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103.7 The Beat Pulls Rick Ross and Lil Wayne from Rotation
OUTSTANDING! Can't act like 103.7 The Beat has been in heavy rotation on my radio, but they will be now. Finally, there is a station showing some integrity and disgust for the mess being made in the music industry. UI Salutes you, 103.7 The Beat From their press...
Major Tech Firms Refuse to Share Data About Workplace Diversity
When CNN investigated Silicon Valley technology companies’ diversity problem, most of the major technology companies refused to share employee data. CNN asked 20 companies for data on the male, female, and racial demographics. At first only three agreed to reveal...
Whistle-blower, Cop, Shares Audio at NYPD Trial: Superior Telling them to Stop ‘Male Blacks, 14 to 20’ & Frisk
The latest whistle-blower cop to secretly record his commanding officer shared a recording in court on Thursday, in which his superior tells him to stop "male blacks, 14 to 20." It's in the context of a tense conversation between Officer Pedro Serrano, who testified...
Chris Rock Says, “College Sports is No Different than Slavery.”
Speaking from his Facebook page, Rock had this to say: “So I’m watching the Kansas North Carolina game on tv .And I notice there are 9 black players and 1 white player btw the white player is amazing . Anyway I look in the stands and everybody is white .Since its...
Ex-NFL Dolphins’ Mark Duper Arrested After Beating Son Unconscious
Former wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins Mark Duper (pictured) was recently taken in to custody and charged with one count of felony child abuse for allegedly beating up his 17-year-old son until he lost consciousness during a fight at his Jacksonville, Fla., home,...
42: The Life Story of Jackie Robison
The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. Biography Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie...
“The Bible”: Does Satan look like Obama in History Channel miniseries?
The History Channel miniseries "The Bible" has been a hit in the ratings, but it's also grabbing attention because of the actor playing Satan -- and the public figure some viewers think he resembles. After actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni's first appearance as Satan in...
U.S. Senate narrowly passes first budget in four years
(Reuters) - The Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling. The budget plan passed 50-49 at about 5...
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields
Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, according to Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos...
Chinua Achebe death: ‘a mind able to penetrate the mystery of being human’
Nadine Gordimer on the fifty year career of the Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart, who has died in Boston aged 82. Taking the Irish poet WB Yeats's despairing statement of destruction – things fall apart – for its title, Chinua Achebe's first novel was a...
Maggie Anderson ‘Buys Black’ For One Year, Publishes Book On Experiment (VIDEO)
Oak Park, Ill. mother Maggie Anderson entered 2009 with an ambitious goal: for her and her family to "buy black" for an entire year. Anderson hopes her effort to support African American-owned businesses will her inspire her community become more active their...
CPS expected to announce closing of 50 schools in Black Neighborhoods?
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, John Byrne and John Chase,Tribune reporters After months of hearings and debate, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is ready to announce plans to close about 50 elementary schools, sources said, a number that quickly drew fire from aldermen...
