Saving Face: Haiti One Year Later
From my trip back to Haiti, in which I retrace my steps.
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Haiti’s “Child Slaves” Shaken Loose, Not Free
What will become of a broken country’s most vulnerable citizens? What follows is a very long story about Haiti’s Restavec children-known to some as “child slaves”-surviving in post-quake Haiti.
In a series of pre/post-quake interviews with the family pictured here, several restavec children and people who work on the issue, I search for answers.
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Backstory: T.I. On Drugs, Death & Depression [Video]
If you haven’t read this T.I. interview yet, do so. As for the backstory, some questions will remain unanswered until time sorts things out. What’s left is after the jump…
On The Campaign Trail W/ Tim Scott: “[Black People] Welcome To The Tea Party”
Tim Scott at his first meeting with (Democratic-leaning) blacks in SC.
If you follow me on Twitter, you might recall some weeks back when I said I was on the campaign trail with South Carolina’s black Republican hopeful Tim Scott, who is a frontrunner in the race for the state’s 1rst congressional seat. Today it looks like Scott is about to make black Republican history as the first black Republican congressman from the south since Reconstruction. As the only reporter on duty when this black elephant quietly strutted into a meeting with black leaders; connected with black Democratic politicians; and embraced one white man who’d never imagined he’d vote for “a man of color,” I see the GOP’s race issue in a new light. Here, I’m on a three-stop mission with Tim Scott, as he offers a message to blacks everywhere: “Welcome to the Tea Party.”
Things Michael Steele Told Me About the GOP’s Not-So-Secret Race Problem
“I feel like a black Republican, Money I got commin’ in/ Can’t turn my back on the hood, I got love for them”- Nas ft. Jay-Z, from “Black Republican”
As the first African-American Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele has a thankless job. Unlike Barack Obama’s historical first-black presidential break-through, which was celebrated as a “post racial” moment for all Americans, Steele has been mocked by blacks and kicked around by his fellow Republicans. Of course, it hasn’t helped that, since his appointment, his voice box has been replaced by a gaffe machine. He’s been beat down by his own party for calling the Afghanistan war one “of Obama’s choosing.” The establishment dissed him for promising to set the Republican party in more “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.” And he was smacked down by the GOP pro-lifers when he called abortion an “individual choice.” To be sure, there are many other instances in which Steele’s words caused a stir and based on his desire to speak his mind (see below), there will surely be more to come.
Daily Links
- Why We Should All Celebrate Republican's "Race" Race In S.C. And Give GOP Head Mike Steel His, Uh, Props?
- Vibe Editors Share First Clip Stories, Dispense Advice
- Update: NPR Plays the Tracks, Sam Anderson States the Facts
- Understanding The Methadone Clinic In My Backyard
- Throwback: Nike Goes Bounces Back To Old School Hip-Hop W/Iguodala, Kevin Durant, Rashard Lewis & Mo Williams.
- Things T.I. Told Me: Now Jailed, The Rapper Confesses Drug Habit.
- Things Come Together At 50 Cent's NYC Movie Screening
- The Best 50 Cent Interview-Ever.
- The Afghanistan "War Log" Has Had More Affect On The War Than President Obama Lets On, So Says Frank Rich.
- Stephen Hill On Last Year's BET Awards: "We Still Put On The Best Tribute To Michael Jackson That's Been Done So Far"
- Read The Story That Forced Gen. McChrystal To Surrender His Rule Over Afghanistan.
- Photographer's Earthquake Pics Sold From Twitpic. Now, He fights for the Rights to His Pics.
- MTV Times Out: Viacom Done W/ Times Square Studio
- More reasons for reporters on twitter to beware… But you should already know this.
- Killer Katrina Police indicted for shooting hurricane victims