So this video, which we found over at AB’s spot, has gone viral. Yeah, yeah. I know. It’s a disasterpiece. And no, you won’t be able to get it out of your head for the rest of the day. My bust. But then there’s this video, in which T Baby appears on a local Detroit Read More
Somewhere after the initial pleasantries and standard surface questions there is “the story”. “The story” is always trouble. It begins with what should be an innocuous question: “Where are you from?” I start debating with myself. Do I really want to explain myself again? I was a senior in college when I first heard the Read More
Latoya from Racialicious joins Megan at Jezebel to discuss disparities in the visual coverage of fatalities and an op-ed from Charles Blow, who generalizes his way into an interesting conclusion: Marriage can be a sore subject for black women in general. According to 2007 Census Bureau data, black women are the least likely of all Read More
Obama to Name Cabinet Nominees. Obama is finna formally announce HRC’s nomination to Secretary of State in the next hour, meaning Kevin Drum has to eat his hat. (The vaguely-superhuman Samantha Power , the Pulitzer-winning foreign policy wonk and close Obama friend who was jettisoned from the Obama campaign for calling HRC a “monster,” is also Read More
[image via Huffpo] The He Kept Us Safe argument offered up by the dwindling but steadfast ranks of Bush defenders has always struck me as a bit of a reach. Besides the fact that it’s not true — 9/11 happened on his watch, and there were plenty of warnings that something big and terrible was being Read More
