While public contempt for America’s social welfare programs has been fueled by the image of the “Welfare Queen,” collecting food stamps to feed her fatherless children, a new Cornell University paper sheds light on the realities of government assistance. According to the findings, half of America’s social program recipients believe they have never received government […]
Nationally, organizations like Growing Power are working towards providing sustainable agriculture and food security in under-served communities both urban and rural. While urban farms offer viable and healthy solutions for communities at feasible prices, many of these farms aren’t seeing profit like the local corner stores and bodegas. Black farmers are a rarity. New York […]
A dermatologist is warning Black people to cover-up in the sun after she noticed that many of her darker-skinned patients were unaware of skin cancer risks. Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd specializes in the cosmetic concerns of multi-hued skin tones. She says that there is a common mis-perception that darker-skinned African-Americans don’t need SPF protection. Within the […]
NEW YORK — Video has been released of the fight between high school football star, Isayah Muller, his father, and the parking lot attendants they suspected of stealing expensive cologne from their car. In the video, the father Andre Muller, can be seen punching the parking lot attendant and attacking them with a bicycle and […]
The American Black Film Festival showcased several up and coming Black Filmmakers with their short film competition this past weekend. The short films were all extremely moving and mostly dealt with the relationships between parents and children, and the sacrifices parents make for their children, as well as the affects of parental abuse. If these […]
In a perfect world every millionaire, and jet/yacht owner would pay no taxes (or at least 5 percent) while every middle-class American is on financial life support, gay people would be locked away in psych wards, Oprah would be stoned for being the modern anti-Christ, and Blacks would voluntarily return to the system of slavery—at […]
InteractiveOne — the parent company of NewsOne and a division of Radio One — and NBC News today announced an unprecedented Black news partnership between NBC’s website, The Grio.com, and NewsOne. As detailed in a piece in today’s New York Times, the two sites will collaborate editorially and in the area of advertising sales, creating […]
Bengals player, Adam “Pacman” Jones, went public yesterday explaining to the media that he is innocent of the charges pressed against him this past weekend. To hear his side of the story, check out the video below.
We know times have been rough for NFL players all around due to the lock out. But many of the Bengal’s continue to push forward. On several occasions they’ve been seen practicing on UC’s campus. However Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones decided to utilize his off time at a local bar last night and apparently was doing […]
The debt ceiling negotiations have been going on for a while, as Republicans and Democrats are trying to make compromises on how to reduce it. One of the congressmen, who has a comprehensive debt reduction plan, is Chaka Fattah from Pennsylvannia. Known as the Debt-Free America Act, or H.R. 1125, this bill would eliminate the […]
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took a shot at President Obama calling America’s economic woes, the “Obama Depression,” on Fox and Friends Sunday morning. Gingrich’s comments come as the president is negotiating a new federal budget with Republicans, and just days after the latest job reports show few signs of economic recovery. “Housing prices have […]
A Houston topless bar is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly forcing Black waitresses to skip work when one of the club’s racist executives visited. One of the club’s managers says he’s shocked by the suit as they market themselves as a multi-racial club. The suit alleges that beginning in 2007, […]
