NewsOne.com blogger Reverend Al Sharpton is reportedly being lined up to host a nightly talkshow on MSNBC. Sharpton has guest-hosted MSNBC’s 6pm hour for the last two weeks while regular anchor Cenk Uygur was on vacation, but insiders now tell TV Newser that Sharpton is being considered to permanently take over the position. A spokeswoman […]
Every so often a so-called “blue-eyed soul” singer appears out of nowhere accelerating themselves to the top of a Black genre and pushing the music into the mainstream. With their success comes resentment from those who feel Black artists should receive the same sort of profits from their cultural capital. Despite these conversations on race and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Noble Maseru, Ph.D., MPH Health Commissioner Board of Health City of Cincinnati Cincinnati—Dr. Noble Maseru, City of Cincinnati Health Commissioner has declared an excessive heat warning from noon Monday, July 18 through the remainder of the week. This designation is being declared in conjunction with the National Weather Service guidelines for and […]
A white New York City man is claiming that a gang of Black youth attacked him on a subway because of his race. “Everyone on the train was egging them on,” said Jason Fordell, 29, of the early-morning attack on the 4 train. Fordell said he was returning home on the train at 5 a.m. […]
In the midst of one of Cincinnati’s infamous summer heat waves, legendary classic R&B/funk ensemble ConFunkShun brought the Queen City and its neighbors to their feet at the MOJO Summer Jam 2011 this past weekend at Sawyer Point in downtown Cincinnati. Blazing through a two-hour-plus live set, ConFunkShun fans new and old, young and seasoned […]
South Africa is celebrating the 93rd birthday today of its most prized national figure, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Close to 12 million students sang “Happy Birthday” to Mandela before school began today. But one of the many things African students — and people all across the world can look towards to for inspiration — are […]
BROOKLYN — Actor Anthony Mackie, star of the Oscar award winning movie, “The Hurt Locker,” has shown that he is a true renaissance man with the opening of his Crown Heights, Brooklyn Bar, Nobar. Not only did Mackie build the bar with his own hands using his own carpentry skills but last Saturday, he also […]
NEW YORK — New York Fire Department Commissioner Salvatore Cassano urged African-Americans and women to apply to become firefighters. Cassano touted a new hiring exam aimed at diversifying the FDNY. The exam, however, must be approved by a judge. The FDNY has long been accused of discriminating against minorities, eventually causing a judge to rule […]
WASHINGTON DC — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee suggested to members of Congress on Friday that President Obama is being treated unfairly in debt negotiations because of his race. As Jackson and many members of the Black community see it, Republican’s reluctance to raise the debt ceiling when it has been raised numerous times for other […]
Between the “birther” movement attacking President Obama’s citizenship, and The Family Leader’s statement on the condition of the Black family, political myths regarding African-Americans have become an emblematic trend. Here’s a list of eight political myths that continue to handicap the African-American community. Some include claims that Blacks are the biggest benefactors of government assistance […]
SIERRA LEONE — Women are pouring into hospitals in Sierra Leone since the government waived fees for pregnant women and children. The efforts are having a striking impact, cutting into the mortality rate for pregnant women and reducing malaria death for children. Various countries in sub-saharan Africa have gone to some from of free healthcare and […]
D.C. Public Schools let go of hundreds of teachers today, as part of the policy introduced by former education chancellor Michelle Rhee to let go of low-performing educators. The District on Friday fired some 227 teachers and gave raises and bonuses to more than 600 teachers, based on numbers generated by its controversial teacher evaluation […]
