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Christmas Songs: “Christmas Time Is Here,” from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

• December 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Music, Public Intellectualism, Spirituality, Television
Tags: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", A Charlie Brown Christmas, Burl Ives, Charlie Brown, Children, Christmas, Christmas Songs, Growing Up, Lee Mendelson, Linus, Linus and Lucy, Linus and Lucy Van Pelt, Linus Van Pelt, Love, Peanuts, Popular Culture, San Francisco, Skating Rink, The Sixties, Vince Guaraldi, Winter

Paris and Prince Jackson at The Grammys: Now, Let Them Grow Up in Peace

• February 1, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Michael Jackson, Music, People of Color, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Biracials, Blacks, Blanket Jackson, Children, Estate, Gossip, Growing Up, Joe Jackson, Lawsuit, Lifetime Achievement Award, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Music, Paris Jackson, Performance, Pop Tarts, Popular Culture, Prince Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Grammy Awards, The Jackson Five, The Jacksons, The Staples Center

From ColorLines: Michael Jackson’s “Mark” on the World

• July 3, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality
Tags: African Americans, Afro, Assimilation, ColorLines, Jack & Jill Politics, Mark, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Moonwalk, Performance, Popular Culture, Psychology, Racewire, Self Image, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Self-Hating, Singer, Tammy Johnson, World Culture

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Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church June 2, 2020
Police officers used flash grenades to disperse a crowd so the president could visit for a photo opportunity. And in New York, protesters and looters defied a curfew.
How Minneapolis, One of America’s Most Liberal Cities, Struggles With Racism June 1, 2020
The Midwestern city that has been the site of unrest views itself as embracing multiculturalism. But it also struggles with segregation and racial gaps on education.
As Coronavirus Toll Preoccupies U.S., Rivals Test Limits of American Power June 2, 2020
The coronavirus may have changed almost everything, but it didn’t change this: Global competition spins ahead — and in many ways has accelerated.
Is America’s Pandemic Waning or Raging? Yes June 1, 2020
A single day reveals divergent realities across the country: As cases drop in the Northeast and some cities reopen, other places report stubbornly high numbers.
Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers June 3, 2020
Working from home has highlighted and compounded the heavier domestic burden borne by women. Now office reopenings may force new career sacrifices.
Steve King Sinks in Iowa June 3, 2020
Protesters went back to the streets and, oh, elections took place: This is your morning tip sheet.
When Jail Becomes Normal June 3, 2020
And what else you need to know today.
Coronavirus Live Updates: Germany Will Lift E.U. Travel Ban June 3, 2020
Epidemiologists said protests around the United States would almost certainly lead to more cases. Republicans are seeking a new city to host their convention. The premier American health agency failed on several fronts to keep up with the pandemic, a Times investigation finds.

The Guardian, UK

Governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company June 3, 2020
Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studiesThe World Health Organization and a number of national governments have changed their Covid-19 policies and treatments on the basis of flawed data from a little-known US healthca […]
We should have done more, admits architect of Sweden's Covid-19 strategy June 3, 2020
Anders Tegnell says there was ‘potential for improvement’ in country’s strategy to fight pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSweden’s chief epidemiologist and the architect of its light-touch approach to the coronavirus has acknowledged that the country has had too many deaths from Covid-19 and should have done more to curb th […]
'We were packed like sardines': evidence grows of mass-event dangers early in pandemic June 3, 2020
Research appears to back up stories of people who believe they got coronavirus at events UK government allowed to go aheadCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe last major football match played in England before all sport was suspended because of the coronavirus crisis was the European Champions League showpiece between Liverpool and […]
Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19 June 3, 2020
Primatologist calls for overhaul of food habits to prevent a future pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHumanity will be “finished” if we fail to drastically change our food systems in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, the prominent naturalist Jane Goodall has warned.She blamed the emergence of Covid […]
Boris Johnson lays out visa offer to nearly 3m Hong Kong citizens June 3, 2020
UK prime minister says all eligible for BNO passport can apply if China cuts freedomsBoris Johnson has opened the path to what he called one of the “biggest changes” to the British visa system, stating he was ready to offer a right to live and work in the UK to any of the nearly 3 million Hong Kong citizens eligible for a British National Overseas passport.M […]
Yemeni journalist who backed independence for south is shot dead June 3, 2020
Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, who worked for AFP among others, targeted in his car in AdenA Yemeni journalist has been shot dead in the southern city of Aden in an incident that is likely to inflame tensions between the government and secessionists seeking independence for the south. Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, a 34-year-old photographer and video journalist who worked […]
Black lives shattered: outrage as boy, 14, is Brazil police's latest victim June 3, 2020
The racially charged killing of teenager João Pedro Matos Pinto has drawn comparisons to that of George FloydJoão Pedro Matos Pinto was young, gifted and black, and he died last month with an assault rifle shot to his back.“He had dreams. He wanted to be a top lawyer,” said Neilton da Costa Pinto, the father of the Brazilian teenager, whose shooting during a […]
'Sarah and Omar have disappeared': children of ex-Saudi official missing since March June 3, 2020
Aljabri family tells of anguish over what they describe as act of vengeance by Prince Mohammed bin SalmanThe family of a former senior Saudi intelligence official have told of their anguish over the disappearance of two of his adult children in Riyadh, in what has been described to the Guardian as an act of vengeance by the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, […]

The BBC

George Floyd death: More large protests in US but violence falls June 3, 2020
Many defied curfews but the violence was not on the scale of Monday night.
George Floyd death: The man who sheltered 80 US protesters June 3, 2020
Hundreds of people found themselves trapped by police - until Rahul Dubey flung open his doors.
Coronavirus: Sweden's Tegnell admits too many died June 3, 2020
Anders Tegnell says more should have been done early on to stem coronavirus in Sweden.
Cyclone Nisarga lashes areas near Mumbai June 3, 2020
The worst storm to threaten India's megacity in decades is battering areas on the west coast.
Coronavirus: Ibuprofen tested as a treatment June 2, 2020
Hospital patients sick with the virus will be given the drug to see if it can help with their breathing.
Coronavirus: Barcelona beach trip for recovering patients June 3, 2020
Hospital del Mar is taking coronavirus patients to the seaside as part of their recovery.
Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in 'private' mode June 3, 2020
The search engine giant says it is upfront about what data is collected when users browse incognito.
SA court rules lockdown restrictions 'irrational' June 3, 2020
Rules around funerals, informal workers and exercise were found to be unconnected to halting the virus.