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  • Oui, Son! French Rap and the Politics of Free Speech

    The French rap game ain’t nothin to fuqua wit: From The New York Times: A gentlemanly patron of the arts, Frédéric Mitterrand, France’s culture minister, seems an unlikely champion of rap. But when the French artist Orelsan called publicly for his support at the height of a months-long free-speech polemic around the rapper’s song “Sale…

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  • History, Uncovered: Emmett Till's Casket to Be Donated to New Museum

    A piece of gruesome history is on its way to Washington DC. From the Chicago Tribune: Plans are in the works to exhibit the casket that once held the body of lynching victim Emmett Till at the Smithsonian Institution’s planned National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington when it opens in 2015.…

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  • Oprah's Takeover Stalled

    Has the proposed network become Oprah’s Waterloo? From The LA Times: The Oprah Winfrey Network seems to have everything needed to succeed: some of the best creative minds in the business, strong financial backing, a loyal audience and enthusiastic advertisers eager to buy commercial time. But more than 20 months after the announcement that Winfrey…

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  • VIDEO: Bloggingheads Talk Ted Kennedy

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  • 'Missouri Model' Gives Juvenile Offenders Chance to Go Legit

    Missouri is redfining the way juvenile detention is done. From CNN: Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley. It got him out of gangs and headed to college. While in one of Missouri’s juvenile facilities, Barkley became editor of its student newspaper,…

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  • Jay-Z to Do 9/11 Benefit Concert; Probably Won't Hug It Out with Rush Limbaugh

    Shawn Carter is lending a helping hand while letting people know he is, indeed, dropping another album. From MTV: As MTV News reported on Monday, Jay-Z will be headlining New York’s Madison Square Garden on September 11, the eighth anniversary of the tragic events of the World Trade Center attacks (and the release date of…

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  • Someone at Microsoft Engages in Hi-Jinks

    Something to chuckle about from the BBC: Software giant Microsoft has apologised for editing a photo to change a black man’s head to that of a white man. The picture, showing employees sitting around a desk, appeared unaltered on the firm’s US website. But on the website of its Polish business unit the black man’s…

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  • AUDIO: Limbaugh Responds to Jay-Z's 'Off That'; Claims He's 'On' No One's Man Parts

    Rush Limbaugh responds to Jay-Z’s ‘Off That’ in which Mr. Carter raps: Please tell Bill O’Reilly to fall back Tell Rush Limbaugh to get of my balls It’s 2010, not 1864 Not to be outdone, Limbaugh of course brings up Barack Obama and wants to remind Jigga that the nation’s penises need to be saved…

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  • NY Governor Paterson Backpedals from Race Remarks, Kind Of

    Let’s be honest: We can be quick to pull the race card, but even The Buzz had to give Gov. Paterson a side  eye on this one. From The New York Times: Gov. David A. Paterson attempted to distance himself on Tuesday from comments he made last week suggesting that some in the news media…

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  • After-School Programs, Vital to Working Parents, Coming Undone

    The ax is falling on after-school programs and working parents are scrambling to find a way to make ends meet while giving their kids a good quality of life. From the Wall Street Journal: As schools open their doors this month and next, closings and cutbacks at thousands of after-school programs nationwide have parents scrambling…

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