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President Obama will be meeting with Ali Bongo Ondimba, the controversial president of Gabon who has been accused of human rights violations.
While Lady Gaga is known across the globe as a pop superstar, little is known about the mastermind behind the “Gaga machine.” Troy Carter, the manager of Gaga, has been influential in the entertainer’s rise to stardom. Utilizing the advantages of technology, Carter spearheaded business deals that have led Gaga to 10 million Twitter followers […]
MOBILE, ALABAMA — An Alabama Reverend and his wife have been arrested and charged with drug distribution and possession. Fox Mobile reports: A two month long undercover drug investigation by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has led to the arrest of a pastor, James A. Hunter, and his wife, Sylvia Hunter, with Forever Flowing Ministries. […]
NEW YORK — New York Department of Transportation data shows that five streets in Harlem have dramatically high fatal crash rates, with Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. and 125th St. being some of the city’s worst places for accidents. The Daily News reports: Transportation Department officials also listed Lenox Ave. and W. 135th St. as […]
Writer and stand-up comedian Wanda Sykes recently appeared on the Piers Morgan Tonight show, where she boldly proclaimed that “it’s harder to be gay than black.” I’m not talking about the history of black people, of African Americans. I’m talking about at this point right now … I don’t know of organizations and groups like […]
A program organized by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks to erase the health disparities between African-Americans and the rest of the country. The CDC reports that the death rates for Black Americans surpass those of Americans overall for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, HIV and homicide. USA Today reports: As part of […]
Atlanta pastor (of yet another mega church) Creflo Dollar has spoken out against the controversy surrounding Bishop Eddie Long’s recent court settlement with his accusers. After the highly publicized sex scandal that has stained his image for nearly a year, Bishop Eddie Long has ultimately lost a lot of members in his congregation at New […]
A recent study done by Northwestern University, titled “Children Media and Race,” shows that Black and Hispanic youth consume an average of four more hours of media every day than white children do — a difference that has increased tremendously in the past decade. Black Voices reports: The findings show Black and Hispanic youth consume […]
This week CNN premiered “The Sissy Boy Experiment,” an Anderson Cooper 360° special three-part series. In the special report, Cooper examines the life of Kirk Murphy, a suicide victim tormented by childhood psychological and physical abuse. Murphy’s parents, in hopes of discarding Kirk’s feminine behavior, took the then 5-year old to a UCLA psychologist in […]
The Obama administration, leading non-profits and business experts gathered at Rutgers University’s Newark campus on Monday for the Urban Entrepreneur Summit to help minority entrepreneurs find ways to foster wealth within their communities. The event was a rare forum that allowed minority entrepreneurs to witness personal narratives of other successful minority entrepreneurs and obtain fundamental […]
Patti LaBelle will be honored at the 2011 BET Awards where she will be presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. The reward recognizes her 50+ years in the music industry, working with her ’60s soul group the Bluebelles, ’70s rock-influenced group Labelle, her solo career in the ’80s and recent run on Broadway in […]
LOS ANGELES — Reality star Kim Kardahsian is planning to sue New England Patriots player Bret Locket over his claim in In Touch Magazine that she has been cheating on fiancee Kris Humphries with him. Lockett claims that the two of them have been exchanging sex text messages and racy pictures. He plans on revealing […]
