Featured
‘Do The Right Thing’ still asks burning questions
June 29, 2009 · Comments
Twenty years later, the trash can is still crashing through America’s window. At the climax of Spike Lee’s 1989 drama “Do The Right Thing,” the eternal battle between love and hate teeters on a razor’s edge. The young black man Radio Raheem has been choked to death by white police after a fight with a Brooklyn pizzeria owner. A seething crowd gathers in front of the shop. Lee’s character, Mookie, a black pizza deliveryman, stands between the crowd and the shop. He’s shoulder-to-shoulder... [Read the full story]
Party Politics
Claims of Racism & Young GOP Candidates Facebook Page
July 2, 2009 · Comments
Richard Ivory, Hip Hop Republican - The French writer, Alexandre Dumas known the world over for his writings and sayings is claimed to have said that “I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest“. And after a week of racial innuendoes and jokes tossed around by the South Carolina GOP, you would think we as party would at least try to take a break and learn from our lessons. HHR blog recenlty recived in our email along with other bloggers this photo image of a conversation with one of the candidates... [Read the full story]
Government
Court ‘moving ball’ on racial hiring, Obama says
July 2, 2009 · Comments
President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court was “moving the ball” on affirmative action in this week’s decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but he added that the court had not ruled out the use of racial preferences in the future. In a White House interview with The Associated Press, the president also said, “I don’t think that hiring on the basis of race … alone is constitutionally possible.” Obama, a former teacher of constitutional law, said, “I’ve... [Read the full story]
Media
Even the King of Pop Stirs Racial Divide
July 3, 2009 · Comments
Earl Ofari Hutchinson - The first nasty inkling that even the King of Pop can stir the racial divide came with the Mt. Everest size list of postings on blogs, chat rooms, and websites the week after the death of icon Michael Jackson. The comments ranged from mild rebuke to pure venom in which the writers dredged up all the old drug, child molestation, and other dirt digs on Jackson. In many cases they explicitly took big racial swipes at Jackson, papa Joe Jackson, and Jackson family members. Then there was the inevitable... [Read the full story]
International
Israeli navy commandeers Gaza aid boat, Cynthia McKinney among those onboard
June 30, 2009 · Comments
The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the military said. A statement said the Greek-registered freighter Arion ignored a radio message from the Israeli military saying it would not be allowed to enter Gaza waters and ordering it to turn back. The statement said naval personnel boarded the small vessel without any shots being fired. The military said those on board would be handed over to immigration authorities... [Read the full story]
State/Local
Palin resigning as Alaska governor
July 3, 2009 · Comments
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down—throwing into question whether she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. The news rattles a Republican Party plagued with setbacks in recent weeks, including extramarital affairs disclosed by two other 2012 presidential prospects, Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Palin hastily called a news conference Friday morning at her... [Read the full story]
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News by State
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