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Christmas Songs: Marvin Gaye, “I Want to Come Home for Christmas,” 1972

• December 21, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Holidays, Iraq, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Charting, Christmas, Christmas in The City, Forest Hairston, Funk Brothers, Iraq, Marvin, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Records, Occupation, Prisoners of War, Santa Claus, South Vietnam, The Funk Brothers, The Nineties, The Seventies, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War

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

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