Meet Dube Egwuatu. He was shot three times with a pellet gun for wearing an Obama t-shirt in the streets of . . . London? We get it: Not everyone abroad is banging the Obama drum, but pulling a trigger isn’t exactly the best way to make one’s case.
Barack Obama was cool as a cucumber during Tuesday’s presidential debate. Some folks argue that Obama is showing a whole lotta presidential potential by coming off as the anti-McCain in the temper tantrum department, while others think he’s passing up opportunities to “connect” and get all weepy Meryl Streepy on us. (Did Biden’s tears last Thursday mean nothing to you people?)
Yummy Anderson Cooper names CNN’s Top 10 (Ordinary) Heroes of 2008. These are the peeps who should be making headlines on a daily basis for doing good in the world—as opposed to spreading negativity, rallying hate, and walking out the door with this hanging out.
Celebs say vote. Because the discussion and play of politics in the world isn’t persuasive enough, we youngsters apparently need more celebs to step forward, take our hands, and PSA us to the polls. (Filming a pro-vote vid is obvs the new night-on-the-town crotch shot in young Hollywood.)
An all-gay high school? That’s what Chicago’s school district is considering to target the gay, lesbian, and transgender crowd—a group that’s highly likely to drop out of school due to all them small-minded meanyboppers trolling the halls.