Recent census data once again shows that African-Americans have the highest percentage of unmarried women
Mary J. Blige has been in a charitable mood as of late. She recently held her “Mary J. Blige Honors” benefit concert this week, and has now teamed up with CharityBuzz.com for a series of auctions to raise money for her nonprofit Ffawn (Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now). One auction that is up […]
MEXICO-AÂ Univiosn skit that aired on Mexican television a year and half ago has gone viral due to its racist content. In the skit an African foreign exchange student is mocked as a monkey, told he was a shadow, that his mother used shoe shine grease on his skin and has his lips and mouth […]
Radio One salutes our leading lady Cathy Hughes on her recent title as one of America’s Top 30 Black Women in Media. Radio One CEO/Founder Cathy Hughes ranked number two in the lineup of women who have changed and impacted a society of young, affluent African American women giving their all at the forefront of […]
SOUTH CAROLINA – In a recent VH-1 documentary that had rapper 50 Cent find out about his ancestors and family history, a white lady who was a descendant of the white people who owned 50’s ancestors told him about Mongolian slaves who looked like Black people that were taken to America after he asked her […]
As the Black unemployment rate continues to be the highest of any ethnic group, an article on The Grio discusses the ways in which Black children are negatively affected by the financial woes of their parents. The Grio reports: In a study of 7,000 households, data showed that Black middle-class children of single mothers who […]
An article on The Root highlights the career of Alain Dolium, a Black French politician and candidate for France’s National Assembly in 2012. The Root reports: Not surprisingly, some pundits and media have referred to Dolium as the “French Obama.” He rejects the label as a trap, an attempt to reduce his candidacy to his […]
Famed actress Betty White has quickly made her rounds this week to nearly ever talk show there is on TV these days. She’s still moving strong and has the most interesting things to say at her age about everything from real romance to her successful entertainment career. The noted star of the hit TV series […]
FLORIDA – The NAACP has joined forces with Latino and human rights groups to oppose bills in the Florida senate that would require law enforcement agencies to racially profile. Politic365 reports: These bills “would require law enforcement officials in Florida to engage in racial profiling – an insidious practice all too familiar to racial and […]
After the announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death, Rob Lowe had a special opportunity to hang out with NYC firefighters and reflect on hopes for the future. Watch as he tells Gayle King what it was like and how he felt about the big news of Osama bin Laden’s death when he heard it had […]
Clutch Magazine, a leading online destination for black women, has posed an interesting question. Hyper-intellectual news site Salon.com has published a story in which linguists try to explain away the mix-ups of Obama and Osama that have peppered the mainstream press as a simple, human mistake. Clutch asks us if we are buying it. No, […]
Black Eyed Peas artist Will.I.Am made headlines recently for calling women with condoms in their homes “tacky” in an interview with Elle Magazine. Elle: If you walked into a woman’s house, what one item would convince you that you weren’t compatible? W: If she had condoms in her house, that would just f[—]in’ throw me […]
