Demetra Jefferson-Wysinger Makes History in Bid for Texas Governor’s Seat
[Reporting for News Team One: Southwestern Region] Demetra Jefferson-Wysinger, an Independent Party candidate for the 2014 Texas Gubernatorial campaign, is making waves in the "Big-Hatted State." (They call it the "Lone Star.") That's a lofty goal, especially for a...
7 Skills Guys Should Use to Unleash Their Inner James Bond
If you see yourself through the gun barrel in the opening credits of a Bond film, then you better have what it takes to act the part in the real world. Unleashing your inner 007 doesn't just mean wearing a tuxedo and taking your martinis shaken, not stirred. It...
Advocacy For Black Empowerment Refreshing
There’s no argument that current media is practically devoid of the black experience. Making matters worse, the few representations of the black experience that are allowed to surface focus on ratchetness and buffoonery. Shows like “The Real Housewives of (insert...
“A Junkie Walking Through The Twilight”
Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, some people consider him the father of rap, a title he did not like according to one source. Whatever you know about Gil Scott- Heron, know that he was a genius. Heron died in May of 2011 after returning to New York from a trip to Europe....
Barbershops, The Black Man’s Country Club, In LA Get $8.5 Million Grant To Do Good In The Neighborhood
Barbershops in our community are often referred to as the Black Man's Country Club. We frequent these establishments almost weekly spending a few minutes in the chair, but enjoy hours of soaking up wonderful conversations about current events, relationships, politics,...
Have You Ever Thought About Suicide?
It appears that one of the most studied populations on this topic is African Americans. This is just me but, I was thinking they are trying to find out just hard they can f*** us before we capitulate and sign off. This is how I envision their thinking. They have...
What the &^%*&#$ was SHE thinking?
[REPORTING FOR NEWS TEAM ONE: Southwestern Region] A San Antonio, Texas woman has learned the American value of her son's reproductive organs. Two years in prison and restrictions on her visitations afterward. Jennifer Vargas, a 34-year old who lived on base at Fort...
Top 5 Myths about God & the Bible
Let's jump right into it and spare ourselves a little time and irrelevant over-explanation. There are plenty of folks around who know that we could all write volumes on "Bible myths," and I think I am one of several who have heard them over and over since I came to...
Stand Your Ground Vs. Self Defense
So as we move forward in our struggles and everyone continues to talk about the need to repeal SYG laws it becomes important to examine what those laws actually are because things can get confusing with all the rhetoric going on. One point of mention here is that...
Birther Mystery Solved: Obama’s Real Father, Frank Marshall Davis, was Born in Kansas
Frank Marshall Davis was born in 1905 in Arkansas City, Kansas, and Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack Obama's birth mother, was born in Wichita, or Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, depending on whom you ask. In 1942. Before Barack Obama leaves office in January of 2017, we just...
Approved: Slavery Reparations By Dallas County Commissioners
It might be hard to believe, but slavery reparations was approved by the Dallas County Commissioners this week. In a unanimous vote, the resolution put forth by John Wiley Price was accepted by everyone on the board. However, it turns out many of the commissioners...
A Racial Slur in Any Other Language is Still a Racial Slur
Some Black people around the world are well-traveled, many more dream of going to other countries where they have never been. We've had as many debates as we need to about the use of the n-word, the word "ni&&er," "niggaz," and "nigga." We've had many debates...
Arresting Welfare Abusers Is Georgia’s New Plan, But What About Corporate Welfare?
The idea of the Welfare Queen living high on the hog on the public's tax dollars is nothing new. This image was burned into the American consciousness back in the 1980's under President Regan. This was the initial push to blame the economy and everything that is wrong...
The Road Often Traveled
There is a petition on WH.gov that seeks signatures for the purpose of restoring basic rights to the literally millions of ex-convicts who lost those rights due to their convictions and prison terms. (Link below) Most people can tell you about the bigger items of...
Black Enough? Disney’s Zendaya To Star In Lifetime’s Biopic on Aaliyah
Lifetime has announce their casting for their biopic movie on the singer Aaliyah and the black community seems to be disgusted at the selection. The complaint seems to stem from the fact that the star actress, Zendaya, isn't black enough to play the African American...
Obama Administration Leaves “Benghazi Vultures” Picking Dry Bones
I believe it was United States Attorney General Eric Holder who told the technical Leader of the Benghazi Inquisition "Good luck with your asparagus." (By the way, what Leader Louie Gohmert had meant to say was "aspersions on his character." It came out 'asparagus.')...
Malia Obama Quote: “My First Time. This is a Big Deal.”
No, it's not what you think. Malia Obama, who turns 16 on the Fourth of July, was recently caught doing her thing on the set of "Extant," a SCI-FI film that will star Halle Berry as an astronaut who returns home from a space mission pregnant. Berry recently gave birth...
Colorado Man Forced to Return to Jail After Completing His Parole
Reporting for News Team One: Mid-West Region A Colorado man was sent to prison to serve 90 years after he had served a 10 year sentence and completed parole. Rene Michael Lima-Marin was 19 years old when he was charged for robbery with an unloaded gun in 1998. He...
Living Black and Sleeping White
Today interracial dating seems to be more popular than at any time in my recent memory. A couple of my siblings married white women, my sons have dated white women I have mixed relatives, which is not uncommon. My nephew married a white woman. I have dated white men....
Freedom: Maybe It’s Time to “Ditch the Witch”
I had been thinking on this for some time now, but a Facebook post set me off again. The comment stated, in essence, that no child should be raised in the "city." All children should be raised in the country for their own sanity and safety's sake. I remember...
