by Freddie Ra | Aug 24, 2016 | Business, Positivity
By Patrice Gaines, Urban News Service For Monique Greenwood, the decision to be an entrepreneur came down to legacy building. “I could leave my daughter a portfolio of real estate and a business to run, but I couldn’t leave her a job at Essence,” said Greenwood, who...
by James Washington | Aug 24, 2016 | Business
For most women, a bad hair day equals a bad day and that is why an average woman spends approximately $50, 000 on her hair over her lifetime. But what of those women who have disabilities or are recovering from illnesses and accidents? Thanks to Antonia Opiah, from...
by James Washington | Aug 24, 2016 | Celebrities, Did You Know, Modern History
Born Anthony Kevin Dungy on October 6, 1955, Tony (as he is popularly known) is a former professional NFL football player and coach in the NFL. He played professionally and recently became the first African-American coach to become absorbed into the famous Pro...
by James Washington | Aug 23, 2016 | Business, Positivity
The African Americans are in the process of building a strong Black America community through leveraging their resources and supporting the Black-owned banks. This is as a result of continued discrimination from the Whites, but more so from the police. The community...
by James Washington | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
In the wake of the July murders of five Dallas police officers whose lives were taken in a sniper attack that made international news, the hometown Dallas Cowboys adorned an “Arm In Arm” decal on their helmets during training camp. While the gesture...
by Forest Parks | Aug 23, 2016 | News, Politics News
Bail panders to the priviledged, if you can get the cash you can get out! And seriously, it’s quite amazing that this system is still in place. Basically the rich can walk free, pretty much no matter what crime they are accused of. Now, for the first time, the...
by Forest Parks | Aug 23, 2016 | News, Politics News
The Phillipines’ President Duterte has been raising a lot of eyebrows recently and on the weekend basically lost his sh*t attacking the U.S. and threatening to leave the U.N. in a rant. You have to acknowledge that in many senses he is right! Under his reign a...
by Forest Parks | Aug 23, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Nicola Adams is a boxing pioneer. She has been an extremely important figure in women’s boxing. At Rio she showed who is boss by winning Gold again, as she did in 2012. The Brit retained her Olympic flyweight title fighting Frances Sarah Ourahmoune, a long time...
by Forest Parks | Aug 23, 2016 | News, Politics News
Wait, what? This isn’t some misleading title, despite the serious f$%k up that is the U.S. prison system and law enforcements clearly prejudiced treatment of blacks in america it seems that the incarceration of blacks has actually been dropping, significantly!...
by Forest Parks | Aug 23, 2016 | Culture, History, Modern History
People choose a lot of ways to fight those that are attacking them and this story shows how far the wit of one man can go. One black preacher made a gang of Ku Klux Klan members look like idiots on multiple occasions until they left him alone. The leader of that group...
