Sports/Gaming
No 'Runaway Slave'
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| lebronjames.com |
Crashing the national news echo chamber (like an old fashioned chocolate thunder dunk breaking the backboard), the Rev. Jesse Jackson showed he still has it on July 11 when he reacted to Dan Gilbert's outrageous statement about Lebron James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. Here is the full text.
(Epilogue: Gilbert was fined $100,000 by the NBA commissioner for his comments).
Jul 13, 2010, 14:51
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The 411
The SeeingBlack.com 411
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| Oscar Grant |
Protests erupt in Oakland after verdict in Grant trial...Jury convicts Chicago police commander Jon Burge of lying about torture...Wages for high school, college graduates fell in last decade...US to deploy Predator drones along Texas-Mexico border...64 die in Uganda blast...Justice Dept to sue Arizona over immigration law...New York lawmakers approve labor standards for domestic workers...New details emerge on "backdoor bailout" through AIG...APA supports efforts to strip license of psychologist tied to torture program...CNN fires Middle East editor for Twitter post...Nixon and Kissinger admitted to CIA assassination attempt in Chile; Nixon ordered plans for nuking North Korea...Gary Rivlin on Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.– How the Working Poor Became Big Business... Sen. Robert Byrd, 1917-2010...Tax-exempt funds aid settlements in West Bank. And MUCH more! Check the REAL NEWS!
Jul 12, 2010, 16:25
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Movies/TV
War For Real and Up Close
If it is true that “war is a force that gives us meaning,” that meaning is surely lost on us after viewing “Restrepo,” the new devastating documentary about the war in Afghanistan.
By Esther Iverem
Jul 13, 2010, 15:45
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The 411
The SeeingBlack.com 411
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| A sea turtle in clean water |
Report: 27,000 Abandoned Wells Pose Threat to Gulf Coast. Media Clampdown in the Gulf Coast: Government and BP Place More Restrictions on Journalists Covering the Oil Spill. Report: BP Pays Out Half of Claims Filed By Gulf Residents. Environmental Groups Announce Settlement to Prevent Burning of Sea Turtles. Oil From BP Spill Reaches Texas. BP Still Has Nearly $1 Billion Pentagon Fuel Contract. Former BP Contractor: BP’s "Bottom Line is Just About Money". ProPublica: BP Texas Refinery Had Huge Toxic Release Just Before Gulf Blowout. Check the REAL news!
Jul 12, 2010, 16:52
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Music
Journey: The Sound of Black
Singer Al Jarreau and the George Duke Trio are touring the country and taking listeners on a excursion to a small piece of the history of Black music.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Jun 24, 2010, 13:17
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The 411
The SeeingBlack.com 411
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| Troy Davis |
Obama taps Petraeus as Afghan commander after firing McChrystal. Witnesses recant testimony at hearing for Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis. Ex-Chicago police commander denies overseeing torture of African Americans at trial. Jamaica arrests alleged drug lord. $712 million settlement reached for sick ground zero workers. Study ranks US last on healthcare. Study: Blacks, Latinos hardest hit by foreclosures. Seattle police officer punches woman in face following jaywalk. GAO report clears ACORN of mishandling funding. And MUCH more! Check the REAL news!
Jun 24, 2010, 14:43
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Music
God Parent of Hip-Hop?
BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2010: When Nikki Giovanni went into the studio 40 years ago to record Truth is On Its Way, she was blatantly trying to bring the profane in conversation with the sacred, two decades before Kirk Franklin and later Kanye West would bring ghetto theodicy to the top of the pop charts.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Jun 10, 2010, 13:38
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The 411
Black Fishermen Suffer Too
Nearly five years after Katrina, African American fishing community in Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish faces new struggle in oil spill devastation and BP obstruction.
By Anjali Kamat
Jun 10, 2010, 13:10
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Movies/TV
Black Woman As Poster Child
When I watched both "Sex and the City 2," based on the popular former TV series, and "Just Wright," the new romantic comedy starring Queen Latifah and Common, I had on my mind the ways that Black women are always made the poster children for being frustrated and single (or unhappily unmarried).
By Esther Iverem
Jun 3, 2010, 11:24
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Diaspora
Israel Gone Wild
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| The recession has spurred military enlistment. |
Framing the narrative: Israeli commandos seize videotape and equipment from journalists after deadly raid. Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas retires after Israel remarks. Israel seizes another Gaza-bound aid boat. Israel rejects call for international probe into attack on Gaza flotilla. Passenger: Israeli troops fired at unarmed passengers, ignored SOS calls. Israeli Military Retracts Claim Passengers "Al Qaeda Mercenaries." Swedish Dockers Boycott Israeli Goods, Ships in Flotilla Protest. Report: Israel had assassination list. Tristan Anderson returns home to California after Israel attack. NPT signatories call on Israel to open nuclear sites. AND MORE...
Jun 10, 2010, 12:17
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