July 10, 2012
This is an almost stream of conscious blog I was writing while watching the PBS premier of the Frontline Documentary “Endgame: AIDS In Black America.” Remember the PBS hard hitting political documentary series Frontline? You know, the show you can …
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March 7, 2008
This was a big news week for people interested in HIV/AIDS domestically, which is usually rarely covered (and certainly not well) in the press. (For those of you new to this blog, I do a lot of work in HIV/AIDS …
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October 14, 2007
It seems really strange that the New York Times and the Washington Post would run news stories both taking place in Black beauty shops to talk about th efight for Black women’s vote in South Carolina. But today, they did. …
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Posted in News, Politics
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Tagged 2008 election, African-American vote, African-Americans, Barack Obama, beauty shop, Black vote, Black women, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, Washington Post
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October 13, 2007
If you’re in NYC, come check out this panel! Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality New York University presents GENDER, RACE, AND THE 2008 ELECTION “Are Americans ready to elect a woman or a black man as president?” …
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Posted in Health, Media, News, Politics
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Tagged 2008 election, African-American vote, African-Americans, Barack Obama, Black vote, Black women, Hillary Clinton, kenyon farrow, Letters from Young Activists, Marianna Torgovnick, New York University, Richard Kim, Tavia Nyong'o, The Nation, women vote
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