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‘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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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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SC gov gambles to ‘lay it all out’ about affair

After days of assuring the public he was firmly in control after admitting a scandalous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford detailed other... [Read more]

Monica Conyers resigns from Detroit City Council

City councilwoman Monica Conyers resigned from office Monday, days after admitting in court that she accepted bribes from a company in exchange... [Read more]

Conyers says little about wife’s legal troubles

On the day City Councilwoman Monica Conyers stepped into a federal courtroom at home in Detroit to plead guilty to bribery, her husband was at... [Read more]

Davis hits party wall in Alabama

ALEX ISENSTADT, Politico - As he embarks on his bid to become the first African-American governor of a Deep South state since Reconstruction,... [Read more]

After 50 years, Motown endures in ailing Detroit

Fifty years after the birth of Motown, the music lives on as a legacy for a city that has seen more than its share of hard times in the past... [Read more]

Atlanta tearing down last public housing projects

Atlanta, the city that built the first public housing project in the United States, plans to tear down its last one within a year. The demolition... [Read more]

Miss. civil rights slayings to get historic marker

Mississippi officials say a historical marker can be placed on a state highway near where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964. The... [Read more]

Detroit council’s Conyers snarled in bribes probe

Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers is seeking Baptist pastors’ support as she runs for re-election amid a bribery scandal. A person... [Read more]

Dropped charges protested in Texas dragging case

Protesters vowed Monday to get the U.S. Department of Justice to review the dismissal of state murder charges against two white men in the dragging... [Read more]

GOP, 2 Dems flip power balance in NY senate

Republicans and two dissident Democrats appeared to take control of New York’s Senate on Monday after the two New York City renegades voted... [Read more]

Lawyer: Ex-Detroit mayor’s payments back on track

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New Orleans mayor, wife quarantined in China

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife have been quarantined in China after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin’s... [Read more]


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