I was wrong. In the June issue of the Prospect, I argued that Lilith Fair 2010 could remain relevant if it promoted up-and-coming artists, increased its diversity, and offered a counterpoint to hypersexualized pop music. Unfortunately, tonight is the last stop of the fair’s revival after an 11-year hiatus, and it’s about as irrelevant as […]
Shani Hilton
Shani Hilton is associate editor of Campus Progress. You can find her blogging here.
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Last Words on the Down Low.
On Tuesday, I wrote about President Obama’s visit to The View today and suggested he bring up his new initiative to fight the HIV/AIDS in the black community. But as I predicted, Obama did not mention it, nor did he confront host Sherri Shepherd for blaming high rates of HIV/AIDS in the black community on […]
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California’s “Green” Economy.
This November, California voters will be voting on Proposition 19, which would legalize recreational marijuana use and tax it at $50 per ounce. Nate Silver homes in on the polling, noting that automated polls show greater support than person-to-person polling. Among black voters, for example, the automated call polls show a 28 to 38 point […]
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Obama Should Debunk a Dangerous “View.”
ABC News reports that President Obama will be visiting the set of the ABC talk show The View tomorrow. The ABC news brief focuses on Obama’s low approval rating, and notes that he’ll be in “the hot seat” with the show’s five women hosts. Obama, who released a new National HIV/AIDS strategy last month, has […]
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WikiLeaks Falls Prey to Old Media Problems.
Hello, my name is Shani Hilton, and I’ll be guest blogging this week. I blogged for TAPPED last winter, and I’ve written about black women and abortion, and the Lilith Fair revival for TAP since. I’m currently the associate editor at Campus Progress, and I blog at PostBourgie. Now to business. I’ve pretty studiously avoided […]
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Renaissance Fair
In an era when female artists top the music charts, do we need a women’s music festival?
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Black Women Don’t Need Billboards
Black women are not targeted for abortions. But poor women and women of color do need more reproductive health services.
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As I’m Leaving.
This has been a fun, challenging, educational week, and I want to thank you all for reading my posts. And of course, I appreciate The Prospect letting me write about everything from paid sick leave to Rupert Murdoch to chocolate milk. I’m sending special shout-outs to Adam, Phoebe, and most especially Alexandra (whose kidnapping I’ve […]
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That Sure Is A Nice Social Service Contract You Have There…
…it would be a shame if anything happened to it. That’s basically what the Catholic Church is telling the D.C. city council, in an effort to get them to drop an anti-discrimination clause in the same-sex marriage bill that’s going to a vote soon. The Church’s social services division currently serves 68,000 Washingtonians, including a […]
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On the RNC and Abortion Coverage.
Yesterday’s big righteous-anger-for-progressives moment came when Politico reported that the Republican National Committee has been covering elective abortions through its Cigna health-care plan since 1991. But, says RNC chairman Michael Steele, this will not continue! “Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose,” Steele said. “I don’t know why this policy […]