All posts by Tamura Lomax
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Video: 16 year old Jane Schmidt and another unnamed student asks Michele Bachmann about LGBT rights and bullying
“All of us as Americans have the same rights, we have the same civil rights,” Bachmann told Jane Schmidt, 16, who identified herself as a...
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HEALTH DESK: World AIDS Day 2011: Getting To Zero
By Elizabeth McSpiritt, MD, MPH Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to bring awareness to those who have died from the disease and...
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The Girls in The Band
The Girls in The Band, directed and produced by Judy Chaikin, Michael Greene, and Nancy Kissock, and edited by Edward Osei-Gyimah, literally screens in the...
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Writer/Activist Mona Eltahawy Arrested, Beaten, Sexually Assaulted By Police In Cairo
Mona Eltahawy — New York-based blogger, feminist activist, award-winning columnist and public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues — was arrested yesterday in Cairo. She’d...
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Giving Thanks
All of us at TFW wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving! While you are enjoying your day with family and friends, we hope that...
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Exclusive: Bachmann Reception on ‘Fallon’—Unfunny, Guys
Commentator Megan Carpentier offers five songs The Roots—famous for their satiric walk-on song picks on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”—could have used to “snark” Michele...
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Hecklers interrupt Obama at event in New Hampshire
Protesters reportedly with the Occupy Wall Street movement delayed the start of President Obama’s speech in Manchester, New Hampshire Tuesday, chanting over the president as...
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Supercommittee fallout: Lawmakers Trade Blame as Deficit Talks Crumble
Congressional leaders conceded Sunday that talks on a sweeping deficit agreement were near failure. Unfortunately, the stalemate between members of both parties won’t likely be...
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Sexual Harassment is Rampant in NYC Public Schools
(Brooklyn, NY) November 17, 2011 — “There are so many cases of sexual harassment,” says Nadia, a former student at Brooklyn International High School. “It’s...
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Introducing: Darnell L. Moore…
TFW welcomes Darnell L. Moore to our Editorial Collective. Darnell L. Moore is a writer/poet and activist who lives in Bedstuy, Broooklyn, NY and hails from Camden,...
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Veterans Day: A Time to Remember, A Time to Honor
You know, whether you support the war or not, whether you know any servicemembers personally or not, whether you ever give veterans any thought any...
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Breaking News: Hip Hop artist, Heavy D, dead at 44
Hip Hop fans are mourning the loss of Hip Hop legend, Heavy D (Dwight Errington Myers), who died suddenly yesterday. Hip Hop culture often gets...
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For the love of football, white masculinity and underprivileged boys
Jerry Sandusky, 67, a former Penn State University football coach, “credited as the architect of defenses that helped win national championships,” was arrested Saturday and charged with...
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Occupy Rape Culture
The Occupy movement has a growing challenge that needs immediate attention: in-house rape. As of today, there are at least 4 reported rapes in Baltimore,...
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Occupy Wall Street Fears an Eviction Notice
According to The Atlantic Wire, Mayor Bloomberg is toying with the idea of evicting the Wall Street Occupy protestors from Zuccotti Park due to recent...
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Cain Accuser Got a Year’s Salary in Severance Pay
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Tuesday, November 1, 2011 — 10:04 PM EDT —– The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 — a year’s...
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Herman Cain responds to sexual harassment claims with what appears to be a lie
During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association...