MINNEAPOLIS — A Black student at a predominantly white high school outside of Minneapolis has filed a federal class action lawsuit against her school for supporting an annual “wigger day” celebration. Quera Pruitt, who attends Red Wing High School, claims that the school was indifferent to the harm this day did to their Black student […]
This morning, Roland Martin invited former NPR reporter Juan Williams to call in the show this morning to talk about his book, “Muzzled”. In his book he tells his side about being fired from NPR, and how he believes the company’s actions were an assault on free speech. In case you missed the interview, you […]
The state of North Carolina is working on a plan to compensate thousands of residents who were victims of state-mandated sterilization. State eugenics laws, which began after World War II and lasted up until 1977, sterilized men, women and children as young as 10-years-old in an attempt at better breeding and population control. Social workers […]
(via BlackThespian.com) Will and Jada Pinkett Smith grace the cover of September’s Architectural Digest. Â Hollywood’s First Family welcomed the magazine into their 25,000 sq. ft. Malibu residence, which features 9 bedrooms, basketball and tennis courts, a lake, and a meditation room. For Jada Pinkett Smith, the most important consideration in designing their home was that […]
R&B singer Akon is defending President Barack Obama after Lupe Fiasco called him the “biggest terrorist. Akon spoke with VladTV in an interview and said that Lupe has to look at the bigger picture. BET reports: “I travel internationally, so I see what Obama is doing for the U.S.” explained Akon. “He’s actually changed the […]
NEW YORK — Former NBA player and streetball legend, Rafer “Skip To My Lou” Alston has been sued by Erick Franceschini who claims he hit him in the head with a bottle at a Queens strip club. The New York Daily News reports: Franceschini charged that patrons of the jiggle joint were ushered outside on […]
Curtis Bunn sure knows how to throw a book party. The National Book Club Conference, Bunn’s popular annual creation, was held this past weekend at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. The multi-talented Tyrese Gibson was there promoting his provocative new book, How to Get Out of your Own Way. Roland Martin received the Terrie Williams […]
TRENDING TOPIC – “YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO IF…” How many times have you been out and about in the Queen City and someone said, wore or did something then you said to yourself “…only in Cincinnati…”? Well now it’s your turn to represent not only your hood, but your city and the people, […]
Casey Anthony was hanging out in Ohio this past weekend and now new photos — the first since her release from jail — have surfaced showing the 25-year-old hiding in plain sight during a mid-day shopping trip. Casey was photographed on Sunday trying to blend in by wearing an Ohio State University baseball cap, a […]
It looks like Mike Brown is paying attention to what people think of him, and the way he manages the Bengals. In a recent interview, he says that “they have been given a slap on the wrist” by the media. He also says that when the Bengals are winning, none of these criticisms come up. […]
