Kwame Kilpatrick Sez: “Y’all done set me up for a comeback”

From Stereohyped: A sentencing hearing yesterday sealed the fate of Detroit’s disgraced former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. He was led to jail to spend 120 days there as part of a plea deal that forced him to resign as mayor and plead guilty to two felonies. The judge had a few words for him before she [...]

Happy Halloween!

and now, for the thriller dance: be safe out there, kids…more posts to come next week. I’ll be mini-blogging when I got canvassing in Chantilly, VA for Obama so be sure to check me out on Twitter.

Barack Obama and Black Boys (50th post extravanganza!)

I’m not sure how many bloggers have talked about this, but whether Obama wins next Tuesday or not, I can absolutely say that his campaign has done and will do so much for the self esteem of Black boys in this country. What is it like when, in the midst of the “thug” image we [...]

O(bama), you went in?!

Great ad from the Obama Camp. Also, Jack and Jill Politics is reporting that Obama’s 30-minute infomercial will air tonight at 8pm on NBC, CBS, Fox, Univision, MSNBC, BET and TV One.

Girls to Sarah Palin: don’t undo what our mothers and grandmothers fought for.

Thanks to Tanya Tarr over at Not My Gal–who is, btw, DEFiNITELY my gal–for sharing this great ad with me. There is something to be said about how inclusive the Third Wave Feminism is to girls and young women. This ad proves it.

Michelle and Barack: have they changed the face of Black love?

I just recently saw the Huffington Post slideshow of the Obamas’ Greatest PDA Moments. It is what it sounds like—a collection of the best pictures of Michelle and Barack doing the couple thing: hugging, sometimes kissing in front of the kids. They are so totally cute, and it’s good to see two Black people really [...]

Justin Timberlake: Vote in the Box

I’m not going to lie. I just wanted an excuse to look at JT’s cute face.

Teenage Takeover

I’m going to preface this post with saying that I am NOT one of those snobby DC bloggers who write about their DC neighborhood and think they know everything about this city when they’ve only been here for a couple years, or because they were the first white man to buy a house on their [...]

where are all the Black bloggers?

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the BlogHer Reach Out Tour here in DC (well, Bethesda but…whatevs). It was great and informative. I learned so much about online community building and I now know how to use the widgets on my WordPress template! I have to say that BlogHer really did try to add [...]

Women musicians to watch: Nola Darling

On Saturday afternoon I moseyed on over to Silver Spring to check out the Can a Sista Rock a Mic finale concert. I wasn’t going to go at first but when I saw the promotional ads for the festival, I noticed a familiar face. It was my old high school friend, Jaquita Ta’ale! She was [...]