National

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to three women from African and Arab countries, for their roles as activists. In total, there have been 16 Black Nobel Prize winners; 12 of them being Peace prize recipients.  Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, and Nelson Mandela are all among the list of prestigious recipients. […]

National

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was not taken serious as a candidate a few weeks ago. And just a week ago, he won the all important Florida Straw Poll shocking many and his campaign, which was formerly on life support, was now revived. Now that’s he’s in the public eye as a serious presidential candidate, […]

National

A Georgia man is feeling rather idiotic after being caught in the act attempting to rob a Quick Trip station in Snellville, Ga. Stephen Daniel, 21, can be  seen in surveillance footage walking up to the clerk  and demanding all the cash. What the video does not capture is a police officer standing behind him […]

National

As if his YouTube-inspired 15 minutes of fame in 2010 wasn’t enough, former New York governor candidate, Jimmy ‘The Rent is Too Damn High’ McMillan is garnering video hits for a new rant. McMillan serenaded Wall Street protestors at Zuccotti Park in New York City with a few words of wisdom. VIDEO: Read more at […]

Cincy

CLICK IMAGES TO WIN DINNER & A PAIR OF TICKETS TODAY Today on the Lincoln Ware Show, a few special guests from the hit stage play “In Love with Tyrone” visited us in preparation for next week’s debut at the Aronoff Center for the Performing Arts. Lincoln Ware spoke with the director of the show […]

National

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The campus of Michigan State University has been rocked by recent acts of racial intimidation directed toward Black students. The student body at the state’s largest university made their voices loudly heard on Tuesday night that these acts will not be tolerated. “The incident that really jump-started this movement was an […]

National

Steve Jobs’ death has instantaneously raised the public’s awareness of pancreatic cancer. Other notables have lost the battle against pancreatic cancer, including Patrick Swayze in 2009, legendary saxophonist James Moody last year, and former civil rights leader Reverend James Bevel this year. It was once rumored that Aretha Franklin suffered from pancreatic cancer before she […]

National

AUSTIN — An Austin, Texas man is in police custody after he was arrested for running over and killing his mother with his car. EMS responders were transporting 72-year-old Virginia Samuelson from her car to an ambulance to treat injuries she suffered from a fight with her son Shaun Samuelson, 45, when he intentionally ran her […]

National

A  Carterville, Illinois elementary school is mourning days after one of its kindergarten teachers hanged herself in her classroom. Linda Walker, 45, was found hanging in her classroom by a coworker at Tri-C  Elementary School on Monday. “Fortunately, our kids, staff and community is a tight, resilient group,” Carterville Superintendent Robert  Prusator said. “This is […]

Ohio

As election day approaches, the hottest issue that is most discussed is Issue 2. Issue 2 is a referendum vote that decides whether Ohio Senate Bill 5 should be kept into law, or should it be repealed. Ohio Senate Bill 5 is the collective bargaining bill, signed this past spring, that requires public employees to […]

International

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to three women from African and Arab countries for their roles as activists. These women, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa’s first elected female president — her compatriot, peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner have all helped spread the message […]

Sports

More drama unfolded this week between the NBA owners and players during their collective bargaining negotions. On Tuesday, NBA commissioner David Stern and the owners made an offer to the players union on how basketball-related income would be distributed. The owners claimed the offer was split 50-50, but the players rejected the offer, disagreeing with […]