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Fans Flock to TV Guide Magazine’s X-Files 20th Anniversary Comic-Con Panel
By William Keck The truth is out there, but after 20 years, it’s not always so easy to recall all the details. TV Guide Magazine West Coast bureau chief Michael Schneider sparked the memories of The X-Files stars David Duchovny … Continue reading
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Controversy Lifts CBS’ ‘Big Brother’ to Season High
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Tagged Big Brother, CBS, entertainment, Reality television, television
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Chris Matthews apologizes to black co-workers on behalf of ‘all white people’
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Coping with Trayvon pain: 10 ways to heal your broken heart
By Terrie M. Williams With the senseless killing of Trayvon Martin, we once again find ourselves mourning a young Black spirit taken from us far too soon. As survivors, we are charged with honoring Martin and the countless others we’ve lost by standing … Continue reading
Ugly Opposition to Immigration Reform Comes Back to Capitol Hill
By George Zornick If there’s one media failing in the immigration debate, it is that many mainstream reporters hedge around the fact that at least some conservative opposition to the bill is based in cultural and even racial animus towards … Continue reading
Living in the Land of the Free Doesn’t Make You Free
By Walter Mosley I remember when I was 17 years old, in 1969; three of my friends dropped by in one of their cars and asked me if I wanted to go out with them to the beach or the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black people, commentary, race, United States, Walter Mosley, White people
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Trayvon Martin And Why The Right-Wing Media Spent 16 Months Smearing A Dead Teenager
By Eric Boehlert Appearing on Fox & Friends in the wake of a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, Geraldo Rivera’s claim that Martin brought about his own death by dressing in a hooded sweatshirt the … Continue reading
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One In Four Young Black Men Recall Recent Unfair Police Treatment, Gallup Finds
By Nicole Flatow Almost one in four young black males have experienced recent unfair treatment by the police, according to a newly released Gallup Survey. Among black males between ages 18 and 35, 24 percent said they recalled an instance within the … Continue reading
House of Horrors: Labor Trafficking in Domestic Workers
By Ai-Jen Poo and Tiffany Williams Imagine waking to the sound of a baby crying at 5 a.m., opening your eyes, and looking into the crib from a cot right beside it. Another day begins. Perhaps you are only 23 … Continue reading
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Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago’
By Mark Memmott “When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son,” President Obama told reporters Friday afternoon. “Another way of saying that was Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” In extensive … Continue reading →