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You Can't Talk About Race In D.C. Without Talking About Unemployment
From Prospect.org: The New York Times is the latest paper to take a look at Washington, D.C.'s internal divisions, but it stays in the shallow end of the pool. Read more here. Permalink | Email this |...
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Ja Rule Faces Even More Prison Time
Filed under: Celebrity Finances Rule number one of musical stardom: pay your taxes. Ja Rule, who's already been off the rap radar while serving a two-year gun-possession bid, was sentenced Monday to...
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The Mother of All Black Arts Festivals
From the Root: There is a magic to almost any arts festival. You can feel the joy and affection flowing through the eager crowds of like-minded people who have come together to revere beauty,...
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As Black Unemployment Climbs, Healthy American Eating Declines
From the Huffington Post: As Michele Washington walks into a McDonald's in Harlem on a recent evening, exhausted from a two-hour commute and eager for an inexpensive meal, her seven-year-old son,...
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Shirley Sherrod Case Against Conservative Blogger Andrew Breitbart Begins
Filed under: News From The Huffington Post: A year to the day after Shirley Sherrod was ousted from the Agriculture Department, the former government employee is still seeking vindication. Read more...
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Michele Bachmann Calls Black Farmer Settlement a Waste of Money
Filed under: PoliticsFrom NewsOne: OMAHA, Neb. - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann pointed to one program in particular Monday when talking about wasteful government spending: a...
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Soulja Boy Gives Louis Vuitton More Free Advertising On New EP
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Designers The obsession with designer brands has gone too far. Young rapper Soulja Boy's new mixtape the 'Bernard Arnault EP' isn't about a new dance like his mega hit...
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Ex-Inmate Gives Back By Offering Financial Advice to Recently Released Prisoners
Filed under: News From The Grio: Just by talking to her, you wouldn't know that Vivian Nixon is an ex convict. Confident, articulate, and now pursuing a Master's Degree in Theology, Nixon seems more...
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Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure Fails To Boost Tourism
Filed under: Celebrity Finances Apparently the "Oprah effect" doesn't transcend U.S. lines. Winfrey's audience went into typical pandemonium when she announced that she'd be footing the bill for a trip...
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Maya Rudolph Welcomes a Son
From People: It's a boy for Maya Rudolph. The Bridesmaids star, 38, and director Paul Thomas Anderson welcomed their third child, son Jack, on July 3, her rep tells PEOPLE. Read more here. Permalink |...
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Guinean President Survives Assassination Attempt
From Chron: Guinea's president narrowly survived an assassination attempt Tuesday after gunmen encircled his home overnight and pounded his bedroom with heavy-artillery, throwing into doubt the...
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Kanye West's Clothing Line Confirmed
Filed under: Celebrity Style From The Cut: Louise Wilson, a professor at British fashion school Central St. Martins, has confirmed reports that Kanye West is working on a womenswear label with British...
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Summer's Eve 'Hail To The V' Campaign: Racist Or Harmless?
From the Huffington Post: From Summer's Eve -- the same feminine hygiene purveyors who once implied you haven't gotten a raise because you're not fresh down there -- comes a new slew of videos...
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Black and Depressed: Two African-American Women Break the Silence
From Psych Central: According to Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, African American populations do not have higher rates of depression...
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Sade Sounds Off on Her Creative Process, Making Mistakes and Black Sabbath
From Nola.com: Born Helen Folasade Adu to a Nigerian father and an English mother, the future Sade moved from Nigeria to England at age 4. In 1981, she joined a British Latin soul band called Pride....
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Race and Beyond: Sounding the Wrong Alarm
From American Progress: In the midst of the often contentious congressional debate over raising the debt ceiling, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) lost her cool. She implied during a fiery rant Friday...
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Phone Hacking: Eric Holder Willing to Meet 9/11 Families
From the Telegraph: The FBI has been looking into a story by the Daily Mirror that reporters with the News of the World offered to pay a New York police officer for private phone records of some...
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Excessive Heat Warning as Temps Could Hit 100 in Some Areas
From the Chicago Tribune: This week's stifling heat and humidity will seem like a mere warm-up if triple-digit temperatures hit the area today, as expected, meteorologists warned. Read more here....
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Mayor Booker Vetoes 'Chicken Shack' Ordinance
From Westward Patch: Newark Mayor Cory Booker vetoed an ordinance that would force small restaurants to post an armed guard during late-night hours of operation, calling for the city council to come...
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Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn Accuser Meet Prosecutors
From Reuters: Lawyers representing the hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault met with New York prosecutors on Tuesday, though it was not immediately clear...
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