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*Star Jones, who is hosting the National Association of Professional Women’s National Networking Conference this week, joined HuffPost Live Wednesday morning and commented on Ann Coulter’s recent anti-Muslim comments, in which she said Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow, Katherine Russell, “ought to be in prison for wearing a hijab.” Jones told HuffPost Live hosts [...]
*Co-host of MSNBC’s daytime show “The Cycle” Touré joined HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill Thursday and defended his network’s all-white primetime lineup. The cable news industry has come under criticism for its lack of diversity generally, and within primetime in particular. Though MSNBC has several African-American hosts, none of them anchor primetime shows. But [...]
*In an interview with HuffPost Live, Jada Pinkett Smith, 41, explained her definition of the “open marriage” she’s shared for the past 16 years with husband Will Smith. “I’ve always told Will, ‘You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay,’” she told HuffPost [...]
*Look at the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, just all of the professional sports and tell us if you think that all of them are riddled with mental illness. Most of you raised your hand in agreement that they are definitely suffering from some mental issues. For me, the first poster child for mental illness that [...]
*The debate over gun control has been controversial and confusing. The black community has one of the highest gun homicide rates in the country. In a report compiled by the Children’s Defense Fund, the statistics show that for 2006-2007, the largest metropolitan areas suffered the most from gun-related homicides. The report states that 67 percent [...]
*Last night, I was watching my copy of the very important film, “Hoodwinked,” by Janks Morton. I appear in the film, along with my respected colleagues, Drs. Marc Lamont Hill, Jawanza Kunjufu, Ivory Toldson and Steve Perry. The film serves to debunk many of the ridiculous myths that black people perpetuate against one another, particularly [...]
*Renowned Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill is currently suing the Philadelphia Police Department for harassment. He said an officer (Richard DeCoatsworth) harassed him on June 12. Recapping the events of the evening, the lawsuit claims Hill was dropping off a friend around 12:30 a.m. on June 12 when the officer and his partner pulled [...]
*Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly is all over the Internet today for telling an African American college professor that he looks like a cocaine dealer. Wednesday’s “The O’Reilly Factor” included a discussion with Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill about beefing up security on the Mexican border. The conservative host began describing a hypothetical situation [...]
*BET Networks on Wednesday broadcasts “BET News Presents: The State of the Union President Obama and Black America,” a 90-minute live special that couples coverage of the president’s address with a roundtable discussion and a series of taped packages featuring a wide range of celebrity and political voices. Beginning at 9 p.m. on BET, CENTRIC, [...]
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