Please listen to this 17 minute discussion on NPR.org. Farai Chideya moderates this “News & Notes” bloggers’ roundtable featuring Anthony Bradley, Charles Robinson, and me. Link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95174901

Tina McElroy Ansa is the award-winning author of five novels, including Baby of the Family, Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. Her 5th novel, Taking After Mudear, is the sequelContinue reading

Thanks to DeBerry and Grant for sending me their important post: September 17, 2008For the past 11 years, wherever we have been in front of an audience of any size during election season, we haveContinue reading

Thanks to Datwon Thomas for sending this to me: Black Male Teachers Do you know any Black males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for ‘FREE’Continue reading

Thanks to so many folk, including Sabiyha Prince, for sending this to me: The Conservative Palinguage Guide Vols. 1 and 2 By John Ridley ~ September 5th, 2008 from Huffington Post Vol. 1If you’re aContinue reading

Update on UpSouth: All Up South?Festival events scheduled for Minton?s Playhouse have been moved to George Faison’s Firehouse Theatre 6 Hancock Place/124th Between Morningside and St. Nicholas A,B,C,D train to 125th Street. Minton?s has beenContinue reading

Thanks to Tamara Jeffries for sending this to me: Subject: Gloria Steinem on Sarah Palin Palin: wrong woman, wrong message Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, onlyContinue reading

Thanks to Sharon Pendana for sending this to me: Dear Friends, compatriots, fellow women, We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin asContinue reading

Thanks to Farai Chideya for sending this to me: News & Views Welcome to the official companion blog of “News & Notes.”September 10, 2008What John McCain Could Learn From Omar Little Our online series, “SpeakContinue reading

I have waited to hear from McCain’s VP pick before writing about her. Last night, Palin was feisty and strong – the pitbull in lipstick – and she articulated the divisive mean-spiritedness of the RepublicanContinue reading

Triumph! Each aspect of last night’s Mile High rally was perfect. From Jennifer Hudson’s stirring rendition of our national anthem, to lifelong Republicans explaining why they will vote Democratic (Let’s hear it for Barney SmithContinue reading

Race and Feeling I expressed my exuberant joy at the official nomination of the first African American to the top of any national party last night (see “Yes”). As I watch replays of those stirringContinue reading

If only my grandmother were still here… I am in tears. Hillary Clinton just nominated by acclamation the symbol of our joyous future: Barack Obama. Hooray, Hillary! You’ve made history, Sister. Thank you for takingContinue reading

Never before have I cried watching a Democratic – or Republican – National Convention. Last night, I did. From the Carter video and the heart-wrenching images of New Orleans three years after Katrina, to TedContinue reading

What’s it like to live in Denver in the shadow of the DNC? You hear helicoptors a lot. Big military helicoptors, not just eye-in-the-sky traffic-watchers. And locally there are stories about security issues that haven’tContinue reading

Please check out Jelani Cobb’s dispatches from Denver by going to TheRoot.com.