While You’re Thinking the Law Is Always Right, Remember These Six Forms of Oppression Were Legal
It amazes me when speaking to people how they automatically default to the law as being right. As if laws are sent down from heaven above for all people to adhere and follow to the letter. I won't go too far into natural law and man-made law, but let's just say the...
Nigerian Bread Seller Mistakenly Photobombs Rap Star and Gets Lucrative Modeling Contract
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...
Official Clown Status: Steve Harvey Jokes Flint Resident Should ‘enjoy your nice brown glass of water.’
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 too far. buy...
Floyd Mayweather Comes Out of Retirement To Fight Conor McGregor On August 26th
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...
Stacey Abrams Working Toward Becoming America’s First Black Female Governor
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...
Out of this World: NASA’s Jessica Watkins will be Making 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...
Bozoma Saint John is the New Chief Brand Officer for Uber
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...
BREAKING: Michigan Health Chief Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter Over Flint Water Crisis
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...
BREAKING: Gunman Opens Fire, Top Republican Hit, At Congressional Baseball Game Practice
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...
Mike Brown Sr.’s Pastor, Dies From Heart Attack at 34
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...
This Former NBA Baller Provides A Safe Haven For Kids Caught Up In Drug and Crime Neigborhoods And Gives Back In So Many Ways!
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. Back in his...
Baltimore Woman Who Called Police Twice For Help Gunned Down In Front Of Her Children
On Monday night Baltimore had six homicides, one of those was of a mother whom had called the police twice that day and previously tried to relocate from her social housing due to feeling unsafe. 37-year-old Charmaine Wilson was shot on Monday night in front of her...
NJ Police Officer Arrested And Charged For Hospitalizing a Black Teen
In what seems to be another incident of unnecessary force, a New Jersey officer beat a black teen leaving him hospitalized. The Carteret, NJ officer Joseph Reiman, who is the brother of Carteret Mayor Daniel Reiman, allegedly kicked and punched the teen following a...
Marvel’s Black Panther Poster is Not Paying to Huey P. Newton it’s a Coincidence
Let’s just be frank, most of us black folks are excited about finally having a black superhero and a predominately black cast in the movie Black Panther. I mean how often do we get to be the good guy in the movie? The melanin dripping from this movie is great. So the...
Does John McCain Believe Obama was a Better World Leader than Trump?
To say Donald Trump is rubbing John McCain the wrong way is an understatement. buy estrace online https://www.childhealthonline.org/image/png/estrace.html no prescription pharmacy Republicans are known for publicly sticking together, they typically don’t speak...
The Golden State Warriors Unanimously Decline to Visit the White House
Although the team has not made an official announcement, the Golden State Warriors have unanimously declined to visit the White House. Before becoming the finals champs, Michele Roberts, Executive Director of the NBA Player Association, announced that neither the...
The Official Hip-Hop Museum, Coming to Harlem in 2018
In the parks of the Bronx local kids honed the craft we now know as Hip Hop and New York City birthed one of the most influential and important musical styles of all of music history. And that deserves a museum, right! And it seems if all goes well, that Harlem will...
Housing A Prisoner In California Will Now Cost More Than Harvard, At $75,560 Per Inmate!
We are fully aware that many many people are in jail in California that should not be. And with somewhere close to 6000 being in private run, for-profit, prisons in the State it's a horrible thing to hear that the cost of housing an inmate is estimated to rise to over...
(VIDEO) Watch Ice Cube Receiving His Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Rapper Ice Cube receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Watch below:
Four Florida Cops Facing Federal Charges For Covering Up 2014 Beating Of Black Man
Four cops from Boynton Beach cops in Florida surrendered themselves on Friday after a video showed that they had beat several people and allegedly lied to the FBI aboit it. NY Daily News reported: Federal documents state Sgt. Philip Antico and Officers Michael Brown,...
