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Rachel Jeantel: You’d Better Let That Girl Alone

• June 28, 2013 • 11 Comments

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rachel "DiDi" Jeantel, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Common Sense, Continuation Schools, Don West, English Language, Florida, Growing Up, Haiti, Latinos, Lawyer, Miami, Murder, Rachel, Rachel Jeantel, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Trayvon, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman

How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?

• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: Akihito, Black Tokyo, Economy, George Clooney, Gilbert Gottfried, Haiti, Hirohito, Hollywood, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Leadership, Looting, New Orleans, Scavengers, Scavenging, Telethon, The Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States, World Economy, World War II

Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to Haiti

• March 12, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Brazil, Canada, Class, Democrats in Name Only, Education, Exploration and Colonization, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Natural Disasters, Obama Administration, Race, South Africa, The Clintons, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Blacks, Danny Glover, Democracy, Drug Cartels, Drug Money, Earthquake, Exile, Exiles, Fanmi Lavalas, Glen Ford, Haiti, Haitians, Harry Belafonte, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Jesse Jackson, Love, Madame Mildred Preval, Maryse Narcisse, Michel Martelly, MINUSTAH, Mirlande Manigat, Organization of American States, Passport, President Jacob Zuma, President Rene Preval, Pretoria S.A., Puppets, Racism, Return, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, South Africa, The Caribbean, The Haitian Earthquake, The United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States, WikiLeaks

Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO

• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Cancer Alley", "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", "Treme", "When the Levees Broke", African Americans, Alabama, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Blacks, BP, Brown, Bush, Cable TV, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Debut, Dick Cheney, Documentary, Environmental Disaster, Florida, George W. Bush, Haiti, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Michael Brown, Mississippi, Neighborhoods, New Orleans LA, NOLA, NOLA.com, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Premiere, President Barack Obama, Rep. Joseph Cao, Seafood Industry, Sean Penn, Simonize, Spike, Spike Lee, The BP Oil Spill, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf Coast, The Mahalia Jackson Theatre, Vietnamese Community, Wendell Pierce, William "Cold Cash" Jefferson

More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti

• August 8, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Jamaica Observer", "The New York Daily News", Agriculture, Aiyiti, Ansel Herz, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Exploitation, Fanmi Lavalas, Former Ambassador to the United States, Garment Industry, Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Katrina, Kréyol Aïsyen, Kreyol, Middle-Class, Mining, New Orleans, Paternalism, Pras, President Preval, Preval, Raymond Joseph, Reconstruction, Rich, Sean Penn, South Africa, The Black Republic, Wyclef Jean

Bad News for Haiti: Wyclef Jean Running For President?

• July 27, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted 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

“The Radiant Child” Basquiat Documentary to Open in 25 Cities, Including…Milwaukee

• July 20, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child", "The Radiant Child", African Americans, Artist, August, Basquiat, Biracial, Black Harvest Film Festival, Blacks, Chicago IL, Documentaries, Documentary, Fame, Famous, Gene Siskel Film Center, Haiti, Haitian American, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marketing, Milwaukee WI, October, Packaging, The Eighties

Oprah is So Not Believing Rielle Hunter, and I Don’t Either

• April 30, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in American History, American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Oprah", "The Early Show", 2008 Presidential Campaign, Affair, Breakdown, Child, Daughter, Diane Dimond, Divorce, Elizabeth Edwards, Entertainment Tonight, Full Tilt Boogie, Haiti, Humanitarian Work, Illicitness, John Edwards, John Profumo, Jumpoff, Jumpoffs, Maggie Rodriguez, Marriage, Mistress, New Orleans, Oprah Winfrey, Public Identity, Recklessness, Rielle Hunter, Separation, Terminal Illness, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Youngs

Don’t Believe The “Frontline” Update, “The Quake,” about Haiti

• April 27, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Class, Documentaries, Documentary, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Frontline", "The Quake", Aristide, Ayiti, Corruption, Deals, Destinies, Distortion, Elites, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haitians, National Public Radio, Neo-Colonialism, Oil, PBS, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Self-Determination, The Black Republic, The Haitian Blogger

Gimme Shelter: An 8.8 Earthquake Jars Chile, But the Rains Are Closing In on Haiti

• March 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Class, Haiti, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Aristide, Chile, Chileans, Concepcion, Fanmi Lavalas, Flooding, Free Trade, General Augusto Pinochet, Haiti, Hunger, Hurricanes, Infectious Diseases, Infrastructure, Interim Cooperation Framework, Large Shelters, Medicine, Neo-Colonialism, Occupation, Pétionville, Pinochet, Port au Prince, President Bill Clinton, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President Michelle Bachelet, President Sebastian Piñera, Preval, Rainy Season, Santiago, Scavenging, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Terrorism, Sweatshop, Tourism, U.N. Secretary Ban Ki Moon, U.S. Geological Survey, USAID, World Bank

Weekend Music, February 19-21, 2010: “(I Ain’t Gonna Play) Sun City,” Artists United Against Apartheid, 1985

• February 21, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Artists United Against Apartheid, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Music, Music Videos, South Africa, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Glory Days", "I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City", "Men Without Women", "Sun City", "The Sopranos", "WATW", "We Are the World", African National Congress, Afrikaaner, Artists United Against Apartheid, Bantustan, Bonnie Raitt, Bono, Bophuthatswana, David Ruffin, DJ Kool Herc, Eddie Kendricks, George Clinton, Haiti, Herbie Hancock, Jam Master Jay, Janet Jackson, Kurtis Blow, Little Steven, Melle Mel, Miami Steve, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Nelson Mandela, New School, Nona Hendryx, Old School, Peter Garrett, Silvio Dante, South Africa, Steven Van Zandt, The Reagan Administration, The Sullivan Principles

Tiger: Okay, Now Can We Let Him Alone?

• February 20, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Domestic Violence, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), Race, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: 18 Holes of Golf, Amy Bishop, Amy Bishop Anderson, Charles Barkley, Children, David Letterman, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Elin Nordegren Woods, Elin Woods, Entitled, Entitlement, Family, Father, Golf, Greece, Growing Up, Haiti, Harvard, Husband, Iceland, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Karma, Mahayana Buddhism, Marriage, Michael Jordan, Nichiren Buddhism, O.J. Simpson, Oscar Grant, Rebuilding, Sampler, Sean Bell, Southeast Asia, Stalkerazzi, Tabloid Press, Tabloids, Thailand, Thanksgiving, Theravada, Theravada Buddhism, Tiger Woods, University of Alabama Huntsville

Haitian Singer Emeline Michel on Clooney’s Telethon, “Hope for Haiti Now”

• January 23, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Charity Telethons, Class, Emeline Michel, Health, Music, Natural Disasters, People of Color, Race, Television, The Roots
Tags: "Hope for Haiti Now", "Joni Mitchell of Haiti", "Many Rivers to Cross", Blacks, Emeline Michel, George Clooney, Haiti, Haitian Music, Haitians, Jimmy Cliff, Singer Songwriter, The Haitian Earthquake, World Music

“Brown Man Thinking Hard”: Don’t Believe Everything the Media Says About Haiti

• January 19, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Class, Haiti, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, Alfred Metraux, C.L.R. James, Central America, Education, Haiti, Kindle, Maya Deren, Mexico, Noam Chomsky, Randall Robinson, Read, Reading, South America, Talking Back to Your Television, The Caribbean, Voodoo, Voudou, Wikipedia.com, Zora Neale Hurston

Wyclef Jean Explains It All For Us

• January 19, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Haiti, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Celebrity Giving, Charities, Haiti, Haitians, Philanthropy, Port au Prince, Press Conference, Scam, Scams, The Haitian Earthquake, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti

President Obama Explains “Why Haiti Matters” in Newsweek

• January 17, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Bailouts, Black People, Class, Crime, Cuba, Education, Haiti, Health, History, HIV Positive, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Artibonite Valley, Ayiti, Barack Obama, Blacks, Castro, Creoles, Dirt, Fair-Skinned, Fidel Castro, Floods, François Duvalier, Globalization, Haiti, Haitians, HIV Virus, Hurricanes, Immigration, Intestinal Parasites, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Katrina, Leftist, Light-Skinned, Malaria, Mudcakes, Mudslides, President Aristide, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roosevelt Administration, The Black Republic, The Caribbean, The Nineties, Tourist Trap, Tuberculosis

Haiti: Four Hurricanes and Now an Earthquake. Have Mercy.

• January 13, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Class, Haiti, History, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: Aftershocks, American Red Cross, Blood, Capital, Charity Navigator, Creoles, Direct Relief, Earthquake, Food, Haiti, Haitian Health Foundation, Haitians, Hope for Haiti, Oxfam, Port au Prince, Prayer, Shelter, The Black Republic, The Salvation Army, The Western Hemisphere, Water, Wyclef Jean

The Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy: Why It Shouldn’t Have Happened

• October 12, 2009 • 9 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Abenaki, Africa, Africans, Ancestors, Angel Valley, Anger, Arizona, Asia, Asian American, Baron Samedi, Cow Hollow, Culture, Curios, Erzulie, Eucalyptus, Fasting, François Duvalier, French Quarter, George Harrison, Haiti, Haitians, Idols, Incense, James Arthur Ray, Joseph Bruchac, La Vieux Carre, Latino American, Legba, Loko Atison, Marie Laveau, Masks, Melanesia, Micronesia, Native American, Neighborhoods, New Age, New Orleans, Nichiren Buddhism, Noe Valley, Oshun, Pine Tar, Religion, Rituals, San Francisco, Sauna, Scandinavia, Sedona, Sioux, Sweat Lodge, The French Quarter, The Voodoo Museum, Turtle Island, Union Street, United States, Voudou, Voudou Flags, Yavapai County

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Prisoners Today, Neighbors Tomorrow March 25, 2023
A new book “What’s Prison For?” explains how American prisons can better educate and rehabilitate the incarcerated.
The Largest Source of Stolen Guns? Parked Cars. March 25, 2023
The growing number of firearms kept in vehicles has become a new point of contention in the debates over regulating gun safety.
Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike March 25, 2023
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.
Two Migrants Found Dead and 13 Others Ill on Train in Texas, Authorities Say March 25, 2023
The migrants were found trapped inside a sweltering shipping container that was stopped near a town in Uvalde County, according to officials.
U.N. Investigators Protest to U.S. Over Health Care at Guantánamo Bay March 26, 2023
The rapporteurs filed the complaint with the United States on Jan. 11 but kept it confidential until this weekend. Washington has yet to respond.
Philadelphia Water Supply Chemical Spill Prompts Advisory March 26, 2023
More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution leaked on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of the city’s drinking water.
In Pictures: Violent Storms in Mississippi Leave Behind Devastation March 27, 2023
Photographers on the ground captured scenes of storm’s aftermath.
Ro Khanna Endorses Barbara Lee’s Senate Campaign as He Declines to Run March 26, 2023
The race in California to succeed Senator Dianne Feinstein is likely to be one of the most expensive in the nation in 2024.

The Guardian, UK

Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage March 26, 2023
New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’The UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda would “completely erode” Britain’s standing on the world stage, the new head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.Tirana Hassan, who takes over as HRW’s executive director on Monday, also said other conservativ […]
Refugees trying to reach Italy die after boats sink off coast of Tunisia March 26, 2023
Latest tragedy comes as authorities in north African country crack down on undocumented peopleAt least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while trying to reach Italy after two boats carrying them across the Mediterranean sank off the coast of Tunisia.The deaths, which occurred early on Sunday, are the latest tragedies involving people departing from […]
Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison March 25, 2023
Ex-hotelier whose actions saved lives during 1994 genocide has sentence for terrorism charges commutedPaul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has been released from prison after his 25-year sentence on terrorism charges was commuted.Rusesabagina was accompani […]
Ethiopian PM appoints TPLF official as head of Tigray interim administration March 23, 2023
Move follows peace deal between rebels and federal government that ended two-year conflictThe Ethiopian government has said it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of the interim Tigray regional administration after a peace deal ended a brutal two-year conflict.“Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Getache […]
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease March 22, 2023
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-westTanzania has announced its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), after five fatalities and three further cases were reported at a hospital in the country’s north-west Kagera region.Through contact tracing, approximately 161 people hav […]
Ugandan MPs pass bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality March 21, 2023
Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentencesMPs in Uganda have passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which would make homosexual acts punishable by death, attracting strong condemnation from rights campaigners.All but two of the 389 legislators voted late on Tuesday for the hardline anti-homosexuality bill, whi […]
New allegations and a resignation strain already fraught China-Canada relations March 26, 2023
Han Dong’s departure escalates row over allegations that Beijing meddled in Canada’s elections as friction between countries growsThe abrupt resignation of a Canadian lawmaker over allegations he secretly met with a Chinese diplomat has escalated a row over allegations that Beijing meddled in Canadian elections – and highlighted the complex and often fraught […]
Mexican children’s entertainer Chabelo dies aged 88 March 25, 2023
Comic, real name Xavier López, fronted children’s TV show that ran from 1967 to 2015The Mexican children’s entertainer Xavier López, better known by his stage name Chabelo, has died at 88, Mexico’s president has said.Andrés Manuel López Obrador tweeted that his eldest son “woke up early to see him [on television] more than 40 years ago”. Continue reading... […]

The BBC

More storms feared after Mississippi tornado March 26, 2023
Friday night's tornado in the southern US killed 26 people and has displaced hundreds more.
Israel defence minister fired in legal reform row March 26, 2023
Yoav Gallant is sacked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after opposing the controversial shake-up.
Ukraine war: Drone downed over Russia, Moscow says March 26, 2023
Kyiv has dismissed previous claims that it has attacked Russian civilian targets with explosive drones.
Strike brings Germany's public transport network to halt March 26, 2023
The 24-hour walkout is one of the largest the country has experienced in decades.
Tunisia migrants: At least 29 die off coast March 26, 2023
The sub-Saharan African migrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy.
Eurovision 2023: Mae Muller and other hopefuls get pre-parties started across Europe March 27, 2023
Participants of the song contest begin the build-up to Liverpool by performing for fans across Europe.
Nato condemns 'dangerous' Russian nuclear rhetoric March 26, 2023
President Putin says Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
UAE pardons Israeli woman who faced life in prison March 26, 2023
Fidaa Kiwan was jailed on drug charges but allowed to return home amid improving Israel-UAE relations.