A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
Below is a collection of some nice offerings from the interwebs, Twitternets and our very own comments section backed by the musical stylings of the Song Du Jour. Go ahead, get some get right.
It Takes a Nation of Thousands: Egyptians Prepare for ‘Day of Departure’ [Voice of America]
VIDEO: Houston Cops Beat a Kid Down. After Hitting Him with a Squad Car [Oliver Willis]
Black Folks Are Not Reveling in Ronald Reagan’s 100th Birthday [ABC]
Haiti: Election Pits Former First Lady Against Pop Star; Wyclef Left Feeling Praswell’d [WaPo]
Study: Half of HIV Diagnoses Found in African-Americans [Modern Medicine]
Rewind: How Hip Hop Closed the Crackhouse [Hip Hop and Politics]
In Courtroom, Officer Sees Defendant’s Swinging Crutch; Raises Him Two Bullets [Reuters]
Wiz Khalifa Explains ‘Black and Yellow’; You Continue Not Caring [The Hollywood Reporter]
Now the Pantyhose Are Really Coming Off: Tyler Perry Takes Role from Idris (Allegedly)! [Rhymes with Snitch]
Folks, without love, it ain’t much…
Cheryl Contee aka "Jill Tubman", Baratunde Thurston aka "Jack Turner", rikyrah, Leutisha Stills aka "The Christian Progressive Liberal", B-Serious, Casey Gane-McCalla, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley aka "Marcus Toussaint," Fredric Mitchell
Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
Technical Contributor: Brandon Sheats