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 […]
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Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images North America) It was truly a family affair this week on late night TV as Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian both visited Jimmy Fallon and his live audience. The two talked about their sister Kim’s engagement and the new season of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” plus what’s ahead for the […]
This morning, TJMS commentator Stephanie Robinson paid tribute to Geronimo Pratt, the former Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party. Pratt recently passed away in his Tanzania home at the age of sixty-three. Take a moment to hear Stephanie’s commentary and hear her reflections of Geronimo’s relentless optimism. <
WASHINGTON — Despite the sluggish economy, President Barack Obama still has a substantial lead over his potential GOP rivals in 2012. Reuters reports: Obama leads all potential Republican challengers by double-digit margins. He is ahead of his closest Republican rival, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, by 13 percentage points — 51 percent to 38 percent. […]
