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UPDATE: The Craigslist Congressman Resigns–It Was a Sista Who Turned Him In

• February 9, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Women for Men", Abyssus Abyssum Invocat, Age, Chris Lee, Christopher Lee, Craigslist, Danielle Belton, Facebook, Gawker Media, Gmail, Lying, Member of Congress, New York, Republicans, Republicans Behaving Badly, Single Black Woman, The Black Snob, The Craigslist Congressman, The Swirl

REVEALED: L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Moved Mitrice Richardson’s Body Against Coroner’s Orders

• October 13, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Abduction, African Americans, Against the Law, Anne Soble, Black Woman, California, Captain Tom Martin, Detective Michael Rosson, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Illegal, Jasmyne Cannick, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County Coroner, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu Canyon, Malibu Creek, Marijuana Farms, Marijuana Grove, Michael Richardson, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Pornography, Rape, Sex Crimes, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Single Black Woman, Violence Against Women

Mitrice’s Funeral

• August 26, 2010 • 23 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Anne Soble, Attention Hog, Black Women, Blacks, Butterflies, California, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Constables on Patrol, Display, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Jasmyne Cannick, Jeff Peterson, Larry Sutton, LASD, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Love, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu Canyon, Michael Richardson, Miiah Sutton, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, Moe Dubois, Motherhood, Murder, Racism, Sheriff Lee Baca, Single Black Woman, Spat, Special Prosecutor, The FBI

There Must Be Thousands of Other Shaquan Duleys, But They Would Not Have Killed Their Kids

• August 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Bill O'Reilly, Black Boys, Black Children, Black Motherhood, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, Boys, CBS, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Devean, Devean Duley, Domestic Violence, Education, Extended Family, Faux Noise, Growing Up, Ja'van Duley, Javan, Jennifer Aniston, Job Loss, Latinos, Love, Mother, Motherhood, Murder, O'Lielly, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg SC, Resources, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shaquan Duley, Single Black Mother, Single Black Woman, Single Black Women, South Carolina, The Edisto River, The Nineties, Unemployed

Mitrice Richardson in VEGAS?

• July 30, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Lesbian, Black Woman, Blacks, Constables on Patrol, Disappearance, Latice Sutton, Lesbian, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Michael Richardson, Missing Black Woman, Missing Person, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Racism, Single Black Woman, Unexplained Disappearance

Happy Mother’s Day (with The Intruders: “I’ll Always Love My Mama,” 1973)

• May 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, Music, People of Color, The Intruders, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "I'll Always Love My Mama", "Respect", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Disco, Grandmothers, Holidays, Love, Married, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Single Black Female, Single Black Woman, The Intruders, The Philadelphia Sound, The Seventies, The United States, Unmarried

Meet Betty Dukes, The Black Woman Who Helped Launch the Class Action Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart

• May 2, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Betty Dukes, Black People, Class, Gentrification, Love, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Betty versus Goliath", African Americans, American History, Bastion of White Privilege, Bay Area, Betty Dukes, Black Woman, Blacks, Brad Seligman, California, Class Action Suit, David versus Goliath, Divorced, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, East Bay, Federal Court of Appeals, Goliath, Greeter, Heather Ellis, Impact Fund, Legal, Legal Non-Profit Organization, Litigation, Manager, Married, Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, Pittsburg CA, Racism, San Francisco Bay Area, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Single, Single Black Woman, Small Business, The American Dream, The Middle Class, The Supreme Court, The U.S. Chambers of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Woman Minister, Woman Preacher, Women

Until May 1, Watch the Documentary “Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun”

• April 24, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Race, Sexuality, Womanism, Women, Zora Neale Hurston
Tags: African Americans, Anthropologist, Biography, Black Woman, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Cultural History, Documentary, Folklorist, Growing Up, Jump at the Sun", Literature, Novelist, Scholar, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Single Black Woman, Southern, Womanist, Writer, Zora Neale Hurston

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The New York Times

Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Seek to Quash Special Grand Jury Report March 20, 2023
In a new motion, the lawyers asked that the Fulton County district attorney’s office be disqualified from the investigation into election interference in the state in 2020.
A Different Kind of Pipeline Project Scrambles Midwest Politics March 20, 2023
Plans that would bury carbon underground rather than release it in the air have stoked debate over climate and property rights, creating unlikely alliances and stirring memories of fierce battles over oil.
Los Angeles Faces School Shutdown as Workers Prepare to Strike March 20, 2023
The nation’s second-largest school district is planning to cancel classes starting Tuesday, while thousands of employees press demands for higher pay.
Covid Politics Leave a Florida Public Hospital Shaken March 20, 2023
Staff members of Sarasota Memorial Hospital are bewildered by critics who continue to wage a campaign against federal guidelines on Covid treatment.
Candida Auris, a Deadly Fungus, Spread Rapidly During Pandemic, CDC Says March 20, 2023
Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that health officials hoped to contain is now in more than half the 50 states, according to a new research paper.
Philadelphia to Pay $9.25 Million to Settle Suit by George Floyd Protesters March 20, 2023
The protesters said they sustained “physical and emotional injuries” in the response by city police to civil unrest after his murder in Minneapolis in 2020.
Biden Issues First Veto to Protect Socially Conscious Investing March 20, 2023
A rule that allows for social and environmental considerations in investing became an unexpected flashpoint for Republicans wary of “woke” financial policies.
Trump’s Call for Protests of Pending Arrest Splits G.O.P. March 20, 2023
After Donald Trump urged supporters to protest his looming indictment, some Republicans have heeded the call, while many others have publicly lobbied against it.

The Guardian, UK

‘War crimes’ committed by all sides in Ethiopia, says US secretary of state March 20, 2023
Ethiopian, Eritrean and rebel forces committed offences during two-year conflict, Antony Blinken has saidThe United States has concluded that Ethiopian and Eritrean troops as well as rebels committed war crimes during the brutal two-year conflict, secretary of state Antony Blinken has said after visiting Addis Ababa.Blinken, who had sounded upbeat in Ethiopi […]
Experts cast doubt on Braverman’s hopes of ECHR rule change on Rwanda March 20, 2023
Home secretary’s claims of ‘constructive’ talks regarding Strasbourg’s injunctions disputed by legal scholarsLegal experts have cast doubt on the UK’s claims of “possible reforms” to European court of human rights procedures that stopped an asylum seeker from being deported to Rwanda last year.During a two-day visit to the country’s capital, Kigali, Suella B […]
US aid worker and French journalist freed after years held hostage in Africa March 20, 2023
Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois, who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel, were released in NigerA US aid worker and a French journalist who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel and held for years have been released.American aid worker Jeffery Woodke and French freelancer Olivier Dubois emerged from a plane that landed on Monday at an airpo […]
Armed men kill nine Chinese nationals in Central African Republic March 20, 2023
Rebel alliance Coalition of Patriots for Change denies responsibility after mayor accuses them of attackChina’s embassy in the Central African Republic has urged its citizens to avoid travelling outside the capital, Bangui, after nine Chinese nationals were killed in an attack by militants at a goldmine outside the city.The embassy said in a statement on Sun […]
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy leaves trail of devastation March 17, 2023
Hundreds killed in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in what may be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on recordCyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more than a month ago, has dissipated this week, after making landfall a second time in southern Africa. The death toll had exceeded 300 across Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi by Thursday, with […]
Libyan general says 2.5 tonnes of missing uranium found near storage base March 16, 2023
UN nuclear watchdog raised alarm hours earlier amid concerns about radiological and security risksMore than 2 tonnes of natural uranium reported missing by the UN’s nuclear watchdog in war-torn Libya have been found, a general in the country’s east has said.Gen Khaled al-Mahjoub, the commander of eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar’s communications division, said […]
Student arrested after two staff members stabbed at Canada high school March 20, 2023
Two victims and the student taken to hospital for treatment after incident in HalifaxPolice officers have arrested a student on suspicion of stabbing two staff members at a high school in Canada’s Atlantic coast city of Halifax, police said.The two victims and the student were taken to hospital for treatment after the attack on Monday, and the extent of thei […]
Canada woman sues Tim Hortons after ‘superheated’ tea caused ‘horrific’ burns March 20, 2023
Jackie Lansing sues coffee chain for C$500,000 after cup of tea that ‘collapsed’ and spilled on her stomach and legs left her ‘disfigured’An Ontario woman and her family are suing Canada’s best-known coffee chain for C$500,000 ($366,000), alleging Tim Hortons served her “superheated” tea in a defective cup that left her with “horrific” burns on her body.Jack […]

The BBC

Putin to Xi: We will discuss your plan to end the war in Ukraine March 20, 2023
China's leader, whose Ukraine plan has been criticised in the West, gets a warm welcome in Moscow.
The 'dear' friendship of Xi and Putin... in 62 seconds March 20, 2023
As Putin welcomes Xi to Moscow, the BBC examines the relationship between the two world leaders.
EU gives Ukraine €2bn of ammunition after shell plea March 20, 2023
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hailed the "game-changing decision" from the EU.
UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster March 20, 2023
Technology is providing solutions but the climate forecast is worsening, scientists say in major report.
France pension reform: Macron's government survives no-confidence vote March 20, 2023
The votes came after the pension age was raised to 64 last Thursday without a vote.
Rupert Murdoch set to marry for fifth time at 92 March 20, 2023
The billionaire tycoon announces his engagement to former police chaplain, Ann Lesley Smith.
XXXTentacion: Three men found guilty of murdering rapper in 2018 March 20, 2023
The rapper, 20, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed during a Florida robbery in 2018.
Kenya protests: Raila Odinga's convoy tear-gassed in Nairobi March 20, 2023
Police crack down on the biggest opposition-led protest since President Ruto took office last year.