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    April 3, 2010

    Barack Obama Is "Black, African Am., or Negro" and Other Fun Census Facts

    ​According to the Times, Barack Obama thinks he's "African-American," he's actually 'Black,' and "some older blacks" anachronistically think he's a "Negro." What we know for sure, because a White House spokesman confirmed it on Friday, is that the President checked "Black, African Am., or Negr ... More >>

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    January 6, 2010

    Don't Call Transgender Appointee The "First" Lady!

    ​I remember when Phylicia Rashad bagged the Tony award for Best Actress, and in the press room was told she was the first African American to ever win in that category. Asked how she felt, Rashad looked a bit stymied and couldn't come up with an answer!

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Chocolate as International Comfort Food

    Despite the global economic downturn, 2008 saw record sales of Swiss chocolate. [BBC News]Meanwhile, in the fourth quarter or 2008, U.S. consumer spending on food dropped 3.7%, the steepest decline in the 62 years the Commerce Department has been compiling such data.[WSJ]The federal government has o ... More >>

  • News

    February 5, 2008

    Dean Johnson’s E-Mails Shed New Light on His Strange Death

    New York nightlife icon was the second person to die in the same D.C. apartment in four days

  • News

    October 2, 2007

    Hillary's Infidelity

    Obama's strategy makes her spurn Bill's Cuban advances and embrace Bush and the GOP's anti-Castro right.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2004

    Flying Blind

    Obama's strategy makes her spurn Bill's Cuban advances and embrace Bush and the GOP's anti-Castro right.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2004

    It's Iraq, Stupid

    Obama's strategy makes her spurn Bill's Cuban advances and embrace Bush and the GOP's anti-Castro right.

  • News

    July 27, 2004

    Bronx Cash Cow

    A million federal dollars has been spent, but new museum is still nowhere in sight

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2004

    Earn Big Bucks in Iraq!

    A million federal dollars has been spent, but new museum is still nowhere in sight

  • News

    February 25, 2003

    Nation

    A million federal dollars has been spent, but new museum is still nowhere in sight

  • News

    April 10, 2001

    McHemisphere

    Next Stop, Quebec: A Sweeping Trade Pact, Shrouded in Secrecy, Draws Protesters From North and South

  • News

    December 19, 2000

    Nation

    Next Stop, Quebec: A Sweeping Trade Pact, Shrouded in Secrecy, Draws Protesters From North and South

  • News

    December 19, 2000

    Civil Rights Leaders Fear Bush Drags Feet on Flawed Census Data

    Undercounting of African Americans Could Cause Loss of Key Congressional Districts

  • News

    January 18, 2000

    Hot Tuner

    Benjamin Treuhaft Floats Pianos to Cuba

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    Balkans Beachhead

    'Global Loan Sharks' Will Make A Killing On Kosovo Reconstruction

  • News

    March 30, 1999

    Wired Like Me

    Linking Minorities Online Is a Major Challenge

  • News

    January 12, 1999

    In the Interest of Justice

    Rehnquist Opposes Impeachment

  • News

    December 1, 1998

    The Boss's Souvenirs

    For Bronx-Bashing Steinbrenner, a Few Terms of Endearment

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