A group of black clergy members protested gay marriage at the NAACP’s convention, claiming there are more pressing issues for the civil rights organization to attend to. Do you support marriage equality?
George Zimmerman has been released on $1 million bond. This is the second time Zimmerman has been released from prison.
17 tear-old Lia Neal has become only the second African American woman to make the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. Our swim team is now more diverse than ever before. Congrats to our Black swimmers!
I lost a really good friend recently. The last time I saw him was six months ago. He was starting a new job and in really high spirits but something was different. He wasn’t his normal, cheerful self. There was a calculated manner in which he answered my probing questions. He made it clear that […]
Are you (still) rooting against James and the Heat tonight? If you’re rooting for or against James, why? Would a championship rehabilitate James’ image?
Last week, Adidas announced that its JS Roundhouse Mid would be available on June 14. The problem? The shoe features shackles, which have caused many to suggest that it is not-so-subtle reference to slavery. Should they pull the shoe?
Ramarley Graham’s Father, Franclot Graham greets Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X (Photo by Paradise Gray) Dick Gregory Speaks on Why He Marched to End Stop and Frisk I woke up at 5:00am Sunday morning in Chicago to get to the airport for my early morning flight to New York City, cause there was no was I […]
John Henry Spooner, the 75-year-old Milwaukee man charged with first degree homicide in the death of 13-year-old Darius Simmons, has pleaded not guilty. Spooner has waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and has a scheduling conference on June 20.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at a black church in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn yesterday morning, and defended the NYPD’s highly controversial “Stop and Frisk” program. Was a black church an appropriate place for this?
Gwyneth Paltrow’s little foray into the touchy words lexicon is not the latest instance for public discussion about the word nigga/nigger. In case you missed it, last week Paltrow tweeted a picture of herself and friends live from Jigga and Kanye’s Watch the Throne Tour Paris stop along with the message, “Ni**as [because the G’s carry all […]
7th grader Moses Hinton received an in-school suspension after a teacher claimed he wiped his hands on the American flag. Although the school principal is black, the Hinton family believes that the discipline was racially motivated. Was Moses unfairly punished?
George Zimmerman’s will remain in jail until his next bond hearing, scheduled on June 29, 2012. Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, was out on bond until last week.
