by Reneegede | Jun 25, 2015 | Opinion
Today, June 25, 2015 is six years to the day that we found out that Michael Joseph Jackson had died, and it turned the music world topsy-turvy and at a grave loss for what would transpire with the absence of one of the industry’s last and best greatest original...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 24, 2015 | News
It took some time, but the police car dash camera video has been released to the public of the arrest of terrorist Dylann Roof. He has been accused of killing 9 people in cold blood, shooting them inside the AME church of Charleston, South Carolina. After the murders,...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 23, 2015 | News
There is pressure to move away from the Confederate flag. Arguments of heritage and historical value are fading away quickly. Public sentiment seems to be siding with it is time to remove the from the American way of life. However, there are still pockets of people...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
Havana performance artist, Susana Delahante held a black hair competition in Cuba this past weekend. Black and mixed-race women were invited to compete in three hair categories – natural, braided and dreadlocked. The two hour competition which had over 70 contestants...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
A split among African American leaders on the issue of government-required vaccination has roiled the Capitol as lawmakers consider whether to eliminate most exemptions to state immunization laws. A leader of the Nation of Islam has warned African American lawmakers...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
South Carolina’s governor said racist shooter Dylann Roof, who fatally shot nine Emanuel AME church members, deserves the death penalty. Roof’s uncle, Carson Cowles, agreed with that sentiment and said he’d be happy to pull the plug himself. Remarkably, however, the...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
Last week Black America suffered yet another massacre, this time in a place of worship. Dylann Roof’s vicious slaying of nine people as they peacefully gathered wasn’t unthinkable. There have been over a dozen attacks on black churches in the last 25 years alone. Just...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
By now most people know about the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, but what many don’t know is that this was just one in a long line of experiments conducted on African-Americans. The experiments actually began during slavery, when African-Americans were treated no...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
Snoop Dogg — or Snoop Lion, if you prefer — apparently has his head in the clouds, with reports saying he’s invested in the “Uber for pot” known asEaze. Eaze, a smartphone app, allows users to order medicinal or recreational marijuana — depending on what is legal in...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
There are tons of ways to make money online these days but turning a profit that actually supports all life’s expense is a difficult return to generate unless you’re meme master Tanisha Robinson. CNN Money reports, Robinson’s firm Print Syndicate, based in Columbus,...
