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So anyone keeping up with the NBA playoffs should realize that this is the year that the Cavs are going to take the ship. They will do this because of three reason. Reason #1: Shaq. Reason#2: Jamison. Reason #3: Lebron (who is a back to back MVP). Sorry to bring my sports bias to the […]

I tried to stay above the fray. For weeks I have contemplated writing a post about a certain Internet sensation that goes by the name of Kat Stacks. With the legalization of racial profiling and xenophobia in Arizona, NBA playoffs, and financial regulation I had a slew of topics I could’ve talked about. Trust me, […]

Colbert Report | April 27, 2010 The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – No Problemo www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News

“Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.”–Mary McLeod Bethune “As more women enter public life, I see developing a more humane society. The growth and development of children no longer will depend solely upon […]

“Are you doing your part?” and “Save the planet.” During Earth Week, we’ll being hearing a lot of these phrases, both part of “going green” and saving our worn down environment. But hey…why is the focus of this wildfire movement limited to the abused natural resources? Don’t get me wrong I am all for living […]

Last week, Erica Jong wrote the most random “book review” (or something) I have ever read in my life.  In her Huffington Post blog, Jong, apparently charged with discussing Kitty Kelley’s recently published unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey, essentially writes about knowing both Winfrey and Kelley, and admits that she hasn’t actually finished the text […]

How the Black Eyed Peas shamelessly sold out…and why it was the best idea EVER.

They say this subject is getting old… “Mike Huckabee compared homosexuality to necrophilia and his conservative mindset is what keeps our minds captured in cages scattered with landmines of inequality, And those mines blow up in the minds of children as they breed their judgmental thoughts while spreading them to their off-spring, your like a […]

  Earlier this week, legendary producer Dr. Dre officially announced his intentions to release his long-awaited 3rd and (allegedly) final album, the now-mythical Detox, in 2010. Of course, we’ve heard this shit before; every year since 2007 or so has been the year Detox would finally see a release, and each time it never materialized. […]

On the eve of the 2010 Kent Lecture I must admit that I am a bit nervous about the lecture. To give a little background, the Kent Lecture is in honor of Dr. George E. Kent, the first tenured Black professor at University of Chicago. In past year’s Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, […]

Winehouse was touted as a world class vocalist, a supremely gifted songwriter, and a certified game-changer within the landscape of popular music. And then everything went wrong. Very wrong.

Today I heard an advertisement on a Chicago radio station. It started off with a heavy bass rhythm in the background, and continued into a full beat that sounded oddly familiar—like it was the new Lil Wayne track of the week. (It seem like he comes out with a new song every other day.) But […]