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Did Pres. Obama time his “Bin Laden is Dead” report to interrupt Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” on purpose? See what Roland’s panel had to say. WATCH:
ATLANTA – Pastor Alex Williams, shot a 13-year-old boy for throwing rocks at his car according to police. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Police said the teen was throwing rocks at about 7:30 p.m. near Stephens and McDaniel streets when a rock broke the rear windshield of a car driven by Alex Williams. Williams allegedly pulled […]
Two years ago, one of the greatest singers of our generation Whitney Houston declared herself clean from her drug addiction demons. Today, with the Waiting To Exhale sequel confirmed for production, the singer is taking no chances and checking herself back into rehab. She is in an out-patient program for drug and alcohol recovery. Is […]
CONYERS, Ga. — Funeral services were held for North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes, who went missing while visiting a relative in Baltimore. Her body was found unclothed in a Maryland river on April 20, over three months after she vanished from a relative’s apartment. The Root reports: Barnes’ funeral was held at Springfield Baptist Church […]
A recent study shows that when suffering from stroke- like symptoms, African Americans are more likely to call a friend instead of 911. Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington D.C. interviewed 100 acute stroke patients or those who accompanied them to the hospital and found that 75 percent said they called someone else […]
DETROIT — A disturbing survey started by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund found that 47 percent of Detroit residents were functionally illiterate. The Root.com reports: When it comes to reading a newspaper, filling out a job application or reading instructions on a medicine bottle, nearly half of the residents just can’t do it. Of the 200,000 […]
DETROIT — Gov. Rick Snyder announced that former General Motors Corporation executive Roy Roberts would become the new emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, replacing Robert Bobb. ClickOnDetroit.com reports: Roberts will have broader powers granted through a recent state law, including the ability to toss out union contracts as part of cost-cutting efforts. His […]
From our sister site HelloBeautiful.Com Radio One CEO/Founder Cathy Hughes has been named #2 in an impressive lineup of 30 Black women in media. Congratulations also goes out to the following from our Radio One family: 93.9 WKYS program director Neke Howse, Majic 102.3 and Praise 104.1 program director Jamillah Muhammad and the rest of […]
As the Black unemployment rate continues to be the highest of any ethnic group, an article on The Grio discusses the ways in which Black children are negatively affected by the financial woes of their parents. The Grio reports: In a study of 7,000 households, data showed that Black middle-class children of single mothers who […]
FLORIDA-The NAACP has joined forces with Latino and human rights groups to oppose bills in the Florida senate that would require law enforcement agencies to racially profile. Politic365 reports: These bills “would require law enforcement officials in Florida to engage in racial profiling – an insidious practice all too familiar to racial and ethnic minorities […]
Clutch Magazine, a leading online destination for black women, has posed an interesting question. Hyper-intellectual news site Salon.com has published a story in which linguists try to explain away the mix-ups of Obama and Osama that have peppered the mainstream press as a simple, human mistake. Clutch asks us if we are buying it. No, […]
NEW YORK– A man who was heard saying saying “Secret Service is coming through,” as he walked towards President Obama’s ceremony at Ground Zero today was detained by New York Police officers for “suspicious activity”.