“Stop and Frisk” Ruled Unconstitutional in New York City: Attorney General Holder May Strike Down Current Sentencing Rules for Nonviolent and Lower Level Offenders
• August 12, 2013 • Comments Off on “Stop and Frisk” Ruled Unconstitutional in New York City: Attorney General Holder May Strike Down Current Sentencing Rules for Nonviolent and Lower Level OffendersPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Puerto Ricans, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Smart on Crime", African Americans, Blacks, Commissioner Ray Kelly, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Drugs, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Judge Scheindlin, Justice Department, Latino, Latinos, Low-Level Offenders, Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, New York City Police Department, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York Times, Nonviolent Drug Offenders, NYPD, Peter Zimroth, Police, President Barack Obama, Racism, Scheindlin, Shira Scheindlin, The Justice Department, The Obama Administration, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, United States
Paula Deen’s Cook, Dora Charles, Finally Surfaces
• July 25, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cooking, Cultural History, Education, History, Journalism and Ethics, Labor Relations, Love, Race, Slavery, Television, The Heart, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aunt Jemima, Black Women, Blacks, Deen, Dora Charles, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Food Network, French Market, Harriet Tubman, Ineata Jones, Jellyroll, Jones, Love, New York Times, Paternalism, Paula Deen, Racism
Paying For Your Paycheck: Companies Using Prepaid Cards That Charge Fees to Pay Hourly Employees
• July 3, 2013 • Comments Off on Paying For Your Paycheck: Companies Using Prepaid Cards That Charge Fees to Pay Hourly EmployeesPosted in American History, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, History, Labor History, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Chase, Debit Cards, McDonalds, NetSpend, New York, New York Times, Paycheck, Payroll, Payroll Cards, Stored-Value Cards, Taco Bell, The Poor, Visa
Okay, Cue the Music: Kim Kardashian Gives Birth
• June 15, 2013 • Comments Off on Okay, Cue the Music: Kim Kardashian Gives BirthPosted in Armenians/Syrians/Iranians/Kurds/Turks, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Food, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Reality Shows, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: Babies, Baby, Buckingham Palace, Cable TV, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, E!, Escapism, Fat Shaming, Fat-Slammed, Fathers Day, Induced, Kanye, Kanye West, Kardashian, Kardashians, Kate Middleton, Kim, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Kris Jenner, Motherhood, New York Times, Premature Birth, Prince William of Wales, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Reality Shows, Robert Kardashian, United States, Wretched Excess
The Late Eartha Kitt Returns as a Comic Book She-ro
• February 6, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Eartha Kitt, Education, Love, People of Color, Race, Television, Women
Tags: "Batman", "Family Guy", Adam West, Bluewater Production, Catsuit, Catwoman, Comic Books, Comics, ComiXology, Dirk Benedict, Eartha Kitt, Emperor's New School, Julie Newmar, Marc B. Shapiro, New York Times, Orson Welles, Pop Culture, The Sixties, Yzma
Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other Things
• September 16, 2011 • Comments Off on Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other ThingsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Palins, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Rogue: Searching for The Real Sarah Palin", "The Real Housewives of Miami", African Americans, Alaska, Baggers, Baller, Barack Obama, Basketball Player, Black Men, Blacks, Desire, Dog Whistles, Doonesbury, Frisson, Garry Trudeau, Glen Rice, Glen Rice Jr., Interracial Sex, Joe McGinniss, Kim Kardashian, Marriage, National Basketball Association, National Enquirer, Native Americans, New York Times, Oval Office, President Barack Obama, Race, Republicans, Republicans Behaving Badly, Rhetoric, Rippa, Roland Hedley, Sarah Palin, Sex, Sexuality, Susan Brison, The Eighties, The Lower 48, The Swirl, The Tea Party, The Washington Post, Todd Palin, Wasilla Alaska, White House, White Women
The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)
• August 24, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Asia Ashford, Associated Press, Baptists, Berry Gordy, Bryant Park, Cancer, Dance, Dancer, Facebook, Gospel, Marvin Gaye, Motown, New York City, New York Times, Nickolas Ashford, Nicole Ashford, Park Benches, Pop Music, R&B, Ray Charles, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), Scepter Records, Singers, Songwriters, Soul Music, Tammi Terrell, The Black Church, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Sugar Bar, Theatre District, Throat Cancer, Twitter, Valerie Simpson, White Rock Baptist Church, Whitney Houston, Your Precious Love
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
BREAKING: The Ancestors Welcome Clarence Clemons, 69, of The E Street Band
• June 18, 2011 • Comments Off on BREAKING: The Ancestors Welcome Clarence Clemons, 69, of The E Street BandPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Clarence Clemons, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Religion, Spirituality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Amnesty International, Be-Bop Jazz, Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales, Black Rock, Black Rocker, Blacks, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, Death, E Street Band, Florida, Health, Jungleland, King Curtis, Lady Gaga, Love, New York Times, Peter Gabriel, Rock, Rock and Roll, Saxophone, Saxophonist, Star Spangled Banner, Sting, Stroke, Stroke Complications, The Eighties, The Fifties, Thunder Road, Tracy Chapman, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Funeral Services Announced for Gil Scott-Heron and More (w/Update)
• June 1, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, HIV Positive, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art, Artists, Arts, BBC News, Blacks, Children, Crack, Creative People, Death, Drug Addiction, Drugs, E. Ethelbert Miller, Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, Funeral Services, Ghostface Killah, Gia Scott-Heron, Gil Scott-Heron, Growing Up, I'm New Here, Kanye West, Love, Musician, New York City, New York Times, Novelist, Poet, Polymath, Riverside Church, Singer, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Talib Kweli, The Fieldston School, The Hip Hop Nation, The Seventies, The Sixties, Washington D.C.
When Nadin Khoury, The Boy Hung From a Fence, Visited “The View”
• February 4, 2011 • Comments Off on When Nadin Khoury, The Boy Hung From a Fence, Visited “The View”Posted in Africans, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Differently-Abled, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View
Tags: Behavioral Problems, Bullying, DeSean Jackson, Hanging, Jamaal Jackson, Liberia, Libero-Americans, Lynched, Nadin Khoury, New York Times, Opportunity Center, Parents, Rebecca Wright, Remedial Studies, Teenagers, The View, Todd Herremans, Torture, Troubled Teens, United States, Upper Darby Township Delaware County Pennsylvania
That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot
• December 9, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II
George Soros Spending on Causes, Not Democrats
• October 11, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic, Democrats, George Soros, GOP, Human Rights Watch, New York Times, Presidency of George W. Bush, Republican, Republicans, The Democratic Party, United States, United States Congress
A Disappointed Member of the Black Middle Class Addresses the President
• September 21, 2010 • Comments Off on A Disappointed Member of the Black Middle Class Addresses the PresidentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African American, Alternatives, American Dream, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Foreclosures, Joblessness, Middle-Class, New York Times, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Real Estate, Republicans, Subprime Loans, The Black Middle Class, The Economy, Third Political Party, Two-Party System, United States, Velma Hart, Veteran, Washington
The Drug War in Mexico: What is Really Going On?
• September 1, 2010 • Comments Off on The Drug War in Mexico: What is Really Going On?Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Drug Overdoses, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mexico, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anglo, Assassin, Bruce Livesay, Cocaine, Crime, Drug Cartels, Drug Dealer, Drug Trade, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, Eggs, Employment, Enforcer, Free Trade, George W. Bush, Hiring Illegals, Illegal Immigrants, Illicit Drug Trade, Interstate 35, La Barbie, Latinos, Marijuana Dealer, Mayor, Mexico, Migrants, NAFTA, New York Times, North Texas, President Barack Obama, President Felipe Calderon, Racism, Real News Network, Safety Violations, Salmonella, Texas, Ton, Tons, United States
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