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Live Streaming of The Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama, January 21, 2013

• January 21, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, History, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Capitol Hill, Common Sense, Faiths, First Lady Michelle Obama, FLOTUS, Inauguration, Live Streaming, Love, Martin Luther King, Michelle Obama, National Mall, Prayers, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sasha and Malia Obama, Second Inaugural, The First Lady, The King Bible, The King Holiday, United States, United States presidential inauguration, Washington D.C.

Saturday Night Music, November 26, 2011: Experience Unlimited (EU), “Da Butt,” from Spike Lee’s “School Daze,” 1988

• November 26, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "School Daze", Arts, Bill Nunn, Chuck Brown, D.C. Metro, Dance Party, EU, Experience Unlimited, Frat Party, Funk, Go-Go, Grady, Jane Toussaint, Jungle Boogie, Maryland, Rumpshaking, Spike Lee, The Roots, Washington, Washington D.C.

Funeral Services Announced for Gil Scott-Heron and More (w/Update)

• June 1, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, HIV Positive, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art, Artists, Arts, BBC News, Blacks, Children, Crack, Creative People, Death, Drug Addiction, Drugs, E. Ethelbert Miller, Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, Funeral Services, Ghostface Killah, Gia Scott-Heron, Gil Scott-Heron, Growing Up, I'm New Here, Kanye West, Love, Musician, New York City, New York Times, Novelist, Poet, Polymath, Riverside Church, Singer, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Talib Kweli, The Fieldston School, The Hip Hop Nation, The Seventies, The Sixties, Washington D.C.

This is The Face of Another of Malcolm X’s Assassins, William Bradley, But He Never Got a Day in Prison. Why?

• April 29, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Crime, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Political Malfeasance, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: A Singular Voice, Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, African Americans, Agents Provocateurs, Assassination, Benjamin Thomas, Black Muslims, Blacks, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, FBI Agent, John Ali, Leon Davis, Malcolm X, Mujahid Halim, Murder, Mustafa Shabazz, NOI, Racism, Sunni Islam, Talmadge X. Hayer, The Audubon Ballroom, The Nation of Islam, Thomas Hagan, Unfinished Business, Washington D.C., Wilber McKinley, William Bradley

Tim Wise, “Imagine If The Tea Party Were Black”

• April 25, 2010 • 9 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Between Barack and a Hard Place", AmericaBlog, Anne Coulter, Anti-Racism, Armed Protesters, Brian and Sara Brandsmeier, Malia Obama, Michael Savage, Neo-Confederate, Pastor Stan Craig, Pat Buchanan, Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Teabagging, Ted Nugent, The Right Wing, The Tea Party Movement, Tim Wise, Washington D.C., White Privilege, White Supremacy

Shani Davis Wins Olympic Gold for 1,000 Meter Ice Sprint

• February 18, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Winter Olympics 2010
Tags: "The Incredibles", African American, African Americans, Blacks, Champion, Chicago IL, Chicagoan, DC Inner City Excitement, Frozone, Ice, Lightness, Northern Michigan University, Pettit National Ice Center, Shani, Shani Davis, Skating, Snow, Speed Skating, The Olympic Gold Medal, The Olympics, Washington D.C., Weightlessness, West Allis WI, Winter Sports, Wisconsin

Friday Night Music, August 7: Roberta Flack, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” 1974

• August 7, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Music, Roberta Flack
Tags: "Killing Me Softly", Atlantic Records, Charles Fox, Clint Eastwood, Donny Hathaway, Grammy, Grammy Award, Grammy R & B, Howard University, Les McCann, Maxi Priest, New York, Norman Gimbel, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, The Seventies, Washington D.C.

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D.J. Duffy: Looks like it's a Putin-Trump-Pence ticket September 24, 2016
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Cindy Kuscienko: State health department AWOL on wind turbine impacts September 24, 2016
Dear Editor: The refusal of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services to even consider testing for health risks associated with industrial wind turbines just goes to show that the hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil monkeys are alive…
Rich Eggleston: Citizens' rights should trump those of billboard companies September 24, 2016
Signing a billboard lease should not be like entering into a marriage contract “until death do us part.”
Daro A. Crandall: Hillary would not be trusted in Lake Woebegon September 24, 2016
Dear Editor: In his column "Understanding Hillary," Garrison Keillor compares Hillary Clinton to our common ancestor Prudence Crandall. Prudence's motives, unlike Hillary's, were strictly about the betterment of her fellow humans — in her case the free black young ladies…
Joel McNally: The dastardly crime Republicans want investigated September 24, 2016
It’s not the financial corruption of the state’s top politicians Republicans want investigated. It’s The Guardian’s exposing of Wisconsin’s political corruption to the nation by publishing factual evidence.
Concert review: MSO takes audience on a stunning trip to the planets September 24, 2016
It’s a rare symphony concert that draws its entire repertoire from the 20th century, but the Madison Symphony Orchestra opened its 2016-17 season by doing just that.
Morning briefing: Congressman Pocan pens letter to USDOJ over alleged threat by Gov. Walker September 24, 2016
Stories that are making the news today in Madison and around the state and country.
Rick Raemisch brings anti-solitary confinement crusade to Madison September 24, 2016
The former Wisconsin corrections chief now heads up Colorado prisons.

The Chicago Tribune

Judge orders release of man who was convicted in 1957 murder April 15, 2016
A DeKalb County judge Friday vacated the conviction of Jack McCullough, who was found guilty in 2012 of the 1957 murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl. Judge William Brady ordered a new trial for McCullough and also ordered that he be freed from custody on his own recognizance. The hearing was held...
Judge won't reduce bond for girls in Slender Man stabbing April 15, 2016
A judge on Friday refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set for two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Judge Michael Bohren denied requests by the girls' attorneys to lower the bond amount. The girls have been...
Lucas Museum switch: Olive branch or trap? April 15, 2016
By signing off on a plan to move the museum east of Lake Shore Drive, parks advocates would be trampling on the very principle they used to block the museum.Does Mayor Rahm Emanuel want to tear down the McCormick Place East building to make way for the controversial Lucas Museum of Narrative Art?...
To police, a fatal gang shooting. To parents, the end of a life turning around April 15, 2016
As they gathered at the crime tape, looking down at the body of their son under a white sheet, Raymond and Charisma Pryor were taken off to the side by police and told he was the target of a gang conflict.But all they could see was a man gunned down as he was straightening out his life, going to...
What drives Jonathan Toews? Let's start with the sleepovers April 15, 2016
As a kid, Jonathan Toews threw the worst sleepovers. Just ask Tyler Riel, a friend who went over to Toews' house one night on the southern end of Winnipeg. Riel, then 11, was expecting the usual trappings of a night with buddies — video games, junk food and hockey on the rink Toews' dad Brian built....
Reward offered for Oak Lawn man wanted in 2009 burning, killing of Chicago teen April 15, 2016
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of an Oak Lawn man charged in the burning and killing a teenage boy on Chicago's Southwest Side in 2009, the FBI said Friday morning. Luis Macedo, 28, whose last known address is in the 6200 block of West 90th Place,...
Muslim family kicked off United flight still awaits resolution April 15, 2016
The parents of a north suburban Muslim family abruptly removed from a United Airlines flight last month say the way they and their three children were treated by a flight crew at Chicago O'Hare International Airport went way beyond poor customer service. Yet three weeks later, they still have not...
Demolish McCormick Place East for Lucas Museum site: City Hall plan April 15, 2016
Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to tear down McCormick Place East to create a lakefront parcel for Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas' art museum in an effort to prevent Lucas from taking the project to another city, a source close to the mayoral administration said Friday. The source confirmed the mayor's...

The New York Times

Yielding to Pressure, Charlotte Releases Videos of Keith Scott Shooting September 25, 2016
City government officials previously contended that disclosing the recordings so soon after the fatal encounter could undermine a criminal inquiry.
Rarity of Tulsa Shooting: Female Officers Are Almost Never Involved September 24, 2016
Police officers kill about 1,000 people each year, according to data collected by the federal government. Only a handful of those shootings are by female officers.
Obama Says African-American Museum Will Tell of ‘Suffering and Delight’ September 24, 2016
Mr. Obama, dedicating the museum on Saturday, said that the story of black Americans is the story of the nation’s essential greatness.
5 Dead in Shooting at Mall in Washington State, Police Say September 24, 2016
Police were still searching Saturday morning for a man who they said had killed four women and a man at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, about 65 miles north of Seattle.
In a Roundabout Way, a Maine Town’s Future May Turn on a Traffic Issue September 25, 2016
Boothbay will vote on a measure to add a traffic roundabout to a main road, which some see as the beginning of the end for “a cozy, treasured spot.”
Donald Trump’s Potential Guest at Debate: Gennifer Flowers September 24, 2016
Mr. Trump threatened to invite Ms. Flowers, who had a sexual relationship with Bill Clinton, and she wrote in a text message that she would attend the debate.
This Land: In an Era of Hyperbole, Paul Bunyan Is as Tall as Ever September 24, 2016
Many Minnesotans still hold a gargantuan lumberjack in reverence, but anything seems possible in this era, and election, of hyperbole.
Tulsa’s Prayers, and Past Scars, Softened Reaction to Police Shooting September 24, 2016
Some residents attribute Tulsa’s calm after a police shooting to religious restraint and the memories of a 1921 riot that left as many as 300 dead.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Woman accused of trying to bring gun into courthouse, Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office says November 10, 2015
A New Orleans woman tried to put a purse with a loaded gun inside through the security belt at Orleans Parish Criminal Court
Washington state mall shooter captured after killing 5, fleeing, local authorities said September 25, 2016
Law enforcement staged a massive search over more than 20 hours for the suspect, initially described by witnesses as a young Hispanic male wearing black.
Hundreds pack church to mourn Tulsa man shot by police officer September 25, 2016
People who attended Saturday said they hoped the service could help draw attention to future incidents involving police officers and black men.
Fire breaks out on Mexican oil tanker in the Gulf; crew is safe, website reports September 25, 2016
Pemex tweeted in Spanish that "Burgos is designed to carry hydrocarbons; his double-hull eliminates the risk of spills."
College football players in Michigan, other athletes raise fists in protest during anthem September 24, 2016
Football players for Michigan and Michigan State along with a group of students at North Carolina raised their fists during the national anthem Saturday.
Watch Charlotte police video from shooting of Keith Lamont Scott September 24, 2016
Police Chief Kerr Putney addressed reporters hours after several hundred demonstrators took to the street for a fifth day of protests in Charlotte's central business district.
7 arrested during monument protests at Jackson Square September 24, 2016
The protest was for the removal of the four confederate monuments in New Orleans.
Charges pending in crash that killed Covington man, state police say September 24, 2016
State Police said 49-year-ol Lance Anthony Vonhallenbeck was killed in the one-vehicle crash.

The Guardian, UK

New fears for 1,000 lone children in Calais refugee camp September 24, 2016
French authorities hope Britain will honour pledges and rescue minors when the bulldozers move inUp to 1,000 unaccompanied minors will be left to fend for themselves when the so-called jungle camp for refugees in Calais is bulldozed next month. The French authorities have made no plans to rehouse the children, the Observer has learned, because it is hoping t […]
UN security council to meet on Syria as Assad’s troops tighten grip on Aleppo September 25, 2016
A siege of the Syrian city has intensified after the end of the weeklong ceasefire, and now nearly 2 million are without waterPresident Bashar al-Assad’s troops have tightened their siege of Aleppo, after another 24 hours of intense bombardment that left dozens dead and nearly 2 million without water.The United Nations security council is due to meet at 11am […]
Washington police hunt gunman who killed five at Burlington mall September 24, 2016
Authorities release image of ‘darker complected’ suspectFifth victim dies after shooting at Cascade mall in BurlingtonMore than 12 hours after a gunman fatally shot four women and one man in a Washington state mall, police released a grainy image of the suspect and appealed to the public for any information about his identity, whereabouts and motive.The gunm […]
Indian royals in row over missing temple treasures September 24, 2016
Kerala’s former rulers in court battle over gold, carvings and jewels from vaults of 16th-century temple Only a handful of people have laid eyes on the treasure of the Padmanabhaswamy temple in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, formerly Trivandrum, capital of Kerala in southern India. Lawyer Ananda Padmanabhan is one of the lucky few. “I have seen the items in […]
France 'to move Calais refugees to reception centres within weeks' September 24, 2016
Centres will hold people for up to four months, and those who do not seek asylum will be sent home, François Hollande saysAs many as 9,000 people could be moved from the Calais refugee camp to reception centres across France in the coming weeks, François Hollande has said.On a visit to one of France’s 164 such centres in the town of Tours on Saturday, the pr […]
Iraq militants launch deadly attacks around Tikrit September 24, 2016
At least 12 police officers killed in first attack of its kind since city was retaken from Isis last yearMilitants have killed at least a dozen members of the Iraqi security forces in early morning attacks in the city of Tikrit, according to reports.Four police officers were shot dead at a checkpoint on the west side of the city. Security forces returned fir […]
Pakistan minibus crash: 24 dead after vehicle plunges off cliff into river September 24, 2016
Water current sweeps away wreckage and bodies say local officials in Pakistani-controlled KashmirAt least 23 people were killed when a minibus plunged from a mountain road into a river in a remote area of Pakistan-administered Kashmir late on Friday, officials said.The accident took place at Nausehri, 45km (27 miles) north of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pak […]
Gabon court rules president Ali Bongo rightful winner of September election September 24, 2016
Consitutional court says it retallied votes but could not recount them because all ballots were burned immediately after countingThe Bongo family will extend its 50-year rule over Gabon after the country’s constitutional court ruled Ali Bongo was the rightful winner of last month’s contested election.The court said it had retallied all the votes from the pol […]

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Police release bodycam footage of Keith Scott shooting September 25, 2016
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, release officer bodycam and dashcam footage of a controversial shooting of a black man last week.
Syria conflict: UN chief 'appalled' by Aleppo escalation September 25, 2016
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, with the UN Security Council due to meet.
Washington State gun attack suspect in custody September 25, 2016
A suspect sought over a deadly gun attack at a shopping centre in Washington state has been arrested and named as Arcan Cetin, 20.
Hungary PM suggests giant migrant city in Libya September 24, 2016
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the European Union should set up a giant camp to process migrants before they reach Europe.
Obama opens African-American museum in Washington DC September 24, 2016
US President Barack Obama opens a new museum about the African-American history and culture in Washington DC.
Mexico: Thousands protest against same-sex marriage proposal September 25, 2016
Thousands of people protest in Mexico City against a government proposal to legalise same sex-marriage, which they say undermines traditional families.
Opposition rejects Gabon court's ruling on Ali Bongo election win September 24, 2016
Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping has said a constitution court ruling which upheld President Ali Bongo's election victory was "unjust".
Irish abortion laws: Protests held across the world September 24, 2016
Thousands of protesters march in Dublin and 20 other world cities to press their demand for a referendum to repeal Ireland's abortion laws.