White House spokesman Jay Carney defended President Obama Tuesday against criticism from prominent Black leaders who have said Obama is ignorning the Black community while reaching out to white independents. According to Carney, the issue is not one of race. The president is helping Black people by working to boost the struggling economy and helping […]
Rapper T.I. was released from prison early this morning and was ordered to a halfway house to serve the remainder of his 11-month prison sentence. He was arrested in Los Angeles on Sept. 1 of last year for possession of a controlled substance which violated his probation. The self proclaimed “King” has taken to Twitter […]
It is still hard to believe that after 25 years of broadcasts, belief in your wildest dreams and emotional healing experiences, The Oprah Winfrey Show officially ended it’s tenure and reach to millions of viewers everyday. For many, the magical journey still continues. For Oprah Winfrey, we’re certain it’s a blessing that now she can […]
SANTA FE, N.M. — Surveillance footage caught an officer having sex on top of a car while in uniform in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe Police have not released the name of the officer but claim they are investigating the matter. KOB.com reports: KOB has blurred out the woman’s image, but you can see […]
On his radio show today, Glenn Beck tackled a particularly sticky issue when it comes to race. How does it make any sort of sense, he wanted to know, to refer to all Black persons as “African American,” particularly when so many Black individuals don’t live in the U.S.? Beck notes that, in South Africa, […]
MIAMI — African American congressman Andre Carson from Indiana had harsh words for the Tea Party at a recent Congressional Black Caucus event in Miami. He compared the Tea Party movement to the efforts of Jim Crow and directly addressed members of congress affiliated with the movement. The Huffington Post reports: “This is the effort […]
Rabbi Capers Funnye, a prominent African-American rabbi from Chicago and cousin of First Lady Michelle Obama, wants to diversify the Jewish faith. “The color of a person’s skin should not matter. It is what is in that person’s heart and in that person’s soul that matters,” he told a Beverly Hills congregation on Friday. A staunch […]
NEW YORK-15 Muslims were arrested after a fights broke out at an amusement park in Westchester County after they were told they’d be denied access to rides over their religious clothing. More than 3,000 Muslims came to Rye Playland to celebrate the end of Ramadan. 60 police were called after clashes between Playland staff and […]
MEMPHIS — A high school counselor named Cinnamon Davis was charged with having sex with a high school student after there were reports that she spent a weekend with a 17-year-old male student. After the student’s mother became concerned that she had not seen him for a weekend and he hadn’t called, he told her […]
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for parents and students to pay for college tuition. If it wasn’t for Pell Grants, Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) and the Education Opportunity Fund (EOF), 24-year-old Vanessa Denis would have graduated from Montclair State University with tens of thousands of dollars in debt. “My high school was a college prep school […]
We all have plans, schedules and agendas, and our ego – the human side of us – makes us think sometimes that what WE have to do takes precedence over everything else. For the past month, my mind has been on two main issues: The MLK Memorial and march led by Rev. Al, and what […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson recently wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post speaking about Hurricane Irene and how he believes conservatives only hate government until they need it. Check out a few excerpts below. Irene has hit, leaving destruction in its wake. We could track Irene and prepare for it; we could not stop it. […]
