11-Year-Old Boy Checks Dallas City Council Members On Rude Behavior
Would you have the strength to stand up and check a group of city council members when they don't respect you? At 11-years-old David Williams did, and this young man is exactly the reason we can have hope in the future! News One reported: David Williams, an...
Kenyan Boy’s Invention Scares Off Lions
Thirteen-year-old Kenyan Richard Turere faced a serious problem: Hungry lions were attacking his family’s precious herd of cattle. So the enterprising boy came up with an ingenious, low-tech solution to keep them away. Lions are a constant threat to farmers around...
Numéro Magazine Blackface Apology For ‘African Queen’ Editorial Responds To Backlash (UPDATE)
Numéro Magazine has found itself in the middle of a racially-charged firestorm after using a highly bronzed white model in one of its fashion editorials entitled "African Queen." In the spread, Ondria Hardin, a 16-year-old, blond-haired, blue-eyed model is seen with...
Code.org Video: You Know Coding Is Cool Because Zuckerberg, Gates, Will.i.am And Chris Bosh Say So
If you're dissatisfied with your dead-end job, watching this new Code.org video might push you over the edge and have you quitting before the end of the work day. The way professional coders like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates (who have made billions typing out ones...
Proved Fake: “I’m 83 and Tired”
Note: Apparently, this is a fake message attributed to Cosby........Removing the name, what are your thoughts of what has been said? I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for when I was doing my National Service, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in...
More of Kanye’s Tantrum: ‘I Don’t Give a F**k what (Obama’s) Got to Say’
*Kanye West must be going through something because the rapper went all the way off on everybody in the industry, including President Obama. As we reported yesterday, Saturday night in London, he told Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake that their single, “Suit & Tie”...
First Black Health App For iPhone and Android Released Along With African American Greeting Card App
Columbia, MD (February 19, 2013) -- Savvier Health, LLC is pleased to announce the first African American health app for Android and iPhone. Total Health for African American Christians takes a mind, body, and spirit approach to healing some of the most devastating...
Leonard Cooper Wins $75,000 on “Teen Jeopardy”; Crowned Champion After Giving Best Answer Ever
Teen contestant Leonard Cooper may not look like a typical "Jeopardy!" champion, but he is. Not only did he win $75,000 during a recent Teen Tournament, but he also left viewers with what many are considering to be the best Final Jeopardy! answer of all time. Earlier...
Chuck D On CNN. Since Regan & Bush There’s Been Nothing But Guns and Drugs in the Black Community
Chuck D. told Costello, that when he was growing up, there were no guns in the black community. However, after 1980 and the rise of the Ronald Reagan/George Bush-era, he says that "there's been nothing but guns and drugs in the black community." Costello asked Chuck...
16-Year-Old White Girl Poses in ‘African Queen’ Editorial
Here we go again. Here's 16-year-old white model Ondria Hardin; she's doused in a very deep bronze in an editorial for Numéromagazine called "African Queen". Ugh.Foudre makes the excellent point/sums it up with, "why hire a black model when you could just paint a...
How Much Will Your Taxes Jump in 2013?
Now that the tax season is upon us, I thought this information would be of interest to you. The most immediate change affects nearly all workers: Congress allowed a two-percentage-point cut for the employee portion of the Social Security tax to expire. As a result,...
Tanya McDowell, Homeless Connecticut Mom, Pleads Guilty In School Residency Case
NORWALK, Conn. (Associated Press) -- A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school district. Tanya McDowell entered her plea Wednesday in Norwalk Superior Court under the Alford Doctrine, meaning she...
Recognizing Population Control In Ethiopia
AFRICANGLOBE – The African nation of Ethiopia has a Christian history which dates back to the New Testament, even before Saul’s conversion. In the Acts of the Apostles, we learn that Philip baptized an Ethiopian eunuch who was a member of the court of Queen Candace....
Django: The African mind (Re)chained
In light of its nomination and the proximity of the Oscars, the members of the Kwame Ture Society of Howard University have collaborated to write a serious critique of the film, Django: Unchained. With African-Deep Thought as our critical methodology, it is our hope...
Black Gender Gap in Educational Attainment: Historical Trends and Racial Comparisons
A 2011 study in Demography, “The Black Gender Gap in Educational Attainment: Historical Trends and Racial Comparisons” (PDF), uses Census data from 1940 to 2000, with additional data from the Census Bureau’s companion American Community Survey, to compare higher...
Documentary: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that...
SNITCH | Lock it Down America!
SNITCH explores the consequences of Federal Mandatory Minimum drug laws and the use of confidential drug informants. Becoming one of the 2.2 million people behind bars is easier than you think. Go to www.TakePart.com/SNITCH to learn more and take action by signing the...
Robin Roberts Returns Back To “Good Morning America” After Battling Cancer and Rare Blood Disorder
"Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts is returning back to work today, February 20, 2013. After being diagnosed last year with breast cancer, she was then diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome. The 52-year-old was then was forced...
DEO settles with Black Business Investment Fund over fee dispute
The Black Business Investment Fund of Central Florida reached a settlement with the Department of Economic Opportunity late last week, putting to rest months of legal haggling over the group’s certification. Last year, DEO rejected BBIF’s application for certification...
Brooklyn Homeless Man Sues Parents For Not Loving Him
In a lawsuit, Bernard Anderson Bey (pictured) is demanding that his parents pay him the hefty sum of $200,000 because he felt unloved and abandoned by them, which allegedly caused him to become homeless and destitute, reports the New York Post. The 32-year-old claims...
