September 2009
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The family of former “In The House” co-star Maia Campbell released a letter to Essence Magazine Friday in regards to a recent video showing an incoherent and distressed Campbell. The video appeared on various internet gossip blogs and even became a trending topic on Twitter. Now the family wants to have their say on the…
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As many of you know, President Obama’s numbers on healthcare were taking a nosedive up until he gave his address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night. Now after some earlier results from less reliable polls that showed a jump, CBS News is showing that the post-speech bump is real. More after the jump.
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Elayne Fluker recently penned a column for Essence.com opining if black women are being unfairly targeted and punished for daring to be successful. Study after freakin’ study—from CNN, to MSNBC, to ESSENCE—has told us, warned us, that as educated, accomplished Black women, we run the risk of being “punished.” That we won’t be able to…
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MSNBC contributor Lawrence O’Donnell didn’t listen to Rush or Hannity about the president getting called out as a liar during his address to the joint session of Congress Wednesday night. Nope. O’Donnell tuned into some black talk radio and reported to Keith Olbermann on Countdown that shock o’ shocks black folks are pissed about this…
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Michelle Obama Watch is reporting that the Obamas will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday, interviewed again by Steve Kroft (apparently he is the go-to guy for Obama interviews). The women of MOW are crossing their fingers that no more articles will appear dissecting the First Lady’s anatomy. If I see one more post…one more
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I’ll never forget sitting in the newsroom early that morning watching as the unthinkable happened from the safety of Midland, TX on Sept. 11, 2001. I saw the first plane hit and watched the whole thing unfold with a mix of dread, horror and confusion. I remember wondering how the firefighters were going to fight
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