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...felt you could define who I was with one word. THC: At Harvard, did you ever feel torn between the black and Hispanic communities? SO: Never—the reason not to join was never the identity issues or concerns or conflicts.... I grew up in an all-white neighborhood and so the story of my life was always navigating both worlds very easily. THC: Did you have a favorite final club? SO: My husband was in the A.D., so I probably hung out there a little bit. I wouldn’t say that I had a favorite...
...about bringing them with him. So it wasn't a surprise that Obama - who entrusted 27-year-old speechwriter Jon Favreau with crafting the soaring oratory that became his campaign's hallmark - would tap a relative neophyte to lead the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Joshua DuBois, the 26-year-old Pentecostal pastor who served as director of religious affairs for Obama's Presidential campaign, will oversee an office with a broader mission than it held under George W. Bush. Obama has charged DuBois - who will lead a council of 25 influential religious and nonprofit...
...picture is that President Obama believes faith-based and smaller secular neighborhood organizations can play a role in American renewal. They can work with the federal government to address big problems. We're also going to make sure we have a keener eye toward the separation of church and state." - Articulating his office's mission. (Associated Press...
...where to crop the canvas of their subjects’ lives, and “Notorious” solves this problem by deciding not to crop at all. After opening with Wallace’s death, the film breezes through his childhood in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, his stint as a drug dealer, his meteoric rise to fame, and finally the East Coast-West Coast beef that ultimately cost him his life. Occasional narration from Biggie (Jamal Woolard) smooths over the narrative transitions, but Voletta Wallace (played by a surprisingly stilted Angela Bassett) awkwardly butts...
...precious few supporters on the left or right, President Barack Obama is following through with his campaign pledge to expand its scope and influence within his Administration. Obama made that clear Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, announcing a new Presidential Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships that will weigh in on matters ranging from funding of social-service providers and poverty alleviation to the more controversial issue of abortion reduction. "The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another - or even religious groups over secular groups," Obama said. "It will...