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Mississippi Delta Braces For Historic Flooding
Filed under: Around the Web From the Huffington Post: The bulging Mississippi River rolled into the fertile Mississippi Delta on Tuesday, threatening to wash away stately homes and shotgun shacks, and...
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Derrick Rose Leads Bulls Past Hawks
Filed under: Around the Web From the Detroit Free Press: Derrick Rose scored 33 points, Luol Deng added 23, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks, 95-83, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference...
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Sony Aims to Fully Restore PlayStation Network
Filed under: Around the Web From the Washington Post: Sony said Tuesday it aims to fully restore its PlayStation Network, shut down after a massive security breach affecting over 100 million online...
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Authorities Decide NOT to Look in Virginia Landfill for Missing Black Teen
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights On August 2nd, 18-year-old Latisha Frazier (pictured as a child with her father above), who is also a Mother of 3-year-old Diamond, was lured to a D.C....
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NFL Player Denies Sex Abuse Charges by Saying "I Don't Even Like Black Girls"
Filed under: Football, News/ Sports, News From Clutch Magazine: NFL player Albert Haynesworth is under fire. Not only because he was arraigned this morning for allegedly groping a waitress at the W...
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Freedom Ride 2011: Day 3
CHARLOTTE -- As tears tumbled down the old man's face, he wrapped his arms around the young man and held him close, so close that his gray beard bristled against his cheek. The young man closed his...
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Common Craze at The White House
Filed under: News, Entertainment Hip-hop artist Common's invite to participate in the White House poetry series created quite a stir yesterday. Some conservative media outlets questioned how...
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Black Hair Care Facebook Page Overrun By Racist Posts
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights Padricia Norfleet's Facebook page for her natural hair care business NaturalistaCosmetics.com has recently become the target of racist insults, images and...
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Robert 'Tractor' Traylor Found Dead in Puerto Rico
Filed under: NewsFrom Huffington Post: Former NBA player Robert "Tractor" Traylor was found dead in his apartment on Wednesday in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. He was 34 years old. According to multiple...
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Notable/Quotable: Clifton Powell Tells Spike To 'Go Sit His Punk A** Down'
Filed under: Star Quotes ""To be honest, I don't like Spike Lee. Spike is worse than any one of the mans [sp]. Because back in the day...and I hope Spike is listening cause I'll beat your punk a**. I...
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Mellow Mood: Fashion Inspired By Bob Marley
Filed under: Fashion Files, Accessories 30 years ago today the legendary reggae singer and cultural icon Bob Marley died of cancer. The Jamaican singer's music was internationally beloved and his laid...
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Announced As Guests On 'Oprah' Finale
It can be argued that Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and their two children -- son Jaden and daughter Willow -- are the one of the most powerful families in show business. Now behold, proof...
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Me and My Hair at the Natural Hair Show
For me, writing about myself is hard. Writing about my hair is even harder. It seriously might feel less revealing to publish my bank balance. So when my editor suggested that my coverage of the...
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Police Department in Newark Is Facing U.S. Inquiry
Filed under: Around the Web From the New York Times: The Justice Department is investigating claims that brutality, baseless searches, intimidation and false arrests are commonplace in the Newark...
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Plus-Size Model Mia Amber Davis Dead at 36
Filed under: News "Road Trip" actress and plus-size model Mia Amber Davis (pictured) died on Tuesday, after having routine knee surgery in Los Angeles.Share Tweet Davis, who was only 36 years old, was...
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Mississippi River Flooding Reaching Historic Levels
From The Huffington Post In one of the worst cases of flooding since the Great Depression, the bulging, swollen Mississippi River is overflowing in record proportions, blanketing thousands of square...
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The Future of Tiger Woods
From the LA Times: Will Tiger Woods ever be the same? For years he dominated golf in such a way that most players figured they were continually playing for second place. Now after Thursday's...
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Maya Rudolph: Here Comes the Bride
Filed under: Movies From PAPERMAG: To say Maya Rudolph has had an eclectic career is putting it mildly. She's played keyboards for '90s alt-pop band the Rentals, starred on 'Saturday Night Live' for...
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Obama's Step-Grandmother Threatened By Al-Qaeda
Filed under: News, President Obama According to the NY Daily News, President Barack Obama's step-grandmother, Sarah Obama (pictured), is under 24-7 surveillance, because Al-Qaeda wants revenge for...
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Pharrell Williams Named Creative Director Of New Television Network
Filed under: News, Media With at least two new television networks set to launch this year, it looks there will be loads of must-see programming for multicultural audiences. Bounce TV, a channel aimed...
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