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Photo Highlights for the week ending on September 19, 2008:

One of the fallacies of the Western relationship to music is our obsession with isolation: we identify our ‘geniuses’ and build them pedestals. Additionally, we isolate their moments of genius, and dismiss the rest of their work. 

One of the fallacies of the Western relationship to music is our obsession with isolation: we identify our ‘geniuses’ and build them pedestals. Additionally, we isolate their moments of genius, and dismiss the rest of their work.

Cries of adulation — and hunger — followed Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean and actor Matt Damon as they toured flood-ravaged Gonaives to call attention to widespread suffering in the marooned city.

Hurricane Ike made landfall early Saturday morning, flooding thousands of home across the Gulf Coast. The damage, as the winds still pitch around 80 miles per hour, is hard to estimate but Galveston Island has been vastly flooded. One death has been reported. A woman in Pinehurst, Texas, who has not been identified, died when […]

Sarah Palin appeared on ABC for the first face-to-face interview since delivering her speech at the Republic National Convention. The McCain-Palin camp purposely shielded her from reporters as scandals about her record brewed. Speculation about her experience has been rampant in the wake of her being chosen to serve as Vice President, effectively one John […]

Reginald Hudlin, BET’s Director of Programming, will step down after a tumultuous history with the network. Hudlin left voluntarily, per reports from the network but had his feet to the flames after pushing some questionable shows to the foreground. From Greg Braxton of LA Times Blog:  Hudlin’s announced departure comes on the heels of critical acclaim […]

Usain Bolt returned to Jamaica this week after heading to Brussels, Belgium for the Van Damme memorial last Friday. Bolt captured another first place medal to cap off his sensational summer, and ended his journey at Norman Manley Airport in Kingston. Fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell took second in the Van Damme, with Nesta Carter taking […]

In a shocking Bush administration scandal of epic proportions, the Department of the Interior has been accused of accepting cash bribes and sexual favors from major oil company employees. The Department of the Interior, whose branches accept up to 5 billion dollars in oil-connected royalties, has the unique responsibility of upholding a healthy relationship with […]

In response to the current billion dollar mortgage and foreclosure crisis throughout the United States, the Hip Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) and mortgage industry executives have joined together to announce a joint initiative to provide solutions to this crisis for young Americans. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, foreclosures soared 75 percent nationally […]

The Government Provides Welfare for Corporations     As of this morning, the federal government has taken over two of the country’s largest home loan corporations for fear that their collapse would mean dire straits for millions of home-owners. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s mortgage contracts were so intertwined in the other parts of our financial system, […]

  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that there aren’t enough black Americans in the State Department.