by Forest Parks | Feb 9, 2017 | News, Politics News
Elizabeth Warren stood up in Senate to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., opposing Jeff Sessions’ nomination to a federal judgeship. As she read she was rebuked by the Senate’s Republican leaders who said she...
by Forest Parks | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion
Does the Illuminati target black celebrities? Did they target Michael Jackson, Prince, Lauren Hill, DMX, Tupac, Biggie, Whitney Houston and countless others? This man thinks they did and he put together a solid list of reasons why he thinks that they were targeted. He...
by Forest Parks | Feb 9, 2017 | Positivity
Ever since this man fooled me with his on point American accent back in the Wire he has been on my radar, this man, actually from my neck of the woods (yes, a Londoner (UK), like me originally!) and with Sierra Leone heritage, seemingly can do no wrong. Elegant,...
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by Reneegede | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion
On January 20, 2017, the “dis”United States of America fell from grace in the eyes of the world and in its own eyes. From the “greatest nation on the planet,” to Number 55 in the Top 50 countries on Earth, and that is not per a statistic that...
by Reneegede | Feb 8, 2017 | Opinion
There are Black people who will tell you that there are other Black people who prefer a white man’s water because they think that a white man’s water is colder. If a Black man does it, it is one thing; but if a white man does the same thing and even worse,...
by Chum Sejimon | Feb 8, 2017 | Black Economics, Blog, Did You Know, DYK, Thought Talk Speculation
In light of Dr. Ben Carson’s nomination as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the commencement of the Trump Administration, there is no better time than now to discuss the creation of the “black ghetto” and housing discrimination known as redlining....
by Reneegede | Feb 8, 2017 | Opinion
Thank you to Edie Anderson for publishing this 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King to Strom Thurmond, a known southern racist himself, who was then Senate Judiciary Chair. In case you can’t read it, it was written on formal letterhead from the MLK Jr. Center for...
by Reneegede | Feb 8, 2017 | Opinion
Workers at Trump’s Washington hotel vote to join union: About 40 housekeepers and guest-room workers at the Trump International Hotel Washington voted recently to join Unite Here Local 25. John Boardman, executive secretary treasurer of Local 25, tells Union City he...
by Mr Incredible | Feb 8, 2017 | A List Categories, Black Businesses, Black Economics, Business
Chicago Black Restaurant Week is upon us and if Chicago knows how to do anything, its how to cook. There is no shortage of tasty restaurants to line your belly with. February 12th thru 19th 2017, you can get a taste of originality from the heart and soul of Chicago’s...
by Forest Parks | Feb 8, 2017 | Culture, Opinion
I’ve been hearing about this for some time, so many Jamaicans are not feeling beautiful in their dark skin, it’s seen as a hold back and an ugly trait! So, skin bleaching is BIG BUSINESS and sadly it’s not something that’s dying out…. If...
