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The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)

• August 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted 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

The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie

• December 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stroke, Teena Marie, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Fire and Desire", "La Dona", "Square Biz", "The Wall Street Journal", African Americans, Alia Rose Brockert, Alternative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Blue-Eyed Soul, California, Children, Diazepam, Drugs, Family, Grand Mal Seizure, Herbal Remedies, Hindsight, Hood Pass, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner, Lady T, Latin Music, Lenny Kravitz, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story, Lynn Jeter, Mary Christine Brockert, Medications, MedPage Today, Motherhood, Motown, Neurologist, Neurology, NewsOne, Phoebe Snow, Portuguese, R&B, Rick James, Sapphire, Self-Medication, Side Effects, Singer, Singing, Soul Music, Stax, Teena Marie, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Tonic–clonic seizure, Valium, Venice CA

“America’s Got Talent” Sends Home Alice Tan Ridley, Subway Singer and Gabourey Sidibe’s Mom

• September 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Acting, Alice Tan Ridley, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Love, Music, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "America's Got Talent", "The Bodyguard", Alice Ridley, Alice Tan Ridley, Broadway, Classics, Gabourey Sidibe, Gospel, Howie Mandel, Hustler, Jazz, Middle-Aged, R&B, Reality Show, Studio One Young Beast Society, Talent Competition, Talent Show, The Hof, The Oscars, Unofficial Poll

Bobby McFerrin is Back

• March 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "The Power of the Pentatonic Scale", African Americans, Blacks, Bobby McFerrin, Britain, Cabaret, California, Choral Blend, Germany, Janis Siegel, Jazz, Jr., Linda Goldstein, Lisa Fischer, Luciana Souza, Musical Collaboration, New Album, Opera, Performance Art, R&B, Robert McFerrin, Rock, San Francisco, The Barbican, The Masonic Center, Touring, Tribal Chants, UK, VOCAbuLarieS, Voices, Voicestra, World Science Festival

Turning Off His Light: Teddy Pendergrass Joins the Ancestors at 59

• January 14, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Differently-Abled, Health, Love, Music, Sexuality, Teddy Pendergrass, Women
Tags: "If You Don't Know Me By Now", "The Love I Lost", "Truly Blessed", "Wake Up Everybody", Aural Viagra, Bisexuality, Differently-Abled, Eddie Murphy, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Love, Paralysis, Philadelphia International Records, Philadelphia PA, R&B, Sex, Sexuality, Stanford University, Teddy Bear, Teddy P, Teddy Pendergrass, Tenika Wilson, The Eighties, The Marguerite, The Seventies, TP, Women

Saturday Night Music, June 27: Michael Jackson, “Get It Together,” with the Jackson Five on “Soul Train,” 1973

• June 27, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Memoir, Music, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
Tags: "Corner of the Sky", "Looking Through the Windows", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Soul Train", Berry Gordy, Billboard, Bubblegum Soul, CBS, Clifton Davis, Dancing Machine, Disco, Growing Up, Hal Davis, Mainstream, Melba Moore, Michael Jackson, Norman Whitfield, Pop, R&B, The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5ive, The Jackson Five, The Robot, The Seventies, The Sixties

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International Students in Online Courses Face Lost F1 Visas, ICE Says July 9, 2020
International students will be required to take at least one in-person class to keep their visas, at a time when many universities are prioritizing online instruction.
Drivers Are Hitting Protesters as Memes of Car Attacks Spread July 8, 2020
In recent days, one person was killed in Seattle and two people were injured in Bloomington, Ind. Dozens of similar incidents have occurred across the United States.
A Woman Without a Country: Adopted at Birth and Deportable at 30 July 7, 2020
She grew up thinking she was American. When she realized that she wasn’t, her quest to fix the problem put her at risk of deportation.
As November Looms, So Does the Most Litigious Election Ever July 8, 2020
Last week alone, three federal rulings set election parameters in three states. And scores of legal fights spawned by the pandemic are shaping who will vote and how.
Mail Carrier in West Virginia Pleads Guilty to Attempted Election Fraud July 10, 2020
Five mail-in ballot requests were altered from Democrat to Republican, federal prosectors in West Virginia said.
Congress Presses Military Leaders on Suspected Russian Bounties July 10, 2020
Two House hearings grappled with a C.I.A. assessment that Russia offered payments to kill American troops in Afghanistan — and White House inaction on the months-old judgment.
How a Conservative Supreme Court and Trump's Appointees Declared Their Independence July 10, 2020
The Supreme Court’s dismissal of President Trump’s claims of immunity was a reminder that institutional prerogatives still matter in Washington, even in a time of extreme partisanship.
Trump on Releasing His Tax Returns: From ‘Absolutely’ to ‘Political Prosecution’ July 9, 2020
The Supreme Court’s decision adds another twist in a yearslong debate over whether the president should release his tax returns.

The Guardian, UK

Fauci says states with surging Covid-19 cases should pause reopening efforts July 9, 2020
Public health expert made remark after US set world record for most new Covid-19 cases reported in one dayAs the US set a world record for most Covid-19 cases in one day, with 60,000 reported on Wednesday, Dr Anthony Fauci, a senior member of the White House coronavirus taskforce, said states needed to pause reopening efforts. Related: Some Republican senato […]
Tokyo pays clubs and hostess bars to close after spike in coronavirus cases July 10, 2020
City authorities, which cannot legally force closures, offer incentives after Japan capital reports a record 224 new casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNightclubs and hostess bars in Tokyo are to be paid to close after the Japanese capital recorded 224 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily tally since the pandemic beg […]
My pandemic epiphany: the best part of having eight partners is being alone July 10, 2020
Forced to quarantine away from her multiple lovers, Ashley Ray embraced isolation and loved itOn my 20th birthday, the first person I’d ever been in a long-term relationship with proposed to me. We’d been dating for almost three years. I said yes. Everyone we knew was shocked. Even at 20, I’d made it clear I wasn’t the type to believe in traditional relation […]
Global report: Bolivia's president and Venezuela's Socialist party leader test positive for Covid-19 July 10, 2020
Announcements come after Brazil’s president tested positive; South Africa records highest one-day case increase; Australia to limit incoming travellersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwo more leading Latin American politicians – from Bolivia and Venezuela – have said they have tested positive for Covid-19 in the same week Brazil’s […]
Trump’s taxes may be released to Manhattan grand jury, supreme court rules July 9, 2020
Court also rules in a separate decision that the president does not have to turn over his financial records to CongressFollow US politics liveThe supreme court has ruled that a Manhattan grand jury may have access to some of Donald Trump’s financial documents, dealing a major blow to the president in his fight to keep his tax records secret – although the re […]
'This is intolerable': fearful Australians in Hong Kong hasten plans to leave city July 10, 2020
Expats say they feel insecure about living somewhere ‘where the walls have ears’ • Australia’s Hong Kong intervention was hardly strident but that didn’t matter to ChinaAustralian expats in Hong Kong are feeling jittery about their future after Beijing imposed a new national security law that could lead to foreigners being arbitrarily detained. They say the […]
New York City mayor helps paint 'Black Lives Matter' outside Trump Tower July 9, 2020
Slogan painted on Fifth Avenue a week after president tweeted it would be ‘a symbol of hate’New York City’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, took part in painting “Black Lives Matter” in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday, a week after Donald Trump tweeted it would be “a symbol of hate”.De Blasio was flanked by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Rev Al Shar […]
US imposes sanctions on senior Chinese officials over Uighur abuses July 10, 2020
Mike Pompeo says US ‘will not stand idly by’ over abuses of ethnic minorities in China’s western region of XinjiangThe United States has imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist party, including a member of the ruling politburo, for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities in the western part of the co […]

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US Supreme Court rules half of Oklahoma is Native American land July 10, 2020
The justices decide an eastern swathe of the state should be recognised as part of a reservation.
'I can recover at home': Cosmetic surgeons see rise in patients amid pandemic July 10, 2020
More people are having surgery as they can work from home while they recover and hide behind masks.
Xinjiang: US sanctions on Chinese officials over 'abuse' of Muslims July 9, 2020
China is accused of persecuting Uighur Muslims, including by locking them up in detention camps.
Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design July 9, 2020
France's president puts an end to speculation that the restored spire will be modern in style.
Biden challenges Trump with ‘Buy American’ economic plan July 10, 2020
The Democrat promises a jobs boom, savaging President Trump's record on the economy and Covid-19.
Coronavirus: How Mexican cartels are taking advantage of pandemic July 9, 2020
The BBC has secured exclusive access to a cartel trying to win over the poor during the pandemic.
Robert Fuller: Hanging death of black man ruled suicide July 10, 2020
Robert Fuller's death sparked suspicion but investigators say he had history of mental illness.
Coronavirus: Idlib's first Covid-19 case raises fears for Syria camps July 10, 2020
Aid groups say the first case is "a major blow" for huge numbers of refugees in north-west Syria.