New Study Connects Daily Consumption of Diet Soda with Heart Attack and Stroke Danger
• February 9, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cooking, Cultural History, Diabetes, Food, Health, Love, Memoir, Obama Administration, People of Color, Stroke, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am, Women
Tags: Addiction, African Americans, American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Black Women, Blacks, Cola, Diet Cola, Diet Pepsi, Diet Soda, Dr. Pepper, First Lady Michelle Obama, Heart Attack, Los Angeles CA, Michelle Obama, Obesity, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Soda Pop, Stroke, The First Lady, United States
The Ancestors Summon Artist Varnette Honeywood, 60
• September 14, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Art, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Race, Varnette Honeywood, Women
Tags: "The Cosby Show", African American, African American Art, African Americans, Art, Artist, Bill Cosby, Black Art, Black Women, Blacks, California, Delta Sigma Theta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Love, Marriage, Originals, Southern California, Terry McMillan, The Eighties, The Huxtables, The Nineties, Tulane University, United States, Varnette Honeywood, Varnette P. Honeywood
Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”
• September 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”Posted in Black People, Race, Music, Memoir, Celebrities/Royals, Women, Television, Love, Sexuality, Film, Class, Acting, Arts, Drama, African American History, American History, Cultural History, Television Series, Nichelle Nichols
Tags: Sex, African Americans, Blacks, Star Trek, William Shatner, Majel Barrett, Gene Roddenberry, Racism, Love, Creepin', NAACP, Black Women, Race, Los Angeles CA, Saint of the Sixties, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Interracial Relationships, Decision, Lt. Uhura, Commander Nyota Uhura, The Original Series", Starship Enterprise, Savas Abadsidis, "Reflections", Dr. King, UCLA, "Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories", Kiss, First Interracial Kiss on TV, Extramarital Relationships
The Miguel Atwood Ferguson Ensemble: Donny Hathaway’s “Someday We’ll All Be Free”
• September 3, 2010 • Comments Off on The Miguel Atwood Ferguson Ensemble: Donny Hathaway’s “Someday We’ll All Be Free”Posted in Class, Love, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Women
Tags: "Grand Performances Series", "Someday We'll All Be Free", Bilal, Blacks, Brainfeeder, California, Donny Hathaway, Flying Lotus, Hiphop, Jazz, Los Angeles CA, Love, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble, Multicultural, Multiracial, Self-Respect, The Seventies, Violinist
They Got a Suspect in the Serial Stabbing of Black Men, But What Took The Cops So Long?
• August 12, 2010 • Comments Off on They Got a Suspect in the Serial Stabbing of Black Men, But What Took The Cops So Long?Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "By The Book", African Americans, Anthony Sowell, Atlanta GA, Atlanta-Hartsfield Aiport, Black Male, Black Men, Black Women, Blacks, California, Chocolate City, Cleveland OH, Common Sense, Communities of Color, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Elias Abuelazam, Fear, Flight, Flint MI, Foul Play, Israel, Killing Spree, Los Angeles CA, Mitrice Hazel Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Palestinian, Racism, Serial Killer, Suspect, The FBI, Unprovoked Attack, Virginia
Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…
• July 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dateline", "Nightline, African Americans, BART, BART Cop, BART Train, Black Women, California, Cephus Johnson, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Google News, Johannes Mehserle, Latinas, Latinos, LeBron James, Los Angeles CA, Murder, New Year's Day, Oakland CA, Oakland City Hall, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant, Racism, Verdict
Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar Grant
• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off on Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar GrantPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Uncategorized
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Cops, BART Train, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, California, Civil Suit, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Discharging Weapon, District Attorney David Stein, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, L.A. County, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Money, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Wanda Johnson
2010 Emmys Announced: Braugher, “Endgame,” “Treme” Nominated
• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off on 2010 Emmys Announced: Braugher, “Endgame,” “Treme” NominatedPosted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cooking, Cultural History, Documentary, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Love, Public Television, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Breaking Bad", "Brick City", "Endgame", "Pressure Cooker", "Treme", African American History, African Americans, Andre Braugher, Awards Show, Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Blacks, California, Children, Emmy, Emmys, Gian Carlo Esposito, Los Angeles CA, President Barack Obama, Racism, Sofia Vergara, The Emmys, Wanda Sykes
The Grandchildren of Lena Horne
• May 12, 2010 • 14 CommentsPosted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Rachel Got Married", "Stormy Weather", "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne", African Americans, Alex Weinstein, Amy Lumet, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Cannavale, Breast Enhancement, Breastesses, Children, Cindy McCain, Civil Rights, Community Volunteer, Con Artist, Craziness, Culinary Arts, Drama, Drugs, Family, Florida, French Culinary Institute, Gail Lumet Buckley, Growing Up, Guardian, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Jacob Cannavale, Jenny Lumet, John McCain, Latinos, Lena Horne, Lena Jones, Lena Mary Horne, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Los Angeles CA, Louis Jordan Jones, Manhattan Country School, Multiracial, National Enquirer, Native American, Needy, New York City, Oscars, P.J. O'Rourke, Party Girl, Pastry Chef-Instructor, People of Color, Playboy, Race, Rachel Uchitel, Racism, Samadhi Jones, Sasha Weinstein, Screenwriter, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sidney Lumet, Singer, Socialite, Sound Editor, Spitting Image, Striving, Teddy Jones, The Eighties, The French Culinary Institute, The Marines, The Nineties, The Oscars, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thomas Jones, Tony Peck, William Jones, Women of Color, Writer, Youth
Actress Pam Grier Has a New Memoir, and Is On the Book Tour Trail
• April 23, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Italy, Love, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, Pam Grier, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Philippines, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Foxy Brown", "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts", "Jackie Brown", "L.A. Times Festival of Books", "The Arena", African American Women, African Americans, Blaxsploitation Films, Denver CO, Frederico Fellini, Italy, John Lennon, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Lew Alcindor, Living Legends, Los Angeles CA, Native American Ancestry, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Pryor, Roger Corman, Sexy, Single Black Women, The Eighties, The Seventies, Womanly
Mitrice: The Drone is Going to Tell the Tale
• March 29, 2010 • Comments Off on Mitrice: The Drone is Going to Tell the TalePosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Jasmyne Cannick, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", African Americans, Blacks, Cal State Fullerton, Calabasas, California, Charles Croft, Chip Croft, Constables on Patrol, Disappearance, Downtown Los Angeles, Drone, Hollywood, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu, Malibu Canyon, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Mitrice Richardson, Oklahoma, Racism, San Diego State University, Santa Monica, Sheriff Lee Baca, Sheriff's Deputies, Skid Row, The Viz Center
New Search for Mitrice Richardson Tomorrow, March 28; Sheriff’s Deputies Plan to Use Search Drone, But Won’t Say Where or When
• March 27, 2010 • Comments Off on New Search for Mitrice Richardson Tomorrow, March 28; Sheriff’s Deputies Plan to Use Search Drone, But Won’t Say Where or WhenPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Science, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Bird, Calabasas, Drone, Hollywood, Immersive Visualization Center, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lt. Michael Rosson, Malibu, Malibu CA, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, March 28, Mitrice Richardson, San Diego State University, Santa Monica, Searches, Simultaneous, Skid Row, South Central, South Central Los Angeles, The Viz Center, Venice, Volunteers
Dr. Conrad Murray Accused of Interrupting MJ’s CPR to Sanitize Room and Hide Drugs (w/Update)
• March 23, 2010 • Comments Off on Dr. Conrad Murray Accused of Interrupting MJ’s CPR to Sanitize Room and Hide Drugs (w/Update)Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Early Show", Adam Streisand, African Americans, Alberto Alvarez, Attorney General Jerry Brown, Blacks, California, Carl Douglas, CBS, Conspiracy Theories, CPR, Dr. Conrad Murray, Drip, Drugs, Ed Chernoff, Grace Rwaramba, Harry Smith, Involuntary Manslaughter, Katherine Jackson, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County District Attorney, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Paris Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson, Security Guard, TMZ.com, Tom Mesereau, Vials
Jasmyne Cannick on EURweb.com: “Time to Nut Up or Shut Up” About Mitrice Richardson
• November 13, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Jasmyne Cannick, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "www.bringmitricehome.org", Black Woman, Electronic Urban Report, EURweb.com, Facebook, Jasmyne Cannick, Jaycee Dugard, Lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, New Testament Church, Petition, Prayer Service, Sheriff Lee Baca, Unexplained Disappearance
Mitrice Richardson’s Family and Friends Ask the LGBT Community to Help Them Find Her
• November 3, 2009 • Comments Off on Mitrice Richardson’s Family and Friends Ask the LGBT Community to Help Them Find HerPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Agoura, Bisexual, Figueroa, Florence, Gay, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Jewel's Catch One, KTLA, KTLA 2, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Malibu CA, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Manchester, Missing, Mitrice Richardson, Orange County, Psychological Crisis, San Jose CA, Security Footage, Sightings, Tessa Moon, The Chosen Few, The Chosen Few Motorcycle Club, Transgender, Western
Oscar Grant Update: Johannes Mehserle Trial To Move to Another California City; Judge Agrees That Oakland and Alameda County Can’t Give Him a Fair Trial
• October 25, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, Attorney General Jerry Brown, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Beverly Hills, Black Youth, Blacks, California, Change of Venue, Channel 2, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Councilwoman Desley Brooks, Execution, Guilty, Johannes Mehserle, KTVU-2, Latino Youth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Madison WI, Marysol Domenici, Mayor Ron Dellums, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rodney King, Sacramento CA, San Francisco Oakland Bay Area, Supervisor Keith Carson, The Net, The Web, Tony Pirone
Mitrice Richardson Missing in Same Stretch of Malibu Area That Claimed Life of Actress’ Husband
• October 4, 2009 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Documentaries, Film, History, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Television, Women
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Cliffs, Constables on Patrol, Diahann Carroll, Disappearance, Disoriented, Drunk Driving, Gay, Jerry Brice, Jerry Brice's Blog, Jet Magazine, Kidnapping, Lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles CA, Malibu, Malibu Canyon, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Mental Crisis, Mental Illness, Mental Impairment, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Racism, Robert DeLeon, Rural, Search, The Seventies, Topanga Canyon, Wandering
Mitrice Richardson: Gone, But Not Forgotten
• October 1, 2009 • 8 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American, African Americans, Bilingual, Cal State Fullerton, California State University, Clinical Psychology, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, English, Fullerton, Geoffrey Restaurant, Graduate Student, Intoxication, KTLA, L.A. County Supervisors, Leo Terrell, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Mental Health Facility, Mental Illness, Mental Impairment, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Procedures, Professionalism, Racism, Spanish
Democrats “Going It Alone” on Health Care; Is Obama Coming, Too?
• August 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Bailouts, Class, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Health, History, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Big Pharma, Blue Dog Democrats, CBS News, Daily Kos, Democratic Leadership Council, DLC, Faux Noise, Frank Rich, GOP, HBO, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, Jed Lewison, Jonathan Alter, LaRouchies, Los Angeles CA, Lyndon LaRouche, Nazis, Paul Krugman, Pre-Existing Conditions, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Remote Area Medical, Rep. Barney Frank, Republicans, Senator Charles Grassley, Slap the Reality Back into Them Award, Subhumans, The Left of the Left, The Public Option, The Washington Post, Turning Yella, Underinsured, Uninsured, Welfare, Wingnuts, Wingnuttery, Work, Working Americans
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