by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Business
“I don’t know what a doula looks like, but I’m sure that when people in their mind think of a birth doula, this is not what they see” These are the words of Kelly Carrington, a big handed, tall, strong dreadlocked dude who just became the first male Doula in...
by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Culture
Let’s face it, we all need to brush up on black history. The mainstream history we all learn at school was missing a fair few chapters and sold us on downright lines. We don’t want our kids to face the same fate we did either! And that’s where...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 19, 2016 | Celebrities
The long-awaited 2pac Shakur biopic is finally out for previewing to mark the superstar 45th birthday. The creators of the biopic, Morgan Creek Productions, did release the first glimpses of the delayed project on Thursday. Played by Demetrius Shipp Jr., who bears a...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 19, 2016 | Celebrities
History came to play at the Tony Awards with all four musical performance level offered to black actors. Cynthia Erivo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom, Jr were all awarded a a Tony in their respective categories for their professional...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 18, 2016 | Culture
The beginning of President Barack Obama’s final summer in White House will ring a celebratory note. As his presidency draws to a close, the president, in an official document published on May 31, declared June 2016 to be African-American Music Appreciation Month. In...
by Forest Parks | Jun 18, 2016 | Celebrities, News
These games can get heated and Game 6 of the NBA finals was one of those moments. There really were some WTF moments though and Steph Curry’s wife Ayesha Curry took to social media seeing red and making some accusations. She later deleted her comments and said...
by Forest Parks | Jun 18, 2016 | Blog, News, Politics News
Jeffrey Sterling has spent a year in jail for divulging classified information to a New York Times journalist. Basically he is being punished by the CIA for doing us, the public, a service he should be rewarded for. Cornell West wrote a piece in the Huffington Post...
by Forest Parks | Jun 18, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
The Doe Foundation is getting it’s hands dirty and helping people on the ground. Seeing as New York alone has 91% more homelessness than 10 years ago and we can say it’s probably worse for incarceration and addiction, there is a need for foundations like...
by Face2Face Africa | Jun 17, 2016 | News, Positivity
After a protracted implementation process, the Kenyan government has finally started issuing free laptops to primary school pupils in its efforts to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the school curriculum. This past April, the Kenyan...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 17, 2016 | News, Politics News
While the election heat is raising up in USA, over the pond some serious money is being made by mocking the world’s most famous US presidential candidate in the most extraordinary manner – by putting his face on a toilet paper! Yes, you heard right, now...
