by Forest Parks | Feb 16, 2016 | News
Jacquin Niles is an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT. His lab pioneers research in the area of Malaria, a disease that was reported to have killed 627k people in 2012 (with 80% being in sub saharan Africa). However Niles is also looking at a way to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 16, 2016 | Business
There is so much happening in the black community in regards to business and tech right now. These typically white dominated areas are finally being broken up as black stars rise in the ranks and are producing astounding results. The Huffington Post took time to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Denise ‘Vanity’ Matthews has sadly passed away at age 57 as confirmed by a number of people including MC Hammer. The Canadian singer was probably most well known for being a singer in Prince’s Vanity 6 group while she dated the star. She was also supposed to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Kanye West took to his Twitter on Saturday to ask for serious help with what seems like an extreme amount of debt. In what seems like a moment of madness or complete satire West claimed $53 million of personal debt and asked for Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | News, Politics News
Maryland governer Larry Hogan vetoed a bill which would allow 40,000 felons currently on parole or probation to vote, a sad dehumanization of members of society who should have the right to be a part of their own future, in my opinion. And luckily other members of...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Culture
The vegan lifestyle isn’t exactly something you’d normally pair with G-Unit rappers but it’s awesome to see DJ Whoo Kid, Raury and Waka Flocka Flame in the kitchen for Munchies. Waka does most of the talking about the vegan lifestyle, why he follows...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, President Obama has a choice in front of him again. The last time he was given this choice he was put under a lot of fire for NOT choosing a black woman for Supreme Court Justice. Of course, choosing the right...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | News, Politics News
Last week Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis appeared to be slamming Bernie Sanders when he made comments that seemed to question his involvement in the civil rights movement. Lewis was quoted as saying: “I never saw him. I never met him,” Lewis told reporters on...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
Politicians go to crazy lengths to get voters over to their side and Hilary is seeing black folks feeling the BERN!!!! So, what has she done to encourage some of those voters back over to her camp…. Well….. Er….. What do you think? Ok, of course this...
by Forest Parks | Feb 12, 2016 | Culture
When Kaylan Mahomes put up a video of her, her twin and her mom on her Twitter account she didn’t realise it would lead her to be featured on nearly every major news outlet in the world, be shared millions of times and have the internet stumped! The video shows...
