For the last few weeks since President Obama became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage, pundits have been obsessed with what this support will mean for this year’s election. Specifically, will Obama’s rock-solid support in the black community waiver?Continue Reading
[youtube]qXzWlPL_TKw[/youtube] Twenty-six years ago Run DMC stormed into the museum of rock and put their trademark Stetson fedoras on top of mannequin heads designed to look like The Beatles. The late actor Calvin DeForest tried to shoo them out by yelling, “You don’t belong here†but Darryl and Run refusedContinue Reading
Whitney Houston’s Sacrificial Choice: Fame and Fortune, or the Mirror! – and the Bobby Brown Factor By Cleo Manago, CEO and founder of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX) Washington, DC – The Whitney Houston story and finality is profoundly tragic, and may have been inevitable. The whole story may neverContinue Reading
Washington, DC – I’ve received an overwhelming response to my recent piece about The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s (GLAAD) demand for CNN to fire Roland Martin due to what they perceived as homophobic tweets. Most people agreed with my position, but, for those who questioned my view thatContinue Reading