latina, Los Angeles Times, Love Child, Maidservant, Maria Shriver, National Enquirer, Radar. com, Sneaking Around, TMZ.com, Woman of Color
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Here for a Limited Time Only
• May 13, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cooking, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Food, Hate Crimes, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Political Malfeasance, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Congo Square", "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", Arguments, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Brenda Marie Osbey, Broken Levees, California Newsreel, Community, Documentary, Father Jerome LeDoux, Film Documentary, Film Festivals, Glen David Andrews, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Lenwood Sloan, Levees, Lolis Eric Elie, Nature, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, San Francisco International Film Festival, South Madison Branch Public Library, St. Augustine Parish, The Mississippi River, Tribeca Film Festival, Wynton Marsalis
Mardi Gras Highlights, March 8, 2011
• March 8, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Throw Me Something Mister", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Brass Band, Carnival, Coconuts, Courts, Floats, French Quarter, Half-Fast Marching Band, John Goodman, King of Carnival, Krewe of Rex, Krewe of Zulu, Krewes, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras 2011, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Membership, New Orleans, Pete Fountain, Pre-Lenten Celebration, Rex Parade, Second Line, Second Line Marchers, SGI-USA Band, St. Charles Avenue, United States, Zulu Parade, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
Beyoncé: White Face, Black Face? Whose Face?
• February 23, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Music, Music Videos, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Race, Religion, Television, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "At Last", "Crazy in Love", "The James Brown of Nigeria", Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Black Creoles, Black Panthers, Blacking Up, Cosmetic Alteration, Entertainer, Etta James, Fela Kuti, Jay Z, L'Officiel, L'Oréal, Michael Jackson, Nigeria, Nigerian Nationalism, Pallor, Passing, Pink, Popularity, Sammy Sosa, Singer, Skin Whitening, Skin-Lightening Treatments, The Black Panthers, Vitiligo, Whitening Up, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Yoruba, Yoruba Religion
Good Monday Morning with Novalima
• November 1, 2010 • Comments Off on Good Monday Morning with NovalimaPosted in Africans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Exploration and Colonization, Love, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Peru, Race, Spirituality, The Catholic Church
Tags: Afro-Peruvian, Arts and Entertainment, Blacks, Candela, Coba, Health, Latino Music, Latinos, Love, Music, NeoGriot, Novalima, Peru, PR Newswire, South America, Tulum, United States, Xcaret
The Brett Favre Taiwanese Penis Cartoon Video (Complete with Subtitles)
• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off on The Brett Favre Taiwanese Penis Cartoon Video (Complete with Subtitles)Posted in Brett Favre, Celebrities/Royals, CGI Cartoons, Class, Cultural History, Film, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Sports, Taiwan, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Brett Favre, Casual Encounter, Favre, Jenn Sterger, Mobile phone, New York Jets, NMA News, Packer Nation, Penis Politics, Professional Relationship, Sexual Harassment, Taiwan, The Green Bay Packers, The Minnesota Vikings, Violence and Abuse
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
• September 19, 2010 • Comments Off on “Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in OctoberPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday, Nine Years AgoPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Bad News for Haiti: Wyclef Jean Running For President?
• July 27, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, European History, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, African, Baptist, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Catholicism, Duvalierists, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haiti Observateur, Haitian, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Kreyol, Liberation Theology, Nepotism, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Presidential Elections, Raymond Joseph, Ronald Reagan, South Africa, The Black Republic, The Eighties, The Fugees, The Nineties, The Salic Law, The United States, Voudou, Wyclef Jean, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus
Preview of “Treme,” Second Episode: “Meet De Boys on De Battlefront”
• April 17, 2010 • Comments Off on Preview of “Treme,” Second Episode: “Meet De Boys on De Battlefront”Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drama, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Music Videos, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Television, Television Series, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Meet De Boys on De Battlefront", "Treme", African Americans, Back of Town, Blacks, Cable TV, Children, Couples, Dixieland, Drama, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz Musicians, Katrina, Love, Missing, Missing Person, Murder, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, Racism, Relationships, Renewed, Second Season, Self-Respect, Television, Wordpress Blog
EXPLOSIVE: The Pope is Directly Implicated in the Cover-Up of a Wisconsin Sexual Abuse Case (w/Update)
• March 24, 2010 • Comments Off on EXPLOSIVE: The Pope is Directly Implicated in the Cover-Up of a Wisconsin Sexual Abuse Case (w/Update)Posted in Class, Crime, Education, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Vatican City
Tags: "H", "L'Osservatore Romano", Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Archbishop Weakland, Bavaria, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholics, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Molesters, Children, Faith, Father Peter Hullermann, Germany, Pedophilia, Peter Isely, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Priests, Religious, Reverend Federico Lombardi, SNAP, St. John's School for the Deaf, St. Peter's Square, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, The Catholic Church, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Vatican, Wisconsin, Youths
The Pope Linked to Pedophile Cleric in Germany
• March 13, 2010 • Comments Off on The Pope Linked to Pedophile Cleric in GermanyPosted in Class, Crime, Education, Germany, Italy, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Vatican City
Tags: "H", "The Times", Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Authoritarian, Authoritarianism, Baptists, Child Abuse, Children, Collaboration, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Curling, Embezzlement, Excommunication, Faith, Gohonzon, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, Nichiren Shoshu, Nikken Abe, Oral Sex, Orthodoxy, Pedophilia, Pope Benedict XVI, Reform, Roman Catholicism, Saha World, Simon Bar Sinister, Soka Gakkai, Soka Gakkai International, The Holy Office, The Inquisition, The Pope, The Spiritual Church of New Orleans, The Vatican, Vocations, Yehoshua ben Yosef