A real estate website marketing expensive luxury condos in Fort Greene, Brooklyn boasts that former neighborhood residents “include household names like Malcolm X.” In fact Malcolm X never lived in Brooklyn, though he did love gentrification.
Times Six: Why True Justice Won't Come Without Sacrifice

"Art has to be a kind of confession," James Baldwin said, fifty-four years ago. "If you can examine and face your life, you can discover the terms with which you are connected to other lives, and they can discover them, too." Baldwin, more than any other American writer, showed us how every sentence contained the…
Malcolm Shabazz, Malcolm X's Grandson, Was Murdered Over a Bar Bill
A dispute over a bar bill is the supposed cause of the beating that killed Malcolm Shabazz (grandson of Malcolm X) on Thursday morning in Mexico City, according to the AP.
Malcolm X's Grandson Was Killed in Mexico City
Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, died in Mexico city on Wednesday night, apparently after being beaten during a robbery.
Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested on Identity Theft Charges
Malikah Shabazz, the 45 year-old daughter of Malcolm X, is scheduled for an extradition hearing in North Carolina today, after she was arrested there last Friday on a warrant from New York. She's charged with stealing the identity of "the widow of one of Malcolm X's bodyguards" and running up $30,000 in charges in her…
Guy Who Sent Us Washington Post's Malcolm X-Obama Mix-Up Denies Hoax
The Washington Post claims a much blogged-about photo caption blooper was a "hoax." But the guy who sent the screencap to us stands by it: "I don't even have Photoshop on my computer! Also two co-workers saw my screen."
Your Sleepy Summer Outrages
It's August 20th: our RSS feeds have slowed to a crawl and everyone else is at the beach. But the political-media outrage machine carries on. ABC's Jake Tapper, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan, Touré and Malcom X all need a vacation.
