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  The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration. The decision comes after numerous campaigns forged by Native Americans and their supporters calling for the team to change their name. The trademark office called the football team’s name “disparaging to Native Americans.”

A 9-year-old girl who is super skilled in basketball is being scouted by the University of Miami Coral Gables. Jaden Newman, who is in the fourth grade, currently plays on her local high school’s varsity squad. She was sent an official recruitment letter and has already toured the campus.

  Gymnast and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas became the first star to unveil her wax figure at San Francisco’s newest wax attraction, Madame Tussauds San Francisco.

So I was on the train one morning and I happened to see a young black man getting off with me and in my opinion he appeared ‘angry’. I initially thought, ‘I wonder what is going on with him?’ And then I happened to be see a white man right behind him and judged his […]

    According to Forbes, NBA legend Michael Jordan is now a billionaire. Jordan who is currently the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, became a billionaire once the value of the team was reassessed.

The following post was written by Ernest Baker. It originally appeared on Gawker under the title of “The Reality of Dating White Women When You’re Black.” By: Ernest Baker Why do I date white women? Black women have told me it’s because I’m a sellout. The white men who can get past the mental anguish […]

A Washington, D.C. teen who spent the past two years living at a homeless shelter is now preparing to speak as valedictorian of her graduating class. Rashema Melson, 18, will deliver the speech at Anacostia High School’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday. 

  Last week, we reported that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed to sell his team amid a scandal that revealed his racist ideologies. But apparently he has changed his mind. 

Audra McDonald celebrated her sixth Tony Award win on Sunday at the 68th annual Tony Awards, and she made history doing it. The win makes McDonald the most decorated actress on Broadway. 

    By: Kristen Topp I am a pretty open person, someone that usually has a live and let live attitude, unless my civil liberties are being threatened. So I’m not really understanding all the hate on women and their personal use of their bodies. The most recent example of slut-shaming being Rihanna’s choice of […]

A video of Justin Bieber using the n-word in a joke and another video where the pop star sang about joining the KKK when he was 15 surfaced earlier this week. While Bieber has issued an apology, in which he takes full responsibility for his actions, CNN host Don Lemon is blaming blacks.  Lemon’s remarks […]

A 19-year-old teen who is suffering from a deadly form of cancer has landed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment.  Jeff Mortimer was just 16 when he was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma, a form of muscle cancer.