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That Was FAST: George and Mellody Hobson Lucas Welcome Daughter Everest Via Surrogate

• August 12, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Love, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Amanda Lucas, Bill Moyers, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Women, Blacks, California, Child, Children, Daughter, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Huffington Post, Katie, Lucas, Marcia Lucas, Mellody Hobson, Skywalker Ranch, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Van Morrison

A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”

• March 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker

Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”

• November 15, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, HIV Positive, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Monster's Ball", "Precious", "Push", "The CBS Evening News", Abuse Pornography, Abuser, African Americans, Alice Walker, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Claireese Jones, Composite Depiction, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Gabourey Sidibe, Growing Up, Katie Couric, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Mental Abuse, Motherhood, New York, New York City, Ntozake Shange, Precious Jones, Ramona Lofton, Rape, Sapphire, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Abuse, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Tyler Perry, WAOD, What About Our Daughters?

Feuding, Fighting and Fussing: King Siblings Square Off Over Father’s Biopic

• May 22, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Film, History, Race, Sexuality
Tags: Alveda King, Barbara Reynolds, Bernice King, Bishop Eddie Long, Commercialism, Coretta Scott King, Dexter King, Dreamworks, Harry Belafonte, Homophobia, King Inc., Lawsuits, Martin Luther King III, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Sibling Rivalry, Steven Spielberg, The King Center, The Movement, Washington Mall, Yolanda King

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Judge Issues Stinging Free Speech Ruling Against University of Florida January 22, 2022
While a lawsuit is being resolved, the university cannot bar professors from offering expert testimony in lawsuits against the state, the federal judge ruled.
As F.B.I. Breached Texas Synagogue, Hostages Were Dashing for Exit January 22, 2022
The federal agency said it was unaware that three hostages were already escaping the temple as an elite rescue team entered from different sides, killing the attacker.
Wildfire in Big Sur Forces Residents to Evacuate January 23, 2022
A late-season blaze that started on Friday grew to 1,000 acres in the scenic region of California.
A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway. January 21, 2022
A military report warned that striking the giant structure could cause tens of thousands of deaths.
March for Life Rally Unfolds with Eye on Supreme Court January 22, 2022
The annual March for Life rally is taking on a celebratory tone this year as participants expect the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Federal Funds Will Go to Online Tutoring Despite Pandemic Failures January 21, 2022
Federal stimulus dollars are dedicated to helping students recover from virtual schooling. Many districts are spending some of that money on virtual tutoring.
The U.S. Bombed a Dam in Syria That Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List January 21, 2022
A military report warned that striking the giant structure could cause tens of thousands of deaths.
National Guard Soldiers at Texas Border Describe Hapless Mission January 19, 2022
Gov. Greg Abbott deployed thousands of Texas National Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border. But soldiers complain of difficulties and a seemingly rudderless mission.

The Guardian, UK

Confusion over UK claim that Putin plans coup in Ukraine January 22, 2022
Foreign Office claim of plot to install pro-Moscow government in Kyiv comes with scant detailThe Foreign Office has said that it had exposed evidence of a plot to install a pro-Moscow government in Ukraine, and Boris Johnson promised to “ramp up pressure on Russia”, as his own domestic political troubles deepened.Saturday’s rare reference to intelligence-gat […]
Chinese officials arrested for concealing true scale of flood death toll January 23, 2022
Beijing government says officials in Henan province were found to have deliberately underreported the disasterOfficials in a Chinese province deliberately underreported or concealed 139 deaths from last year’s devastating flood disaster, the country’s central government has said, amid arrests of some of those involved.Record-breaking rainstorms hit Henan pro […]
Nasdaq braces for nervy fortnight as investors fall out of love with tech January 23, 2022
Technology stocks have been tumbling in the new year; now all eyes are on the sector’s giants as they report resultsTech stocks have been nursing a new year hangover, pushing the Nasdaq into correction territory. Momentum is building against companies with exciting promises to reshape the world, as investors turn to “value” alternatives such as oil and banki […]
French adventurer, 75, dies in attempt to row across the Atlantic January 23, 2022
Jean-Jacques Savin, a former paratrooper, wanted ‘to laugh at old age’ but got into difficulties off the AzoresA 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic “to laugh at old age” has been found dead in his cabin at sea, his support team said.Portuguese coast guards found Jean-Jacques Savin’s overturned boat off the archipelago of the Azores o […]
Last of escaped monkeys accounted for and three euthanised after crash in Pennsylvania January 23, 2022
One cynomolgus monkey remained on the loose overnight after the truck transporting 100 of them crashed near DanvilleThe last of the monkeys that escaped from a truck after it had crashed on a Pennsylvanian highway have been accounted for and three have been euthanised.Several monkeys had escaped following Friday’s collision between the pickup truck transport […]
Turkey: prominent journalist detained for insulting president Erdoğan January 23, 2022
Sedef Kabaş faces imprisonment for saying a proverb, with colleagues condemning arrest as attempt to intimidate mediaA prominent Turkish TV journalist has been detained and could face imprisonment after being charged with insulting the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Police detained Sedef Kabaş at her home at 2am on Saturday and took her to a polic […]
No 10 staff have swipe card data logged in probe of ‘partygate’ January 22, 2022
Security logs crucial to future of key staff as Sue Gray also ‘has details of new social event’The senior civil servant investigating allegations of at least nine lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street has been given access to a detailed log of staff movements in and out of the building from security data including swipecards.Whitehall figures say the i […]
Chief whip comes forward as person behind ‘Muslimness’ sacking claim January 22, 2022
Mark Spencer says accusations are ‘completely false’ after Nusrat Ghani says she was told her faith made colleagues ‘uncomfortable’Mark Spencer, the chief whip, has said a Conservative MP was referring to him when she accused a member of government of telling her she had been sacked from her ministerial post because her Muslim faith was “making colleagues un […]

The BBC

Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally January 23, 2022
The Foreign Office takes the unusual step of naming a former Ukrainian MP as a potential Kremlin candidate.
German navy chief resigns over Ukraine comments January 22, 2022
Kay-Achim Schönbach said the idea that Russia wanted to invade Ukraine was nonsense.
Jean-Jacques Savin: French adventurer dies crossing Atlantic Ocean January 22, 2022
Jean-Jacques Savin, who was 75, had previously made the voyage in a large barrel.
IS prison break in Syria sparks days of clashes January 23, 2022
More than 70 people have been killed in the fighting between militants and Kurdish-led forces.
'Surreal' January wildfire shuts California highway January 22, 2022
An unseasonal blaze rages in the Monterey County, forcing evacuations and the closure of Highway 1.
Sedef Kabas: Turkish journalist jailed for reciting proverb January 23, 2022
Sedef Kabas denies using the proverb to insult President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Kiribati goes into first lockdown after Covid flight cases January 22, 2022
Until last week, the remote island nation of Kiribati had recorded just two Covid cases.
UN condemns deadly air strike on Yemen prison January 22, 2022
A Saudi-led coalition denies it struck a detention centre on Friday, killing more than 70 people.