by Candace | Jan 8, 2016 | Celebrities
Michael Jackson’s 36 year old classic album, Off the Wall, will be re-released February 26th along with a DVD of the new Spike Lee Documentary entitled, Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall. The documentary will make its debut at the Sundance Film...
by Candace | Jan 7, 2016 | Celebrities, Positivity
Michael Jordan is currently the CEO and owner of the Charlotte Hornets, making him the ONLY black majority owner in the NBA. Not only are the Hornets the only team with a majority black ownership they also have the most diversified staff in the NBA. The diversity of...
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by Reneegede | Jan 6, 2016 | Opinion
The story goes like this: Abraham was supposed to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on a rock or a slab, then burn him — as would normally have been done with a spotless lamb or ram to substitute for the sins of man. Instead, he found a ram that was tangled by its horns...
by Reneegede | Jan 6, 2016 | Opinion
Update It isn’t enough. He needs to be found out, arraigned, indicted, and tried for her murder.
by Freddie Ra | Jan 6, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Despite popular opinion being convinced Bill Cosby is guilty, LA prosecutors and the District Attorney decline the opportunity to file charges against the embattled comedian. Cosby was facing charges in Los Angeles, California for two separate allegations of sexual...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 6, 2016 | News
A grand jury convened Wednesday to consider charges against the Texas state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland during what should have been a simple traffic stop. However, the situation turned violent and deadly for Bland. The state trooper was charged, but not of...
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2016 | Culture
Debt haunts many of us but there are many many positive role models in the community showing us that it needed drag us down. When the world seems like it’s out to get us we need to look at people like this with respect and use them as a point of inspiration....
by Candace | Jan 6, 2016 | Modern History, Positivity
Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, and the list goes on. I don’t have to explain these stories because most of us are familiar with them. Police brutality has been a problem in the black community since its humble beginnings, when...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 6, 2016 | News
The surge is on around the country to raise minimum wage for restaurant workers by much of the population. People and politicians realize the corporations are just being greedy and can afford to pay their workers a living wage, but refuse to do so. It would only cost...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 5, 2016 | Opinion
One thing that grinds my gears when it comes to Black people is us being told we are not capable of learning….and accepting it. This entire SCOTUS Scalia madness about black children not being fit for college is absurd and not something i’ve wanted to lend any of my...
