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This Week’s Pendulum

The Pendulum is your weekly survey of America’s top trending topics. This week: More states have legalized gay marriage; a new generation of gospel; what does Bad Teacher say about America’s education; The BET Awards: the good, the bad, and the why?; and much more.

The Unreality of ‘Single Ladies’

VH1’s new urban soap about the romantic misadventures of a group of women in Atlanta fails the sniff test when it comes to real female relationships.

Beware ‘The Book of Mormon’

The Book of Mormon, which racked up big at Sunday’s Tony Awards, resurrects a troublesome racial and religious history in more ways than one.

Hezekiah Walker Is Lovin’ It

The gospel music star on the McDonald’s Gospel Tour, the challenge of balancing music and ministry, and his first movie role.

This Week’s Pendulum

The Pendulum is your weekly survey of America’s top trending topics. This week: Are Newt Gingrich and Tracy Morgan finished?; brush up your foreign language skills on BBC.com; Amazon lowering price on Kindle?; Facebook to start scanning and identifying your photos; and much more!

A Word to Rihanna

The singer’s latest video has critics fearing that she’s sending the wrong message to her fans, especially teenage girls. But maybe she’s simply trying to heal.