Make Over Your Baby's Nursery
Filed under: Beautiful Home Having a baby changes everything. Most people don't realize that this age-old adage applies to their home décor aesthetic as well as their sleep schedule. Between playtimes,...
View ArticleDaryl Hawks Dead: NBC Coworkers 'Stunned' By Death Of Chicago Sports Anchor
Filed under: Around the Web From the Huffington Post: A 38-year-old TV sports anchor from Chicago was found dead Thursday morning in his Atlanta hotel room, where he was staying while covering the...
View ArticleWhite House Wants Tougher Penalties for Computer Breaches
Filed under: Around the Web From the New York Times: Almost two years after outlining a broad strategy intended to strengthen the security of the nation's computers and networks, the Obama...
View ArticleGenealogy Search Expands East Bay Teens' Worlds
Filed under: Around the Web From the San Francisco Chronicle: Elliott Spillard always wondered about his family history. Aside from the names of his parents and grandparents, the only thing the...
View ArticleGoing Back to Rock Hill
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Every now and then Clarence Graham makes his way back to that old lunch counter in Rock Hill. He walks through the doors and past the space where shelves of t-shirts and socks,...
View ArticleIt's Been a Great Ride!
Hello Black Voices! I must say that I am a bit sad to be writing this letter to you. Today is my last day on the BlackVoices.com team, and I will genuinely miss reading your comments and bringing you...
View ArticleBeautiful Black Athletes
Filed under: Celebrity Style We thought we'd take a moment to show some love and admiration for some women who are disciplined, strong, black and beautiful. Just because....
View ArticleAlvin Ailey Announces It's New Season Under New Leadership
Filed under: Theater, Entertainment When Robert Battle moved to New York City from his hometown of Miami, Florida in 1990, his mother gave him a piece of advice: Don't look up at the tall buildings....
View ArticleWhat to do This Weekend: MLB's Civil Rights Game
Filed under: Around the Web The fifth annual Delta Civil Rights Game will take place on Sunday, May 15 in Atlanta, pairing the Phillies and the Braves, two teams with superstar African American...
View ArticleGallery: The Week's Best Celebrity Style
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet This week's best dressed celebrities dolled up for promotional events, theater debuts and film screenings. See if any of your favorite celebs made the cut....
View ArticleNew President to Take Power in Struggling Haiti
(05-13) 13:32 PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The musician Michel Martelly will be sworn in as Haiti's new president Saturday in front of the collapsed National Palace and a shantytown filled with...
View ArticleThe Nothingness that is Size Zero
In an episode of the defunct reality side show, 'The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency,' the late Mia Amber Davis, an editor at large of 'Plus Model Magazine,' and an actress best known for her role in...
View ArticleEtta James Hospitalized With Serious Blood Infection
Filed under: NewsFrom The LA Times: Blues legend Etta James was hospitalized in Riverside earlier this week with infections of the blood and the urinary tract, one of her sons said Friday. "It was a...
View ArticleWyatt Cenac on Being Alternatively Black and Funny
Filed under: Interviews Comedian Wyatt Cenac is black. People who watch him on 'The Daily Show' know this. Those who have seen him in the movie 'Medicine For Melancholy' know this. And anyone who tunes...
View ArticleTake it to Church: The Music of the Movement
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights BIRMINGHAM - In a church where four little girls lost their lives, angels still seem to be singing. Their songs are not of the pain left behind, but of freedom....
View ArticleDon Lemon Knows Risk of Coming Out as Gay
Filed under: News From the New York Times: Don Lemon, the weekend prime-time anchor for CNN, was on the air on Sunday night this month when the news broke that President Obama would address the nation...
View ArticleA College Degree, 55 Years and an Era in the Making
Filed under: News From the New York Times: As she prepares for her commencement at the University of North Texas here on Saturday, Burlyce Sherrell Logan can still hear the words the institution's...
View ArticleSamuel Wanjiru Dead: Olympic Gold Medalist Dies At 24
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru died in a fall from a balcony after a domestic dispute involving his wife and another woman, police said...
View ArticleShirley Sherrod, USDA Discuss Minority Outreach Work
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants help with minority outreach from a former official in Georgia who was ousted in a racial flap and later received an...
View ArticleSnapped: Rosario Dawson's Midnight Shimmer
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Shoes, Red Carpet Black works year round, and at the CAA Party With Grey Goose At Soho House for the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14, actress Rosario Dawson...
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