While numerous critics are blasting Jay-Z and Kanye West for talking about expensive trips, clothes, and cars on their new album “Watch The Throne” during an economic recession, there are plenty of tracks on the album that touch on serious topics specifically, “Murder To Excellence.” On the album’s tenth track, Jay-Z and Kanye West focus […]
She is literally one of the greatest vocal performers of our time. Her career has blossomed, soared and exploded on the music scene for nearly three decades blazing a trail for almost every single one of today’s popular singers and entertainers. At a seasoned 48-years-old, the one and only Whitney Houston has performed for millions […]
A 79-year-old Oak Cliff woman succumbs to the North Texas heat and dies in her home just two days after reporting to police that her central air conditioner had been stolen. Dolores Grissom’s home sits on a corner with the air conditioning unit is completely exposed; only protected by a cage with a lock. On […]
PBS host Tavis Smiley and Professor Cornel West went on CNN yesterday to talk about their nationwide “Poverty Tour” and President Obama. Instead, they got into a debate with CNN anchor, Carol Costello. Smiley and West appeared on “American Morning” and went straight on the attack of President Obama’s debt ceiling deal. “I think this […]
In an exclusive interview with TheLoop.com, Rev. Al Sharpton spoke about his much talked-about absence at the 2011 NABJ Convention in Philadelphia this past weekend where he was scheduled to appear. Sharpton, who has been in the news lately for successful fill-in role in the 6 p.m. time slot for Cenk Uygur on MSNBC, said […]
Imagine your house is burning. You call the fire department but your call isn’t answered because every fire fighter in town is debating whether there will be enough water to fight fires over the next ten years, even though water is plentiful right now. (Yes, there’s a long-term problem.) One faction won’t even allow the […]
As the most recent data demonstrates scant growth in the nation’s employment rate, lawmakers on Capitol Hill appear to be abruptly shifting their discussions regarding raising the nation’s debt ceiling back to a chief concern of many Americans: unemployment. But leaders in the nation’s capital – a place where unemployment nears 25 percent in some […]
