• The Emmys! Not too much news about African Americans coming out of that award show, unfortunately.

• Here's why Barack Obama will never win in America, blah, blah, blah, etc., etc. Courtesy of the Associated Press.

• Breaking the Southern Baptist glass ceiling is no easy job. Ask the editors of Gospel Today.

• A new study suggests that men with "traditional" views are paid more than anyone. Women with those same views get paid the least.

• There are some serious issues facing our children these days.

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• At Fashion Rocks, a bunch of very famous ladies put divadom aside for a good cause.

• The VMAs just aren't what they used to be. Either that, or I'm just too old to enjoy them anymore.

• The Baby-Wipe Bandit? Yep, still strange.

• After all the fuss, have the runways become more diverse?

• Eric Benet comes clean about his "sex addiction."

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• Republicans convened. We, uh, met Sarah Palin and fell asleep to John McCain.

• Looking for black delegates. Oh, found some!

• Meet Baby Aubrey.

• Spike Lee thinks Barack Obama will change music. Spike Lee might be a bit idealistic.

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• The DNC convention! Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton wowed us, and Barack Obama officially became the first black presidential nominee for a major party. And on the anniversary of "I Have a Dream," no less!

• The Olympics went out with a kick.

• Let's just permanently close the Jodeci/K-Ci and JoJo door, shall we?

• Some white supremacists hatched a plot to assassinate Barack Obama, but they probably would have been too high to go through with it.

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• Master P is launching a cable network called Better Black Television. Will you watch?

• American Apparel uses no one of African descent to sell its African-inspired clothes. The jury is still out on whether or not this is a bad thing.

• LisaRaye and Michael Misick are becoming more famous by the day, but for all the wrong reasons.

• Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones died unexpectedly at the age of 58.

• Bringing up the genetics of black runners after a big Olympic win smacks of being a poor loser, among other things.

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• A nation falls in love with swimming…

• Isaac Hayes: a second star in recent days to die unexpectedly.

• Perhaps the men of the Spanish basketball team have learned a valuable lesson from all of this. Perhaps.

• Is Serena Williams the world's sexiest female athlete?

• Black sitcoms have fallen by the wayside.

• So let's take a look back at some of the more famous ones.

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• Oops, Mariah did it again.

• Here are two babies whose photos People thinks are worth most people's houses. A lot more.

• Tarika Wilson's killer gets off, Sean Bell-style.

• I wish I could go back to not knowing Toby Keith existed.

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• Ever wonder why you always start craving a stick of Doublemint after listening to Chris Brown's "Forever?"

• One group says black Americans are getting short-changed in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

• Congress is very, very sorry about Jim Crow and slavery.

• Country singer Toby Keith is suspected of writing and performing a pro-lynching song. It's called "Beer For My Horses."

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• Blacks banned from Beijing's bars?

• The NAACP continues to worry about South Carolina's love for the Confederate Flag.

• I'm not sure who the average person would root for in a fight between Omarosa and Wendy Williams.

• Oh, Sherri Shepherd.

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• Let's call it the "black Miss USA falling at the Miss Universe Pageant" curse. It's real!

• The New Yorker's Obama cover didn't elicit the expected response. Or maybe it did — they sold a lot of magazines.

• Is "Muslim" the worst thing you can say about politicians these days?

• When fake racism rears its ugly head…

• Prejudice — most of us are susceptible to it at some point or another.

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• Ebony celebrates cool black men. Prince, Barack Obama, and Billy Dee Williams all made the cut.

• Jesse Helms: He's dead.

• Is it right or wrong to sing the black national anthem at an event when you've been hired to sing the traditional national anthem?

• Can black models sell magazines? We already know what Anna Wintour thinks about the subject.

• We can expect many more childish temper tantrums from Kanye West in the future.

• Instead of getting better, airbrushed magazine covers are getting worse and worse.

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• Stereohyped's looking a bit different these days.

• When Tyra's show is the most informative talk show on television, it's time to start producing some new talk shows.

• Don Imus again? Is it time to ignore him yet?

• Proof that practice makes perfect… or at least a whole lot better.

• This is from one of Stereohyped's many talented readers!

• G.W. is such an embarrassment.

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• Stereohyped wants to share your talents with the world. Let it.

• Michael Jackson, despite the hype, is never really making a comeback. We think. And hope.

• The Federal Arts Commission is pleased with a softer, less confrontational MLK memorial.

• Happy Juneteenth! Right?

• The upcoming all-black Vogue Italia issue excites some and disappoints others.

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• If E.D. Hill doesn't watch out, she might get a terrorist fist jab right in the eye.

• According to some, the word "rape" has no place in rape trials.

• Pretty soon, we won't need any minority actors!

• Call him black, white, or biracial, I just hope we're also calling him president come January 2009.

• Halle Berry once dated the homeliest New Kid on the Block. It's true.

• Barack Obama rocks Seinfeld jeans? I might need to vote for McCain now.

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• This week, Barack Obama:
Left his church, became the first African American to become a major party's presidential nominee, dapped up Michelle in public, slaughtered John McCain in a speech competition, caused Anderson Cooper to ponder becoming Donna Brazile's boo, and got some serious vice president pressure from HRC supporters.

• The MTV Movie Awards were filmed! Chris Brown and Rihanna sat together! But I suppose all celebrity gossip news this week sort of pales in comparison to the events described above.

• Interestingly, Naomi Campbell and Andre Leon Talley knew ahead of time that they were not attending a costume party.

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