by Furious | Mar 24, 2013 | News
The History Channel miniseries “The Bible” has been a hit in the ratings, but it’s also grabbing attention because of the actor playing Satan — and the public figure some viewers think he resembles. After actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni’s...
by Furious | Mar 24, 2013 | Blog
Malcolm X is interviewed about his political position, and then immediately afterward, the reporter looks for an opposing position from the nearby crowd. Malcolm X uses this as an opportunity to state how this is done on a regular basis and that in doing so the media...
by Furious | Mar 24, 2013 | News
(Reuters) – The Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington’s fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling. The budget plan passed...
by Furious | Mar 24, 2013 | News
Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, according to Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos...
by Furious | Mar 23, 2013 | News
Nadine Gordimer on the fifty year career of the Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart, who has died in Boston aged 82. Taking the Irish poet WB Yeats’s despairing statement of destruction – things fall apart – for its title, Chinua Achebe’s first novel was...
by Furious | Mar 22, 2013 | Business
Oak Park, Ill. mother Maggie Anderson entered 2009 with an ambitious goal: for her and her family to “buy black” for an entire year. Anderson hopes her effort to support African American-owned businesses will her inspire her community become more active...
by Furious | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog
This Sunday’s episode of Melissa Harris-Perry featured a roundtable discussion about the politics of black hair. “For me, black womens’ hair—the politics of it seem obvious,” said host Melissa Harris-Perry. “But I realize it may not be...
by Furious | Mar 21, 2013 | News
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, John Byrne and John Chase,Tribune reporters After months of hearings and debate, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is ready to announce plans to close about 50 elementary schools, sources said, a number that quickly drew fire from...
by Furious | Mar 20, 2013 | News
In a press release from city hall this past Friday, Mayor Emmanuel announced a new plan to reimagine the city’s food desert known best as the South Side to be rebuilt (or perhaps regrown would be a more fitting term) into a healthy local food spot. As many...
by Furious | Mar 20, 2013 | News
The first non-black winner of a beauty pageant at Hampton University has faced a walkout by spectators angry that a white woman was crowned Homecoming Queen. Nikole Churchill, 22, won the contest at the college town in southern Virginia, but while she was all smiles,...
