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The President at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, January 19, 2012

• January 21, 2012 • 5 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Chain of Fools", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Walk on By", 2012 Presidential Election, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, BarackObama, Bill Clinton, Child Labor, Clintonism, Dionne Warwick, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, GOP, High Cost of Living, Lame Duck, Lyndon B. Johnson, Medicare, Obama, President, President Barack Obama, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Lyndon Johnson, President Obama, Republican, Republicans, Ron Paul, Social Security, The Great Recession, The Tonight Show, Wanda Sykes

CoCo’s Got a New Show

• September 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Late Night TV, Mo'Nique, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wanda Sykes
Tags: "Conan", "Headlines, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", 2010, Coco, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, Emmy, George Lopez, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Judge Ito, Kevin Eubanks, Late Night TV, Late Night TV Host, Mo'Nique, NBC, November 8, Pompadour, Rickey Minor, TBS, Wanda Sykes, WTBS

Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi Won

• August 30, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted 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

2010 Emmys Announced: Braugher, “Endgame,” “Treme” Nominated

• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cooking, Cultural History, Documentary, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Love, Public Television, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Breaking Bad", "Brick City", "Endgame", "Pressure Cooker", "Treme", African American History, African Americans, Andre Braugher, Awards Show, Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Blacks, California, Children, Emmy, Emmys, Gian Carlo Esposito, Los Angeles CA, President Barack Obama, Racism, Sofia Vergara, The Emmys, Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes Does Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” Video

• April 15, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Erykah Badu, Sexuality, Television, Wanda Sykes, Women
Tags: "Window Seat", African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Controversy, Erykah Badu, Getting Naked, Jack and Jill Politics, Late Night TV, Laughter, Played for Laughs, Playing It for Laughs, Talk Show, Video, Wanda Sykes, Young Black and Fabulous

Michael Jackson’s Final Months: Anonymous Gay Sex and Drugging?

• June 30, 2009 • 25 Comments

Posted 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

Obama Backs Off Release of Torture Photos

• May 14, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Crime, History, Obama Administration, The Iraq War II, Torture, War Crimes
Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Harsh Interrogation Techniques, Human Rights, National Security, Rendition, Terrorism, The Justice Department, The Supreme Court, The Taliban, Torture, Wanda Sykes, War Criminal

The President at the the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

• May 10, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Bailouts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Barack Obama, Comedy, Faux Noise, Joyriding, Keith Olbermann, Michelle Obama, Rahm Emmanuel, Roast, Sasha and Malia Obama, Wanda Sykes, White House Correspondents Association

Wanda Sykes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

• May 10, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Barack Obama, Comedy, Dick Cheney, Kidneys, Michelle Obama, Osama bin Laden, Roast, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Treason, Wanda Sykes, Waterboarding, White House Correspondents Association

Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, 11, Commits Suicide Over Anti-Gay Bullying

• April 16, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in Black People, Commercials, Race, Sexuality, Television
Tags: Anti-Intellectualism, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Enforced Heterosexism, Gay, Hypermasculinity, Sirdeaner Walker, Springfield MA, Suicide, Wanda Sykes

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Bodies Pulled From Parched Lake Mead Stir Wise-Guy Ghosts of Las Vegas May 20, 2022
As climate change fuels grim discoveries across the West, Las Vegas is awash in bets on the identity of a suspected murder victim dumped in a barrel.
After Campus Uproar, Princeton Proposes to Fire Tenured Professor May 20, 2022
Joshua Katz says he was targeted because of his criticism of a campus protest group. A university report says the concerns are related to his inappropriate conduct with a female student.
Oklahoma Legislature Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions May 20, 2022
The legislation prohibits abortion from the moment of fertilization and relies on lawsuits from private citizens to enforce it. If the governor signs the bill, it would be the nation’s strictest measure, and take effect immediately.
The Lost Americans May 14, 2022
Nearly one million people have died from Covid in the United States. Many of the loved ones they left behind are grieving in a nation that wants to move on.
Thousands of Migrants Have Been Waiting for Months to Enter U.S. May 19, 2022
People from around the world have been lingering on the border, awaiting the end of pandemic restrictions. Their fate remains one of the Biden administration’s biggest challenges on immigration.
Census Miscounted the Population of 14 States, a Review Shows May 19, 2022
The coronavirus pandemic, hurricanes and political attitudes might have contributed to an undercount in six states, mostly in the South. The census likely overcounted in eight others.
Wesley Hunt’s Advice for the Republican Party: Update Your Look May 19, 2022
Wesley Hunt, a Black Republican poised to win a seat in Congress this fall, thinks his party’s future is in more candidates like him.
Bernie Sanders Prepares for ‘War’ With AIPAC and Its Super PAC May 20, 2022
The pro-Israel group, which is involved with direct political spending this year for the first time, has opposed progressive candidates backed by Mr. Sanders.

The Guardian, UK

Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years May 19, 2022
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials sayMozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year.Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Afri […]
Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body May 19, 2022
The South African government sent Anton Hammerl’s passport to his widow in 2016 but has refused to say how it came to have itThe widow of a British-based photographer who was murdered by Col Gaddafi’s forces in Libya in 2011 has accused South Africa of withholding crucial information about her husband’s death that could help in efforts to locate his body.Ant […]
‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021 May 19, 2022
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report revealsConflict and violence forced people from their homes a record number of times last year, a report has found, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of mass internal displacement caused by “huge spikes” in fighting.People fleeing violence were […]
‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups May 19, 2022
Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa’s future against one anotherSmoke curls into the air, a drum beats, the dance begins, a chant is raised. Ten metres away, cars howl past on a busy road, drivers unaware of the sacred ritual taking place in the centre of a bustling South African city.Francisco Macken […]
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives May 18, 2022
Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to dieOne of the last five fugitives wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Phénéas Munyarugarama, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002, UN prosecutors have announced.Munyarugarama, a local army commander, “died of natural causes” and was buried […]
‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda May 18, 2022
Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial schemeIt took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan.Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel, he is among the first tranche of asylum seekers facing f […]
Doncaster and Milton Keynes among eight towns awarded city status May 20, 2022
Stanley in Falkland Islands also becomes city after contest marking Queen’s platinum jubilee yearDoncaster, Milton Keynes and Stanley in the Falkland Islands have been awarded city status, approved by the Queen, in a competition being held as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations, the Cabinet Office has announced.The eight winners of the 2022 Platinum Ju […]
Canada to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G network, risking China tensions May 19, 2022
Move brings Ottawa into line with intelligence allies that have excluded Chinese tech firms from cutting-edge phone networksCanada says it will ban Huawei and ZTE from the country’s 5G network, a move that puts it in line with intelligence-sharing allies, but risks further chilling relations with China.The federal government made the announcement on Thursday […]

The BBC

Ukraine war: US fully backs Sweden and Finland Nato bids, Biden says May 20, 2022
Both countries submitted their applications to be part of the Western defence alliance this week.
Ukraine says giant Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant can't supply Russia May 20, 2022
Russia occupies Europe's biggest nuclear plant and now wants to sell power from it back to Ukraine.
Ukraine war: One Russian's anti-war protest on the side of his shopping centre May 19, 2022
Dmitry Skurikhin has listed the Ukrainian towns attacked by Russia on the side of his shopping centre.
US Secret Service: Two sent home after 'incident' in South Korea May 20, 2022
The pair were involved in an off-duty incident in South Korea ahead of US President Biden's visit.
North Korea: Fighting Covid with traditional medicine May 19, 2022
As Covid spreads in North Korea, state media urges the use of traditional medicine against the virus.
Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US, Canada and Australia May 20, 2022
Cases of the rare disease are now confirmed in eight European countries, health authorities say.
Johnny Depp was jealous and controlling, ex-girlfriend Ellen Barkin says May 20, 2022
Testimony from the actress, one of Johnny Depp's ex-girlfriends and co-stars, is played in court.
Australia election 2022: Cost of living worries voters May 19, 2022
If interest rates keep rising 300,000 Australians may default on mortgage repayments.