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Want To Be Happier? You May Need To Move

msn.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on average....

Gates Crowley Beer Summit! Part Deux

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Remember when Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley and President Barack Obama all sat down for the major news ...

Harvard: Lab Workers Poisoned By Tainted Coffee

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home


BOSTON — Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, a...

New Camera ViconRevue Promises To Catch Your Whole Life On Camera

New Scientist | Kurt Kleiner | Posted 10.18.2009 | Technology


Lifelog: New Camera ViconRevue Promises To Catch Your Whole Life On Camera ...

Cambridge Cop Accidentally Arrests Henry Louis Gates Again During White House Meeting

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 08.31.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON—Upon arriving late to his meeting with President Barack Obama and famed African-American intellectual Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge......

The Case of Henry Gates

Hermene Hartman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Hermene Hartman

What happened to Gates is a daily occurrence in American ghettos. Police officers sometimes unfairly stop black men while driving their cars. It's called a "DWB" incident: driving while black. .

Gates Got Arrested Because He Hurt Sgt. Crowley's Feelings?!

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Michael Fauntroy

For every Henry Louis Gates, with resources, notoriety, and connections, there are countless others like him who have to live with the reality of racism in anonymity.

What I Hope a Fly on the Wall in the White House Would Hear

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Michael J. O'Neil

I was thrilled to see the President invite Sgt. Crowley and Professor Gates to the White House. The more I consider who all three of these men are, the more they strike me as big, principled men.

You Said What? Gates and Heated Speech to Police Officers During an Arrest

Emma Coleman Jordan | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Emma Coleman Jordan

The arrest of Professor Gates outside his house in Cambridge, Massachusetts is hotly disputed--in part because it brought about a murky interaction of three competing legal principles.

Jay-Z: "Every Step You Take, They Remind You, You Ghetto"

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics


Jennifer Donahue

The problem isn't so much what happened with Crowley and Gates. A greater problem is the divide between famous and easily identifiable people of color and those with no defense.

Gatesgate: A lesson plan

Peter Y. Sussman | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics


Peter Y. Sussman

These lessons are not a comprehensive list and they are not rules, but the kind of awareness they exemplify might have defused the tense Gates encounter.

Drinking Past Racial Profiling: Obama and the Gates Arrest

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

As far as that pint of beer goes, I worry that it may take many shared kegs before we finally come together as a nation.

The Cambridge Kerfuffle Was Town vs. Gown, not Black vs. White

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Rather than black vs. white in New England, this may have been the latest chapter of "town vs. gown" carried over from Old England.

Gates-Crowley Battle Not About Race, but Rather Citizens' Rights

Ray Hanania | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Ray Hanania

When you look past the argument over race, you can see that a homeowner's rights were trampled on by the investigating and then arresting officer.

I Wish the GOP Noise Machine Would Make Up its Mind About Identity Politics

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Depending on the week, and the actors involved, the GOP Noise Machine is either opposed to identity politics or loves identity politics and wishes more people would call politicians as racists.

Obama Stands By Criticism Of Gates Arrest: 'Cooler Heads Should Have Prevailed'

ABC News | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


President Obama today stood by his comments that the Cambridge, Mass. police department acted "stupidly" in its arrest of Henry Louis Gates, telling A...

President Obama: Comments on Gates Arrest

Essence | Essence | Posted 08.22.2009 | Home

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President Obama took a slight turn from health care during Wednesday night's press conference when he was asked about Harvard professor Henry Louis Ga...

Racism or Not, Cambridge Police Owes Professor Gates an Apology

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


Ahmed Rehab

While it is easy to come to the defense of a black man who happens to be a world class scholar, how many less fortunate blacks get arrested on even more flimsy grounds with no public outcry?

What Do You Call a Black Man at Harvard?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Casey Gane-McCalla

If one good thing can come out of the arrest, it is that upper class educated African Americans will realize that racial profiling is problem that affects us all.

Cambridge Police Conduct Sweep of Harvard Professors

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.21.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

"These academics may be armed and dangerous," Cambridge police chief Ryan Slatson warned. "They may also be long-winded and boring."

Model Lily Cole Earns Top Grades At Cambridge

Daily Mail | Daily Mail Reporter | Posted 07.23.2009 | Style


Her modelling career is going from strength to strength. But it seems that Lily Cole is not just a pretty face, for the 21-year-old supermodel clearly...

Jimmy Tingle on Public Transportation

Jimmy Tingle | Posted 07.18.2009 | Comedy


Jimmy Tingle

Tingle takes the train.

Ode to Meatballs

Donna Fish | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living


Donna Fish

I have a confession that for some reason comes a surprise to the audiences I speak to, (not my friends and family who know this well!). I am a massive...

Martin Jahnke Tried For Throwing Shoe At Chinese PM Wen Jiabao

AP | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


LONDON — A German student at Britain's Cambridge University is standing trial for allegedly throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Minister Wen Jiab...

Famous by Accident: Stephen Frears Talks Life and "Queen"

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 06.21.2009 | Home

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Stephen Frears cracked up a packed U.K. Pavilion in Cannes this week, going down memory road about his work with cinema. Paul King moderated the ...