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Black Leaders Sound Off on the Death of Dr. Ronald Walters
I woke up today to find that the sun would shine a little bit less brightly than it did the day before. The first email I read was one telling me that Ronald Walters, a noted black Political Scientist...
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Kanye West Stays Drama-Free at 2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Filed under: Music, News, Celeb Updates The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards had big shoes to fill. Last year, the show was filled with surprising moments such as Kanye West infamously interrupting...
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Blessed Beyond Bounds
Filed under: Weekly Inspiration Your DAILY AFFIRMATION for Monday, September 13, 2010: "Today I affirm that I live beyond worldly bounds. From this moment on, my life, my experiences and my...
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Team USA Beats Turkey Soundly to Win World Championship
Filed under: Basketball Say what you want about Team USA, but in your comments, you must include the descriptive term, "World Champions." The team that nobody wanted went across the world and won the...
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Black Man's HIV Status Leads to Breakthrough in Research
Filed under: Politics, Health Care Debate According to scientists, HIV research is undergoing a "renaissance." Recent developments can lead to a plethora of new drugs to fight a disease that has...
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MTV Video Music Awards Red Carpet Rundown
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards -- one of the most anticipated awards show of the year -- has come and gone. However, many of the outfits from last nights show...
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Dr. Boyce Video: Meet Bruce George, Creator of Def Poetry Jam
Filed under: Dr. Boyce Money, News PRODUCTION PLAYER! DO NOT DELETE. I didn't meet Bruce George until this week. But I am happy to say that I was quite impressed with him. He's a good brother, an...
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Nicki Minaj Has Lady Gaga Swag, Laurie Ann Gibson Says
Filed under: News Could Nicki Minaj be the next Lady Gaga? Laurie Ann Gibson certainly thinks so. Choreographer extraordinaire Gibson worked with Gaga to create the dance chemistry in Gaga's MTV Video...
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John Boyd: Black Farmers Deserve Justice Now
Filed under: News, Interviews, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights When John Boyd steps before a crowd and talks about the indignities and discrimination that black farmers have had to endure from...
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President Obama Says Black Farmers Settlement is a 'Priority'
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights President Obama said making sure that black farmers receive their $1.25 billion settlement for discrimination is a "priority" for his...
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Valuable Fisk University Art May be Repossessed by the State
Filed under: News, Politics, Race and Civil Rights This week, Attorney General Bob Cooper asked a judge to allow the state of Tennessee to take possession of a 101-piece art collection owned by Fisk...
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Fashion's Night Out: Style on the Streets
Filed under: Fashion Files, Fashion Week, Designers, TrendsFrom Styleist: Last night, fashion lovers flocked to stores citywide (and nationwide) for the biggest shopping event of the year, Fashion's...
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2010 Fall Fashion Week: Catching Up With Naomi Cambell
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Fashion Week, Designers, Fashion NewsFrom Styleist: Naomi Campbell sat calmly on her black lacquer throne at the rear of the third floor of Dolce & Gabbana's Madison...
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When Times Get Financially Tough, Do You Turn to Religion More?
Filed under: News A recent article on Newser described a survey done concerning people in various countries who stated that religion was an important part of their daily lives. Globally, 84% of people...
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80% of School Districts Lay Off Teachers: How You Can Help
Filed under: News, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox Here's a frightening statistic just in time for the back-to-school season: 80% of school districts in America laid off teachers this academic year. The cuts are...
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Black and Missing: Have You Seen This Person?
Filed under: News, Race and Civil RightsLatisha Frazier Case Type: Endangered Date of Birth: October 3, 1991 Missing Date: August 2, 2010 Age Now: 18 Missing City: Washington Missing State: District of...
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Struck Down by U.S. District Court
Filed under: News, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox It's official: the 1993 policy "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which banned openly gay people from serving in the military, has been struck down by a U.S. District...
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Civil Rights Museum Getting Less Visitors Than Expected
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights The next time you are anyone in your family is in the vicinity of Greensboro, North Carolina, I urge you to pay a visit to the International Civil Rights Center...
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. In Rage Over Ex-Girlfriend's Alleged Affair with NBA...
And the plot thickens in the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. situation with regards to the alleged beat down he gave his girlriend Josie Harris last Thursday. Now,TMZ reports, that Mayweather went into a fit of...
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EEOC Says Many Government Agencies Fail to Submit Mandated Diversity Reports
Filed under: News, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox How's this for a failure of government: A recent EEOC report shows a shocking number of federal departments and agencies are amazingly lax when it comes to...
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