Those Pictures from Facebook: The Olympics
• July 29, 2012 • Comments Off on Those Pictures from Facebook: The OlympicsPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, European History, Facebook, Jews, Love, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Women, World War II
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Amateur Sports, Avalon, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Britain, British History, Children, Danny Boyle, Elizabeth II, Facebook, Glastonbury Tor, Global Secular Humanist Movement, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Growing Up, Hair, Highlights, Industrial Revolution, Lolo Jones, London, Lord Voldemort, Love, Mitt Romney, Mixed, Mr. Bean, National Health Service, Olympic Games, People of Color, Prince Philip, Queen, Queen Victoria, Racism, Rowan Atkinson, Slumdog Millionaire, Sport, Sports, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, Track and Field, United States, World War II
What Obamacare Means for Blacks, Latinos and Other Communities of Color
• July 4, 2012 • Comments Off on What Obamacare Means for Blacks, Latinos and Other Communities of ColorPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Love, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 3 Chics Politico, Affordable Care Act, African Americans, Alzheimer's Disease, Blacks, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, Insurance, Latinos, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Penalty, People of Color, Pre-Existing Conditions, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Scott Walker, Taxes, Taxpayers, United States, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Wisconsin
Keith Olbermann Returns Tonight With “Countdown” at Current TV, But Many Cable Companies Don’t Carry It. Why Not? (w/Update)
• June 20, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Keith Olbermann, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Air America, AT&T U-Verse, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Cable Industry, Cablevision, CBS Evening News, Charter Communications, Common Sense, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, CurrentTV, Daily Kos, Digital, DirecTV, DISH Network, Ed Schultz, Ego, Hollywood Reporter, Jealousies, Jealousy, John Dean, Keith Olbermann, Latinos, Lawrence O'Donnell, Madison WI, Markos, Markos Moulitsas, Mashable, Matt Taibbi, Mediaite, Michael Moore, Michael Steele, Mics, MSNBC, People of Color, President Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, Television, United States, Women
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: In the “If It’s Not Broke, Don’t Fix It” Category, GOP Voter Suppression–Um!–Voter Fraud Bill Passes
• May 20, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: In the “If It’s Not Broke, Don’t Fix It” Category, GOP Voter Suppression–Um!–Voter Fraud Bill PassesPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", African Americans, Asians, Blacks, Democratic, DMV, Fred Risser, Governor Jim Doyle, Governor Scott Walker, Grassroots Democrats, Grassroots Movement, Identification, Identity document, Jim Doyle, Jim Holperin, Jon Erpenbach, Kathleen Vinehout, Latinos, Madison WI, People of Color, President Barack Obama, Racism, Reichstag, Republican, Senator Fred Risser, Senator Lena Taylor, Senator Risser, Southeast Asians, U.C. Berkeley, UW-Madison, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin
“This Is What Happens When YOU DON’T VOTE,” Wisconsin
• March 1, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Budget Cuts, Class, Discrimination, Education, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Anti-Civil Rights, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Labor, Barack Obama, Class Warfare, Education, Faux Noise, Fox News, GOP, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Immigrants, Jeff Foxworthy, Lower Middle Class, Madison WI, Mayor Tom Barrett, Michelle Obama, Middle-Class, Mississippi, People of Color, Public Sector Unions, Republican, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Scott Walker, Status Quo, The Koch Brothers, The Midwest, The Ministry of Propaganda, The South, The Tea Party, Tom Barrett, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Unreconstructed, Voting, Wisconsin
Acid Attack Victim Derri Dias Velarde Appears on CBS’ “Early Show”
• January 31, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in Chemical/Acid/Fire Burns, Class, Crime, Derri Dias Velarde, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Early Show", Acid Attack, Acid Throwing, Apartment, Arizona, Bethany Storro, Burns, California, CBS, Convalescence, Derri Dias Velarde, Derri Velarde, Early Show, Erica Hill, Facebook, Five Children, HLN, Jane Velez Mitchell, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Mesa AZ, Mother, People of Color, Police, Recovery, Second Acid Attack, Second Degree Burns, Sulfuric Acid, Sulphuric Acid
Black Bluegrass Music: The Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Genuine Negro Jig”
• December 5, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Love, Memoir, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Women
Tags: "Bonnie and Clyde", "Cornbread and Butterbeans", "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", "Hit 'Em Up Style", "Tain't Nothin' to Me", "The Beverly Hillbillies", African Americans, Antagonism, Apollo Theater, Asleep at the Wheel, Autoharp, Black Banjo: Then and Now, Black Women, Blacks, Blu Cantrell, Bluegrass, Broadway Musical, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Country Music, CW, Dolly Parton, Dom Flemons, Fiddler, Flatt and Scruggs, Genuine Negro Jig, Gospel Choir, Guitars, Hammer Dulcimers, Hank Williams, Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Jefferson Airplane, Joe Thompson, Johnny Cash, Jugs, Justin Robinson, k.d. lang, KSOL, Lesbians, Lower Class, Music, Nasal Twang, Opera, Papa John Creach, Patsy Cline, People of Color, Poet, Queen Latifah, Racism, Rhiannon Giddens, Slide Guitars, Something Else, Southern Whites, Telluride CO, The Apollo Theater, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Coasters, The Eighties, The Seventies, The South, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson
‘I Love My Hair’ from PBS’ Sesame Street (w/Update)
• October 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Articles and Interviews, Arts, Beauty, Beauty Standards, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Black Women, Blacks, Chantylla "Chauncey" Johnson, Chantylla Johnson, Children, Children's, Chris Rock, Color Purple, Growing Up, Hair, Katy Perry, Love, Madison WI, Muppet, Muppet Wiki, Nappy Hair, People of Color, Programs, Racism, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Singer, Television, The Color Purple, Weaves, Wigs
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
• September 19, 2010 • Comments Off on “Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in OctoberPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
UPDATE: The Kids Are Stepping Out: Willow Smith (Daughter of Will and Jada) and Zoe Kravitz (Daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz)
• September 9, 2010 • Comments Off on UPDATE: The Kids Are Stepping Out: Willow Smith (Daughter of Will and Jada) and Zoe Kravitz (Daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz)Posted in Acting, Arts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love
Tags: "Black Celebrity Kids", "Elevator Fight", "Fury Road", "Shadow and Act", "Twelve, "Whip My Hair", "X-Men: First Class", African Americans, Ben Foster, Biracials, Bit Parts, Blacks, California, Children, George Lopez, Growing Up, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jaden Smith, Jay Z, Lenny Kravitz, Lisa Bonet, Marriage, Motherhood, Multiracials, People of Color, Roc Nation, The Eighties, Tweens, Will Smith, Willow Smith, Woman of Color, Zoë Kravitz
Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi Won
• August 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi WonPosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Late Night TV, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Bend It Like Beckham", "Inspector Lewis", "The Good Wife", Acting, Actress, African Americans, Americans, Andre Braugher, Archana Kaur Panjabi, Archie Panjabi, Blacks, British, Britons, Camera Operator, CBS, Columbia, Daniel Craig, Hector Elizondo, Hector Ramirez, Inclusiveness, Isaiah Mustafa, James Bond, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Smits, Latinos, NBC, Old Spice, People of Color, Person of Color, Record Nominations, Ricky Gervais, Sikh, Sofia Vergara, The Emmys, Wanda Sykes
I Don’t Need Jay Smooth to Convince Me That Rand Paul is a Weaseling Racist (w/Update)
• May 21, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", "The Rachel Maddow Show", African Americans, Bill Maher, Blacks, Civil Rights, Common Sense, Dr. Rand Paul, Jack & Jill Politics, Jay Smooth, Kentucky, Libertarians, Midterm Elections, MSNBC, NPR, People of Color, Rachel Maddow, Racism, Rand Paul, Republicans, Ron Paul, Tea Party Movement, Teabaggers, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Senate
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
The Street Vendors of Color Who Saved Times Square
• May 3, 2010 • Comments Off on The Street Vendors of Color Who Saved Times SquarePosted in Africans, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: 125th Street, African Americans, Blacks, Constables on Patrol, Downtown, Duane Jackson, Lance Orton, Lenox Avenue/Malcolm X Boulevard, New York's Finest, NYPD, People of Color, Saturday Night, Street Vendor, Street Vendors, Times Square, Washington Square Park, Working People, Working Poor
Michael Jackson’s Final Months: Anonymous Gay Sex and Drugging?
• June 30, 2009 • 25 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Health, Love, Michael Jackson, Music, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Doc Hollywood", Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Anderson Cooper, Angelina Jolie, Anonymous Gay Sex, Anti-Depressants, California, Christian, Debbie Rowe, Demerol, Dilaudid, Dr. Howard Samuels, Drug Cocktail, Eddie Murphy, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, Emotional Blackmail, Enforced Heterosexism, Gay, Genetics, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Generation, Hypermasculinity, Ian Halperin, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joe Jackson, Jordie Chandler, Lisa Marie Presley, Lupus, Marriage, Michael Jackson, Middle-Class, Neil Patrick Harris, Painkillers, People of Color, Queen Latifah, Rachel Maddow, Randy Jackson, Repressed Sexuality, Sensuality, Sir Elton John, Sober Coach, Stimulants, Vitiligo, Wanda Sykes
Malcolm is 84
• May 19, 2009 • Comments Off on Malcolm is 84Posted in American Politics, Black People, History, Race
Tags: Alliances, Birthday, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Gays, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, People of Color, Racism
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