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Some Saturday Love: Lalah Hathaway in Concert, “When Your Life Was Low”

• March 24, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Lalah Hathaway, Love, Music, Music Videos, Women
Tags: Arts, Daughter, Donny Hathaway, Eldest Daughter, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, Lalah, Lalah Hathaway, Lupe Fiasco, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mos Def, Music, Musiq Soulchild, Robert Glasper

That Bootsy Collins “Old Navy” Commercial

• November 14, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Music, Television
Tags: Advertising Campaign, Bootologist, Bootsy Collins, Dr. Funkenstein, Erykah Badu, Facebook, Funnovations Inc., Gap Inc, George Clinton, James Brown, Kyle Willis, Lane Bryant, Old Navy, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Snoop Dogg, Supermodelquins, Talk Bass Forum, United States, William "Bootsy" Collins, Willy Wonka, Yo Gabba Gabba

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Strikes Again: Yo Gabba Gabba Stars Do “We’re Gonna Party Today!” with Some Help from DJ Lance Rock, Bootsy Collins, Biz Markie and The Roots

• October 11, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Art, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Education, Late Night TV, Love, Music, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Music is Awesome Vol. 3", "Pillow Talk", African Americans, Biz Markie, Black Women, Bootsy Collins, Brobee, Children, Children's Songs, Children's Television, Children's TV, Christian Jacobs, DJ Lance Rock, Elijah Wood, Erykah Badu, Foofa, Growing Up, Jimmy Fallon, Lance Robertson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Mark Mothersbaugh, Muno, Nick, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Plex, Scott Schultz, Soul, Sugar Hill Records, Sugarhill Gang, Sylvia, Sylvia Robinson, The Seventies, Ting Tings, Toodee, William "Bootsy" Collins, Yo Gabba Gabba

Three Little Sistas Called Watoto From The Nile Put Lil’ Wayne on Blast

• March 14, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted 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

Actor-Activist Danny Glover Presents “The Black Power Mixtape” at the Sundance Festival

• January 26, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Angela Davis, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Love, National Issues, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Sweden, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Democracy Now!", Abiodun Oyewole, African Americans, Amy Goodman, Angela Davis, Black Panther Party, Black Students Union, Black Women, Blacks, BSU, California, Children, COINTELPRO, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Danny Glover, Documentary, Drama, Erykah Badu, Film Documentary, Fred Hampton, Goran Olsson, Historians, History, Huey Newton, Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Robin D.G. Kelley, San Francisco State, Stokely Carmichael, Sundance Film Festival, Sweden, Swedish, Talib Kweli, The Black Power Movement, The Last Poets, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, WikiLeaks

Wanda Sykes Does Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” Video

• April 15, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Erykah Badu, Sexuality, Television, Wanda Sykes, Women
Tags: "Window Seat", African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Controversy, Erykah Badu, Getting Naked, Jack and Jill Politics, Late Night TV, Laughter, Played for Laughs, Playing It for Laughs, Talk Show, Video, Wanda Sykes, Young Black and Fabulous

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If Public Schools Are Closed, Should Private Schools Have to Follow? August 5, 2020
A dispute in Maryland over whether prestigious private schools can teach in person during the coronavirus pandemic highlights a national divide.
‘It’s Like Having No Testing’: Coronavirus Test Results Are Still Delayed August 5, 2020
A shortage of chemicals needed to test for the virus is part of what is slowing turnaround times.
With Census Count Finishing Early, Fears of a Skewed Tally Rise August 5, 2020
With 60 million households still uncounted, the bureau said it would wrap up the survey a month early. Critics called it a bald move to politicize the count in favor of Republicans.
‘Like a Horror Movie': A Small Texas Border Hospital Battles the Coronavirus August 5, 2020
The hospital in Starr County, Texas, had no I.C.U. at all, and only one doctor on duty for each shift. Then the coronavirus began surging through the Rio Grande Valley.
America Stands Alone August 6, 2020
And what else you need to know today.
Coronavirus Live Updates August 6, 2020
In rethinking the U.S. testing strategy, some say it’s better to test often if the results can come quickly. But an enormous supply of testing kits would be needed.
Water, Sand and Plenty of Elbow Room on 8 Wild, Protected Coastlines August 6, 2020
From California to Cape Cod, these national seashores and lakeshores offer everything from bird-watching to boating to basking in the sun.
The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus August 6, 2020
Slowing the coronavirus has been especially difficult for the United States because of its tradition of prioritizing individualism and missteps by the Trump administration.

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Hundreds of types of face masks withdrawn from sale in Australia amid safety fears August 6, 2020
Regulator begins mass audit as nurses send photos of equipment supplied to them marked ‘not for medical use’Australia’s face mask advice: are reusable or washable masks best, and what are the rules?Hundreds of different types of face masks have been withdrawn from Australia’s register of therapeutic goods and the regulator has started a mass audit of the equ […]
UK coronavirus live: test and trace figures due as Preston could be latest to face lockdown measures August 6, 2020
Town faces government intervention after a rise in coronavirus rates; 50m masks for NHS workers deemed unusable; contact tracing figures expected amid concern over programmeGlobal coronavirus updates - liveEngland’s contact tracers make handful of calls a monthUK economy recovering faster than feared, says Bank of EnglandUK staycation boom lifts sales of cam […]
'A matter of when not if': New Zealand begins battle against 'Covid fatigue' August 5, 2020
Spooked by outbreaks in Australia and Hong Kong, authorities are urging ‘constant vigilance’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCustomers stream into a central Wellington cafe, past a QR code posted on the door that allows people to check in on the New Zealand government’s Covid-19 tracing app. None pause to pull out their phones. Dow […]
Covid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, report warns August 5, 2020
US health body highlights risks of reopening after outbreaks in state of Georgia and in IsraelCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus may be more easily transmitted in school and summer camp settings than previously understood, after the emergence of new details of outbreaks in the US state of Georgia and in Israel that have u […]
Beirut explosion: anger at officials grows after missed warnings August 6, 2020
Released paper trail reveals ignored warnings over stash that has killed at least 135 peopleVisual guide: how explosion caused devastationTell us: have you been affected by the explosion in Beirut?Anger and dismay has been building in Beirut as officials admitted that a massive port explosion that killed at least 135 people, injured thousands and left many m […]
Coronavirus live news: France records biggest daily case rise since May; WHO surge team arrives in South Africa August 6, 2020
France reports nearly 1,700 new infections in 24 hours; WHO team arrives in South Africa; Florida tops 500,000 casesWHO surge team arrives in South AfricaGlobal deaths pass 700,000Facebook removes Trump post for spreading false information on CovidFrance ‘could lose control of Covid-19 at any time’See all our coronavirus coverage 10.05am BST The steady rise […]
'To my last breath': survivors fight for memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6, 2020
75 years after bombings, witnesses struggle to remind us of the horrors of nuclear weaponsAs they mark 75 years since their cities were destroyed in an instant, the ageing men and women who bore witness to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are struggling to remind the world of the horror of nuclear weapons.Keiko Ogura was eight years old when the […]
Facebook removes Trump post over false Covid-19 claim for first time August 6, 2020
Video in which Trump wrongly said kids were ‘almost immune’ from illness also prompted Twitter to ban president’s re-election campaign accountFacebook has removed a post from Donald Trump’s page for spreading false information about the coronavirus, a first for the social media company that has been harshly criticized for repeatedly allowing the president to […]

The BBC

Beirut explosion: Angry residents demand answers after blast August 6, 2020
People in Lebanon call for justice after a blast that left at least 137 dead and about 5,000 injured.
The mother in labour during blast August 5, 2020
Emmanuelle was getting ready to give birth at St George's hospital in Beirut when an explosion rocked Lebanon's capital.
Beirut explosion: What we know so far August 5, 2020
A devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed at least 137 people and injured thousands.
Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over 'harmful' virus claim August 6, 2020
The social networks say a post of a TV interview Mr Trump gave contained Covid-19 "misinformation".
Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack August 6, 2020
The first nuclear weapon used in war killed 140,000 people - Japan surrendered days later, ending WW2.
Ahmedabad: Fire in India Covid hospital kills eight in critical care August 6, 2020
The blaze had spread after a staff member's PPE kit caught fire due to a short circuit.
Hong Kong foreign press says journalists being targeted in US-China standoff August 6, 2020
The Foreign Correspondents' Club warns pressure from Beijing could jeopardise press freedom.
Coronavirus: France records two-month high in cases August 5, 2020
Spain has also recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases in months.