Was President Obama Being Disrespectful to Morehouse Men? Some are Saying “Yes”
This week, President Barack Obama honored the men at Morehouse Collegeby serving as their commencement speaker. But some are saying that the president gave these young black men the kind of speech he’d never have the courage to give to a white audience. The...
A Few Well Known Black “Facts”
I figured it was time to begin looking at some of the facts of the black community and analyzing them. Not only has this spawned my black fact series of video blogs, but it has also caused me to develop an even deeper passion for my community; the Black American...
INVENTOR OF ADHD’S DEATHBED CONFESSION: “ADHD IS A FICTITIOUS DISEASE”
Fortunately, the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics (NEK, President: Otfried Höffe) critically commented on the use of the ADHD drug Ritalin in its opinion of 22 November 2011 titled Human enhancement by means of pharmacological agents: The...
Community reacts to kindergarten slavery lesson
A Montgomery parent says her child's teacher went too far in teaching a Kindergarten class about slavery. "The verbal assignment was to ask your parents if you ever go back into slavery. And I asked him to repeat it, and he repeated it," said Jamelle Young, whose...
New App Lets You Boycott Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart
In her keynote speech at last year's annual Netroots Nation gathering, Darcy Burnerseemingly pitched a mere idea to the Thousands of bloggers and web developers in the audience.The former Microsoft MSFT +0.72% programmer and congressional candidate to smartphone app...
Awesome: Father and Son Graduate Morehouse Together
Black Blue Dog - This week, a father-son duo are going to do something special and extraordinary: They are going to graduate from Morehouse College together. Dorian Joyner Sr. will march with his oldest son, Dorian Jr. fulfilling a promise he made to himself a very...
New technology makes troops invisible
Quantum Stealth camouflage bends the light around its wearer, its developer claims Company behind it says it has demonstrated the technology to the U.S. and Canadian military Following these 'Need to Know' access meetings development is now said to be 'moving forward'...
Michigan State football signee Jay Harris walks away from scholarship for rap career
Yahoo - As a signee for a major Division I football program, Jay Harris was no slouch on the field. A standout wide receiver for Exton (Pa.) Downington East High, Harris was expected to contribute for the Michigan State Spartans in some capacity as a freshman. Now he...
Kiera Wilmot Will Not Be Charged For Explosion At Florida School
Huff Post Crime - A central Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds – and who became the subject of a grassroots social media campaign on her behalf – will not face criminal charges, authorities said Wednesday. Polk County...
Do Black Celebrities Go To Jail For Tax Evasion More Than Whites?
The Urban Daily - With news still sinking in about Lauryn Hill’s impending 3 month jail sentence for tax evasion, the question that everyone started asking was, “Who else has been in trouble with the IRS and had to serve time?” While that question on its face was...
Mo’Nique Discusses Dramatic Weight Loss Since ‘Precious’: ‘I Was a Food Junkie’
Mo'Nique is serious these days about taking care of her health, and in a new radio interview, she's revealing some of the secrets behind her workout routine and new svelte figure. The 45-year-old actress and comedienne, who won the Best Supporting Actress Academy...
Angelina Jolie reveals she had double mastectomy
From a UI Member: Do you think it's a little extreme for Angelina Jolie to have a double mastectomy to prevent cancer? And with health being so poor in the Black and Brown community, do you see it as likely that Myriad Genetics will try to convince us that we have the...
Dr. Dre, Iovine donate $70M for new USC center
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California, the school announced Tuesday night. The huge...
Cleveland Man Gets Charles Ramsey’s Face Inked On His Leg
NewsOne - A Cleveland tattoo artist was so impressed with Charles Ramsey‘s heroic act of saving three kidnapped women that he offered to tattoo the man’s face on a willing person. Best of all, he offered to do so for free. Fox 8 News in Cleveland reports that Rodney...
POSITIVE PROPAGANDA: Black Girls RUN! encourages fitness and healthy living
The Mercury - According to the Centers for Disease Control, 80 percent of African-American women are overweight. A group of Montgomery County women have joined a national movement to seize healthy lifestyles and overcome this epidemic. Black Girls RUN! was created in...
Black Churches Have Collected $420 Billion?
Harlem World - LiveSteez research shows that Black churches, in aggregate, have collected more than $420 billion in tithes and donations since 1980. With a Senate investigation into the finances of several mega churches underway, the “Prosperity Movement” has been the...
Can the Black community change the face of the music industry?
Members of the Black intelligentsia let out a collective victory cry last week when hip-hop artist Lil Wayne lost a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Mountain Dew as a result of lyrics comparing the beating of murdered teenager Emmett Till in 1955 to female...
Every Pastor Who Collects Tithes Is A Thief, Lies Pastors Tell Christians
AFRICANGLOBE – As far as many pastors are concerned, the most important scripture of all is not to be found in the word of Jesus. Neither is it even in the New Testament. That scripture says: “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my...
Black Voter Surge Spells Even More Woe for the GOP
The fond hope of the GOP is that the census revelation that for the first time in census history a higher percentage of blacks than whites turned out for the 2012 presidential election is an aberration. The aberration is, of course, President Obama. The conventional...
KeAndre Varner, Georgia Student, Suspended After Posting Principal’s Mug Shot To Instagram
KeAndre Varner, a Georgia high school student, was suspended for four days Monday after he posted a mug shot of his principal to Instagram. According to Atlanta's WSB-TV, Riverdale High School principal Jamille Miller-Brown was arrested in March for missing a court...
