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A Russian Judge Ensures the Future Propagation of the Species By Promoting Sexual Harassment

By Nicholle Manners - Aug 11th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

A female advertising executive lost a sexual harassment suit against her male boss… for the good of mankind.
In a largely overlooked news piece, the…

Laura Ingraham’s Big Question

By Nicholle Manners - Aug 5th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

Friday’s installment of The O’Reilly Factor highlighted the controversy surrounding Ludacris’ recent, pro-Obama release. During the show’s “Factor Follow-up” segment, John McWhorter, author of All…

Protest for the Powerful

By Nicholle Manners - Aug 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

On Friday, the House of Representatives closed for summer recess. CSPAN left, the lights went down, and so did the gavel–but some Republicans refused to…

A First Look at Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

By Nicholle Manners - Jul 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

There’s more than one historic “first” being celebrated. A short trailer for the much-anticipated first Disney movie starring a black princess is out:

Short in…

Re: Matt’s Take on the Celebrity-Inspired Youth Vote

By Nicholle Manners - Jul 30th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

Of course celebrities don’t make people vote. It makes perfectly logical sense that the best type of voter mobilization is personal connection. And it would…

What the House’s Slavery Apology Means

By Nicholle Manners - Jul 29th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

One hundred and forty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the federal government is ready to apologize for slavery–well, at least half of it is.
This…

MTV to Accept Election Ads–Horrible Political Music Videos Sure to Follow

By Nicholle Manners - Jun 25th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

In yet another departure from its roots in strict music programming, MTV will now accept political ads, AdAge reports. The only catch is that the…