Michelle Obama Can Do A Lot More Push-Ups than Jimmy Fallon [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 8 2012, 3:26PM

First Lady Michelle Obama made an appearance on Tuesday night’s “Late Night” and got in to a friendly competition with host Jimmy Fallon….

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Rinku Sen Appears on ‘Nightline’ to Talk Families Separated By Deportations

by Jorge Rivas on February 2 2012, 8:06AM

An estimated 15,000 U.S.-born children will face the threat of permanent separation from their families in the next five years as their immigrant parents move through detention and deportation. Watch Rinku Sen explain the problem on ABC’s “Nightline.”

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‘Precious’ Director Lee Daniels Gets Into Race Argument on Set of New Movie [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2012, 2:50PM

TMZ has obtained footage of Lee getting in to some sort of verbal disagreement with producer Avi Lerner in which they both accuse each other of being racist.

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Mel Gibson’s ‘Get The Gringo’ (aka My Summer in a Mexican Jail) Gets a Trailer [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2012, 1:20PM

The movie, formerly titled “How I Spent My Summer Vacation,” is about a career criminal who crashes his car into the border wall while trying to escape the U.S. Border Patrol.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Now

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South Korean Pop Group Girl’s Generation Make U.S. Television Debut [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2012, 1:02PM

Industry insiders say the record labels behind the pop group are eying the U.S. market.

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Gingrich’s Rick Tyler Says Democrats “Abort Black Babies” [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2012, 11:05AM

Rick Tyler, Newt Gingrich’s former communications director who now runs his Sheldon Adelson-funded SuperPac, was a guest on “The Rachel Maddow Show” yesterday and claimed Democrats “abort black babies” and said that African Americans children need the movie “Red Tails” because they don’t have any positive role models in their lives.

Topics: Newt Gingrich, Now, Politics

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Get Ready for Big Freedia To Shake the U.S. with New Orleans Bounce [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 27 2012, 3:38PM

On Wednesday night Big Freedia brought bounce to national television with a performance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live late-night talk show. Freedia performed two recent songs, “Excuse” (above) and “Na Who Mad” (below). You can watch the full episode on…

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Joe Biden Mocks Indian Accents During Outsourcing Speech

by Jorge Rivas on January 27 2012, 2:59PM

During a speech in New Hampshire on Thursday, vice president Joe Biden slipped into an “Indian” accent when talking about “hundreds of thousands” of call center jobs going overseas.

Topics: Now, Politics

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How San Francisco Organizers Rewrote the Rules to Save Minimum Wage [Video]

by David Zlutnick on January 27 2012, 9:04AM

Thanks to an innovative multiracial organizing campaign, San Francisco’s minimum wage is the first in the nation to pass the $10/hr mark. Colorlines.com’ video team speaks with the organizers about how they did it and what’s next.

Topics: Economy

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Here’s the Video of Obama Singing Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ Last Night

by Jorge Rivas on January 20 2012, 8:45AM

President Obama has officially turned on the charm to get re-elected.

Topics: Now, Politics

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Weight Watchers Goes After Black Males: Charles Barkley Star of New Campaign

by Jorge Rivas on January 18 2012, 3:56PM

Weight Watchers has launched a new campaign that goes after men with former basketball player Charles Barkley endorsing the weight loss program.

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Bill O’Reilly Explains the Difference Between Ice Cube and Ice-T [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 18 2012, 3:27PM

Bill O’Reilly Explains the Difference Between Ice Cube and Ice-T.

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Watch a 12-Year Old Kanye West Recite Poem He Wrote for MLK [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 18 2012, 3:17PM

Watch a 12-year old Kanye West read his original poem dedicated to MLK.

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Official Trailer for ‘Mosquita y Mari’ Released

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2012, 6:41PM

*Mosquita y Mari*—the film about two Chicana teenagers growing up in Huntington Park, one of the most vibrant immigrant Latino communities in Los Angeles—now has an official trailer.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Now, Sundance

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8 Songs for Your Martin Luther King Day Playlist

by Jorge Rivas on January 16 2012, 8:42AM

It’s not often enough we get to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speeches so here’s a playlist of songs that sample MLK speeches or reference his legacy.

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‘Sh*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls’ Part Two [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2012, 9:59AM

There’s a sequel to the wildly popular ”Shit white girls say…to black girls’ video.

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Baratunde Thurston on ‘Blitter’—Black Twitter—and Being Authentic Online [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 12 2012, 6:05PM

Baratunde Thurston, director of Digital at The Onion, gives the rest of us some advice on to be viral on the internet.

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Sh*t Franchesca Ramsey Says to Anderson Cooper [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 12 2012, 9:02AM

The woman behind “Shit White Girls Say…to Black Girls” talks race and stereotypes with Anderson Cooper.

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North Carolina Panel: Sterilization Victims Should Get $50K

by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 12:55PM

If the legislature approves the panel’s recommendation it will mark the first time a state compensates victims of a once-common public health practice called eugenics.

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Univision Introduces Us to Mitt Romney’s Cousins in Chihuahua, Mexico [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 11:30AM

Univision visited Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, a Mormon community that some 50 of Romney’s cousins call home.

Topics: GOP Primary, Now

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