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Name: Natasha Age: 31 Occupation: Student/ Airforce Veteran Being that I just came out the Air Force, it’s hard for me to find a job. Now I’m going to school full-time just seeing if I can keep up with everyone. I’m here with the 99 percent because that’s what I am. One of the 99 […]

Name: Garon Age: 47 Occupation: Filmmaker, Artist I work in film, but at the moment I’m in between jobs. I’m building a business with my art. This movement is extremely important right now, because the way this country has been going in the past 30 years, it’ really been going down. I really love what’s […]

After fans reacted with their displeasure about Tyler Perry’s recent decision to cast Kim Kardashian in his upcoming movie, “The Mariage Counselor,” Perry has written an open letter to them defending her as a role model. See Also: Visit The MLK Memorial In Washington D.C See Also: Susan Lucci Says Don’t Blame Me I said to one […]

New Benetton ads for its “Unhate” campaign, featuring world leaders kissing each other has angered the Vatican. The ads feature American President Barack Obama kissing both Chinese President Hu Jintao and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man Alive See Also: Occupy Wall Street Film The New York Daily News reports: […]

(via fox19.com) – His influence in 2011 has been questioned, as has his relevance to today’s social movements, but Rev. Jesse Jackson still has the ability to captivate an audience, and he did just that again Wednesday afternoon in Cincinnati’s Piatt Park. Jackson compared what the Occupy movement is doing, to what the Civil Rights […]

At Rick Perry’s campaign stop at a defense contractor this morning, all attendees — including the press — were requested to prove their American citizenship, a move that spurred a minor controversy ahead of the town hall meeting. NBC News was told by an employee checking in press at Granite State Manufacturing that “only American […]

While African Americans have had a good deal of success in politics and several mayors, governors and even the current president to show for it, there have only been six senators who were Black. Two came from reconstruction after slavery was abolished and only four have served since then. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man […]

Like the rest of America, I found myself getting sick after reading about the sex abuse scandal at Penn State University.  The detailed reports are nothing less than mortifying, and I am among those who believe that this university should pay tens of millions to the victims and their families in order to make things […]

It has been 14 years since the death of whom many call the greatest rapper of all-time, the Notoriois B.I.G. Since then, tribute albums have been released as well as movies and documentaries. But despite everything we’ve seen and heard of Biggie Smalls, there’s still a lot we don’t know. So we decided to provide […]

While the percentage of African Americans currently playing in Major League Baseball is almost as low as the amount of Blacks watching the games, the amount of history created by African Americans in the sport is endless. We at NewsOne decided to create a list of 10 Black firsts in baseball history. See Also: Bradley Cooper […]

Director George Tillman Jr. who directed the Biggie biopic, “Notorious,” will be doing the same for jazz legend Miles Davis. The biopic is currently titled, “Miles Davis,” and will draw on the book “Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde of Miles Davis.” See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man In The World See Also: Black Travel: Visit […]

A fake website falsely reported that actor Denzel Washington died in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland this weekend. Despite the fact that the story wasn’t confirmed and the website looked fake, the reports quickly spread online that Denzel was dead. See also: Is Casper Smart Jennifer Lopez’s New Man? See also: Nelson George’s Beijing The Huffington Post […]