NBA Center Jason Collins Says, “I am Black. And I am Gay.”
SI.com - I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand...
Genetically Modified Children Could Change Society
Elve8 - Rapid advances in genetic technologies could lead to a form of child “eugenics” and have serious implications for society, a leading fertility expert has warned. Professor Lord Robert Winston said that current controls will not be able to keep pace, and people...
Russell Simmons: The War on Drugs Is a War on America! Time to End It!
Huffington Post - For 42 years, we have waged war against our own people that we have disguised as the "War on Drugs." Forty-two years of failure that has cost the American taxpayers $1 trillion dollars, resulted in 45 million drug arrests, and overfilled America's...
Michael Jordan Married In Star-Studded Wedding
NewsOne - It’s official! His Royal Airness, Michael Jordan, 50, married his model girlfriend Yvette Prieto, 35, in a star-studded Florida wedding that included such guests as Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen and Tiger Woods, reports Hollywood Life. Over 500 guests...
Michigan Democrat Caught On Tape Calling Town Official An ‘Arrogant N***er’
NewsOne - Once again proving that racism crosses party lines, Gloria Platko, a Democratic Township Clerk in Buena Vista, Michigan, is refusing to step down from her position after being busted calling Township Supervisor Dwayne Parker an “an arrogant n***er,”...
Lauryn Hill Pens Open Letter About Tax Trouble, Confirms Record Deal
The legendary, troubled Lauryn Hill, 37, has penned an open letter to fans speaking about her recent tax troubles and confirming that we can expect new music from her, something that has been highly anticipated for years. Ever since the release of 1998′s The...
Colorful or Colorblind
So now that black history month is over and we have gotten our yearly fill of MLK, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Abraham Lincoln (which according to elementary academia were the only major players involved in African American history in America) we can acknowledge...
Demographics of Murder
Over the last few years we have seen a lot about murder in the news and it is easy to believe that the world is going to hell in a hand basket. But the question we must really ask ourselves is: Are we really no longer say to walk the streets. Well the answer is...
Sophia Stewart, The Real Creator of ‘The Matrix,’ Wins Billion Dollar Copyright Case
AFRICANGLOBE – This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart, African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due from the copyright infringement of her original work!!! A six-year dispute has ended involving Sophia Stewart,...
Teaching Children Money Management Skills
The Network Journal - Introducing money management skills to young people creates a generation of responsible spenders. If your child has ever thrown a temper tantrum at the store when you refused to buy a candy bar, this guide is for you. By age seven, kids are...
WNBA’s Skylar Diggins Signs with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports
Black Enterprises - Diggins was picked 3rd in the WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock. Rapper Jay-Z recently launched Roc Nation Sports, a sports management company with the goal of signing the best and the brightest future athletes. The rapper even went as far as selling...
Treasury Department Awards $3.5 Billion In Tax Credits To Distressed Communities
NewsOne - In a bid to spark development in low-income and under-served communities, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Wednesday that it will award $3.5 billion in tax credits to several organizations. The New Markets Tax Credit will be distributed among...
Focusing On Prevention And Neuroscience, President Ends Reagan’s War On Drugs
NewsOne - Being a college student at the time, I clearly remember when Nancy Reagan and the conservative wave in national government helped usher in the nation’s War on Drugs in the 1980s. Television news images of drug busts, large and small, along with the wholesale...
President Obama Backs Out of Planned Parenthood Fundraiser Speech
President Obama has canceled plans to deliver a keynote address at Planned Parenthood’s annual fundraising dinner Thursday night, citing a desire to spend more time with family of the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas. White House spokesman Jay Carney...
Harper High boasts two Gates Millennium Scholars, despite school’s struggle with violence
By: Linda Lutton- WBEZ 91.5 - WBEZ has reported a lot about Harper High School’s struggle with neighborhood violence. The stories prompted First Lady Michelle Obama tovisit the school recently. This week, Harper High is celebrating some good news. You might remember...
Jay-Z Sells Stake in Brooklyn Nets to Focus on Roc Nation Sports
Jay-Z has announced that he is selling his minority stake in his ownership of the Brooklyn Nets so that he can spend the majority of his time focusing on his newest venture: Roc Nation Sports. “Being a member of the Nets organization surpassed some of my greatest...
22 year-old Nigerian breaks academic record at John Hopkins University
There is genius in our people. The creators of math, science, and language is beginning to spread his wings again. Channels: 22 year-old Emmanuel Ohuabunwa has emerged as the best graduating student in the John Hopkins University, USA with a grade point of 3.98 out of...
An Open Letter to Michelle Obama: Beyonce is Not a Role Model
By Rakhi Kumar Dear Michelle Obama, I'm addressing this to you because I admire you. Because you're smart and a mum to two young girls. And you're the First Lady of the USA. And because you were recently quoted as saying that Beyonce is a great 'role model' to your...
CISPA Amendment Banning Employers From Asking For Facebook Passwords Blocked
Huffington Post - Bad news, Facebook users. U.S. employers may soon be able to require employees to fork over their social media passwords. A last-minute amendment to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act -- known as CISPA -- banning such a practice was...
The New Face of Minstrel Shows, Part 2: Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé & Olivia Pope
Sinuous Magazine - This is the second part of Adrian’s “The New Face of Minstrel Shows” series. Click here to read Part 1. According to the US department of education the educational attainment of black Americans has increased slowly closing the gap between...
