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Grim Sleeper Serial Killer May Have 8 More Victims
Filed under: News Los Angeles police investigators say eight more women may be linked to the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings of women and girls shot or strangled since 1985. A county grand jury last...
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Common Signs of a Financial Scam
Filed under: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, Money A tragic financial story involving an elderly widow recently had a lot of people shaking their heads -- yet it had all the red flags and signs of a financial...
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Turner Classic Movies to Play Uncle Tom's Cabin and Birth of a Nation
Filed under: Around the WebFrom Shadow and Act: This year and month, being the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, Turner Classic Movies will be showing, all this month, films dealing...
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Eco-Conscious Fashion For Under $200
"Green" fashionistas take note: Earth Day is right around the corner. On April 22, over 100 countries around the world will pay tribute to Mother Earth, celebrate nature and learn ways to protect the...
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Snapped: Angela Simmons is Pretty in Pink
Filed under: Celebrity Style Last night, Angela Simmons was seen out on the town in quite a dressy number. Share Tweet The television personality and budding designer attended the 2nd Annual Steve...
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Why IS Red Lobster so Popular with Black Diners?
Filed under: Around the WebFrom The Atlanta Post: Why is Red Lobster so popular, particularly among African Americans? The chain - a key brand of multi-chain operator Darden Restaurants, which serves...
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Trend Alert: Tangerine
Filed under: Celebrity Style When it comes to fashion, the color orange is so last year. This season, the new trend for spring is sweet and juicy tangerine. Celebrities like Beyonce and Niecy Nash are...
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Obama 2012: Going Beyond 'Hope' and 'Change'
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights In the midst of two-and-a-half wars, a prolonged recession and a possible government shutdown, Barack Obama officially kicked off his...
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GMA Reporter Experiences Yale's Hostile Environment Firsthand
From Jezebel: Midway through a news package in which Good Morning America reporter Linsey Davis visited Yale to report on the Title IX investigation of the university, we got a special glimpse of life...
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Nielson Study Says too Much TV: So?
Filed under: News, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights A report released on Wednesday reveals that African Americans have the highest rate of total TV usage among all ethnicities in the United...
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In the Mean Time
Full disclosure right off the bat: two of the six members of the eclectic Philadelphia band, the Mean, are my brothers. So I'm not unbiased when I say their new sophomore album, 'Zero, Zero,' is...
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Gov. Patterson on the Radio
Filed under: Around the Web Step aside Tom Joyner, former New York Governor David Patterson is coming for ya.From Media Bistro: Since leaving office on January 1, New York Governor David Paterson has...
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David M. French, Civil Rights Activist and Physician, Dies at 86
Filed under: Around the WebFrom The Washington Post: David M. French, a former Howard University professor of pediatric surgery who tended to the medical needs of civil rights marchers during the 1960s...
View ArticleThe Heart of a Politician
Yesterday I got a text from my sister with a note that former NJ Congressman John Adler had died. I had known him as "Senator" Adler because for 17 years he had served as a member of the NJ State...
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New Study: Black Women Have Highest Rate of Children with Different Fathers
Filed under: News A new study shows that the rate of American women who have children with multiple fathers, also called "multiple-father family structure," is "pervasive." According to the National...
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9 Key Transitional Pieces for Spring
Filed under: Trends The first day of spring has come and gone, and as the temperature continues to fluctuate -- slowly and moodily making its way up the thermometer -- you will need some style pieces...
View ArticleVCs are Not Investing in Black Entrepreneurs
It's a simple formula: Investing in high-growth companies creates jobs while generating more wealth for investors. The formula has worked for America's private venture capital investment community for...
View ArticleCharlie Sheen Offered Higher Speaking Fee Than Clinton
Okay, so I realize I'm technically a few days late for April Fool's, so I guess you can just call the headline above a big fat lie. From The Huffington Post: Although give it a day or two and I'm...
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Boris Kodjoe's 'World of Alfa' Offers High Style at Low Cost
Filed under: Men's Style Want to design your own clothing? Well, handsome actor Boris Kodjoe can help you. Kodjoe's stepping outside of acting and now has his hands in fashion offering customizable and...
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Dennis Goes to the Hall of Fame
Dennis Rodman's going to the Hall of Fame, and he's freaking out. Which is so unlike him. From NBC Sports: "I thought it was a joke," the five-times NBA champion and defensive wizard told a news...
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