by Freddie Ra | Jun 15, 2017 | Celebrities, Positivity
Imagine walking down the street and the next thing you know, you are an international modeling sensation. This is what has recently happened to new model Olajumoke Orisaguna. Olajumoke was minding her business selling bread when apparently she photobombed British...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 15, 2017 | Celebrities
Like the next person, I enjoy comedy. In fact, I think it is important for Africans in America to laugh from time to time. We need to take the stress out of our lives, if only for a moment. However, yesterday, “comedian” Steve Harvey might have just gone...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 14, 2017 | Celebrities, News
Things are about to get interesting! Only a couple of days after the Golden State Warriors took home the NBA Championship, we finally have on paper a scheduled boxing match between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. The deal...
by Candace | Jun 14, 2017 | Politics News
Stacey Abrams, the current Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of Georgia, could make history in 2018 by becoming the first African-American woman governor in the United States of America. Abrams has already accomplished a lot since entering the world of...
by Candace | Jun 14, 2017 | Modern History
Jessica Watkins, a 29-year-old geologist from Lafayette, Colorado, has been recruited by NASA for a manned mission to space as the first black woman in history. She always wanted to become an astronaut, she says, being inspired in elementary school by the story of...
by Candace | Jun 14, 2017 | Positivity
Uber announced on Tuesday it has hired apple veteran Bozoma Saint John. Bozoma, a former Apple Marketing executive was hired by the ride-hailing company as its first Chief Brand Officer. Her appointment comes at very curial time for Uber as it struggles to restore its...
by Forest Parks | Jun 14, 2017 | News
Charges against Nick Lyon, head of Michigan’s health department, were announced today, Wednesday 14th June. He has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over his role throughout the Flint water crisis according to The Associated Press. The charges were announced...
by Forest Parks | Jun 14, 2017 | News
STORY DEVELOPING: A gunman reportedly opened fire at members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and some staffers were said to have been hit. The Republicans were practising for a game on...
by Forest Parks | Jun 14, 2017 | News
The Rev. Carlton Lee, President of the National Action Network’s Ferguson, Mo., chapter has died from a heart attack at the young age of 34. Rev. Al Sharpton shared to Twitter: Stunned to learn abt the death of Rev. Carlton Lee. He worked w/ us as a NAN rep in...
by Forest Parks | Jun 14, 2017 | A List Categories
At 14 Felipe Lopez was nicknamed the “Spanish Michael Jordan”, a basketball prodigy who worked his way from the Dominican Republic to the big time in the NBA. A bad knee injury derailed his career but he continued to play across Europe and South America....
