in the Mix
Producer extraordinaire Timbaland is ripped! I tried to focus on his performance but at times I couldn't help but be distracted with how massive his arms are ... they look like pythons. More »
Do blacks truly want to transcend race?
Five little words - "I forgot he was black" - have caused a furor in the United States and exposed a contradiction in the idea that it has become a post-racial nation since electing its first black president last year. More »
Obama, Republicans swap barbs, ideas in meeting
BALTIMORE - In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt. More »
New England's 1st black elected mayor pens memoir
HARTFORD, Conn. - When the confetti stopped flying and the cheers died down on Election Night 1981, Mayor-elect Thirman Milner looked over Hartford's skyline and one half-jesting thought filled his mind. More »
