Charity: Water Founder Scott Harrison -- A Word About Water
Water changes health, education, food security, the lives of women and children. The more people we at charity: water meet in the field, the more we realize how much water touches every part of a...
View ArticleBy Monday, the Knicks' Season Could Be Over ...
Filed under: Basketball With nineteen seconds left during Game 2 of the Knicks-Celtics, with the Knicks up by one during a timeout, we turned to a friend we were watching the game with and said, "God,...
View ArticleWhat to @#$% Do this Weekend: Chris Rock on Broadway
You know you're dying to see Chris Rock in his broadway debut, 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat -- cursing and cussing and being, well, Chris Rock. That said, early reviews indicate a solid performance,...
View ArticleNot a Good Look for Fla. City Council Candidate: "Jews Own Everything"
Filed under: Commentary If it weren't for slavery, Kimberly Daniels might be somewhere in Africa, worshipping a tree. That's according to Daniels herself, a city council candidate in Jacksonville,...
View ArticleMom of Dead 'Lion King' Child Star Continues to Raise Awareness
Last summer, BlackVoices.com covered the plight of "Lion King" starlet Shannon Tavarez (pictured), who found out last April that she had an aggressive form of leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia. The...
View ArticleThe Browning of the Smithsonian?
Filed under: News Is there room for a Latino American museum on the National Mall? That is the question being asked as the Smithsonian Institution mulls the creation of a separate museum to celebrate...
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Movement Targets Black Women In Latest Efforts
Filed under: Around the Web From The Huffington Post: On March 29, Texas-based anti-abortion group Life Always launched a billboard campaign on the South Side of Chicago that features a picture of...
View ArticleThe Madea Factor: Tyler Perry On His Winning Formula
Filed under: Movies, Interviews, Celeb Updates, EntertainmentTyler Perry is up and ready to roll on a sunny California day as he knocks out a battery of media chores for his latest movie, 'Madea's Big...
View ArticleZadie Smith's Rules for Writers
Filed under: Around the Web 1 When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else. 2 When an adult, try to read your own work as a stranger would read...
View ArticleSuper Groovy Wall Art Decals
Filed under: Beautiful Home Problem: Your walls are boring. Solution: Add a wall art decal. It's really that easy. Decals come in many shapes and sizes. The popularity of wall decals has increased...
View ArticleThe Dialogue of Art
I grew up in rural South Carolina, where my only access to visual art and culture was fashion magazines and cable television. I had a fascination with process -- the process of deconstructing the...
View ArticleActors/Actresses Appearing on the Silver Screen this Season
Filed under: Previews With Spring blossoming into season, the time has come for Hollywood to roll out its red carpet for this year's most anticipated films. Over the course of the next few months some...
View ArticleTrend Alert: Polka Dots
Filed under: Shoes, Accessories, Trends If you think polka dots belong in the 1950s, you're sadly mistaken. Polka dots are totally 2011. Add a few modern polka dot pieces to your wardrobe and put your...
View ArticleHaiti's 'Sweet Micky' Martelly turns presidential
Haiti's president-elect, Michel Martelly, known universally to his countrymen as "Sweet Micky," is - let's be delicate about this - a new kind of political figure. Wildly popular during his two-decade...
View ArticleGabrielle Union Rocks Her Natural Hair
Filed under: Celeb Transformations, Natural Hair, Celebrity Hairstyles Gabrielle Union is an actress admired for both her talent and beauty. She's rocked a number of hairstyles throughout her career...
View ArticleCongo Square naming is on agenda for New Orleans City Council
Which one to honor: Louisiana's best-known Confederate general or the African-Americans he was fighting for the right to keep enslaved? In the case of the open space between the Municipal Auditorium...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Miss Ella!
Fun fact for jazz enthusiast and history music buffs, today marks the birthday of the late jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, born in 1917. Known as the "First Lady of Song," Fitzgerald was discovered by...
View ArticleOne Size Fits Nobody: Seeking a Steady 4 or a 10
Filed under: Fashion Files By Stephanie Clifford for The New York Times: In one store, you're a Size 4, in another a Size 8, and in another a Size 10 - all without gaining an ounce. It's a familiar...
View ArticleExclusive Video: The Braxtons on Parenting & New Show
Filed under: Television Following a tremendous amount of persuading and some negotiating with WEtv executives, Toni Braxton and her sisters (Trina, Tamar, Traci and Towanda) have signed their very own...
View ArticleTaking a Deeper Look into Fortune's 'Best Companies to Work For' List
Filed under: Professional Profiles, Careers In January, Fortune released its annual "Best Companies to Work For" list. CNNMoney.com revisits this list by highlighting three of those ranking companies...
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