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Reported by Liku Zelleke A new book is titled “Mayor for Life” and it is written by the former Mayor of the District of Columbia, two times over, Marion Barry. In his book, an autobiography,…

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Reported by Liku Zelleke It was only recently that the announcement was made that the US economy was finally starting to recover. It was even later that the actual effects started to be felt in…

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Actress
                          chosen to play Aaliyah isn’t getting a lot of
                          fan support

Actress chosen to play Aaliyah isn’t getting a lot of fan support

If you’ve ever wondered what Aaliyah looked like in middle school, then you may want to take a look at the actress that has been chosen to play her in an upcoming film.   Reports are stating that Aaliyah is going to be played by Zendaya, an actress and singer that has experience from The […]

 

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How Beyonce got rich and stays that way

June 17, 2014 | 0 Comments

Reported by Liku Zelleke People may say a lot of things about the “Drunk in Love” singer, Beyoncé. Her body movement, when she’s in mid-swing, causes irregular heartbeats, to say the least. Her beauty is…

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins The debate on reparations has been thrust into the national spotlight once again.  As a Finance professor and as a black man, I can tell you, without quetsion, that reparations are…

BY:  John “Hennry” Harris High-end sneakers are becoming so popular that they literally can be used like currency and one 16-year-old is taking advantage of the trend.  A “sneakerhead” himself who owns $15,000 of 45…

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By Brandon Simmons The San Antonio Spurs have won their 5th championship in franchise history by defeating the defending champion Miami Heat. Coincidentally they did it in five games, which is usually close to a…

 

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No more fillings as dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment

Scientists have developed a new pain-free filling that allows cavities to be repaired without drilling or injections. The tooth-rebuilding technique developed at King’s College London does away with fillings and instead encourages teeth to repair themselves. Tooth decay is normally removed by drilling, after which the cavity is filled with a material such as amalgam […]

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Research: There’s a ‘Looming Mental Health Crisis’ In North America

Reported by April V Taylor Researchers at the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have completed a study regarding the economic downturn instigated by the 2008 financial crisis. The study was published in The British Journal of Psychiatry and was based on data compiled from the World Health Organization. […]

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BET’s Rocsi Diaz releases a film about the struggles of immigrants

BET’s Rocsi
                          Diaz releases a film about the struggles of
                          immigrantsReported by Liku Zelleke BET’s Rocsi Diaz has come forward with her directorial debut, “The Secrets of Strangers” – a public service announcement that tells the stories of undocumented immigrants in the US as they share their illegal status with total strangers. Diaz, who was the former host of “106th & Park“, is making the public […]

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Income inequality in the US grows as factories continue to shut down

Income
                          inequality in the US grows as factories
                          continue to shut downIn August 2008, factory workers David and Barbara Ludwig treated themselves to new cars – David a Dodge pickup, Barbara a sporty Mazda 3. With David making $22 an hour and Barbara $19, they could easily afford the payments. A month later, Baldwin Hardware, a unit of Stanley Black & Decker Corp., announced layoffs at […]

Ruby Dee: How Racism Has Trampled Black Self-Esteem And Numbed Hope

Ruby
                            Dee: How Racism Has Trampled Black
                            Self-Esteem And Numbed HopeThe legendary actress and activist Ruby Dee passed away on June 11, 2004 at the age of 91.  Dee was born in 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Harlem. Throughout her life, she was forced to deal with the hardships of segregation and inequality, but she did so with a sense of grace, grit, […]

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Researchers experiment shows you’re probably more racist than you think

Researchers experiment shows you’re
                            probably more racist than you thinkJane Elliott is an internationally known teacher, lecturer, and diversity trainer.  Elliott is most known for the blue eyes/brown eyes exercise she conducted with her all-white third grade class in Riceville, Iowa following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.  In the exercise, Elliott told her class that blue-eyed people were smarter and better than […]

HIV-Positive Couple has 3 Healthy Kids:
                            Here’s how they did it

HIV-Positive Couple has 3 Healthy Kids: Here’s how they did it

When two people are both infected with the HIV virus, most of us wouldn’t expect that couple to be able to bear healthy children. But medicine is not as simple as we think, and there are breakthroughs occurring every day.   Hubert and Jeanne Mwangaza are both HIV-positive and have been that way since they […]

 

Protecting
                              Assets or Going Too far? NBA Star
                              Allegedly Had $25K “Abortion Contract”
                              With Girlfriend

Protecting Assets or Going Too far? NBA Star Allegedly Had $25K “Abortion Contract” With Girlfriend

By Malcolm Morrow J.J. Reddick allegedly had an abortion contract created after being told by his then girlfriend, Vanessa Lopez, that she was carrying his child. The contract stated that if Lopez got an abortion, along with medical proof that she had gone through with the procedure he would continue dating her for at least […]

Why
                                won’t my hair grow?

Why won’t my hair grow?

Since the exponential increase of African Americans going chemical free, it has been proven that black girls can have long hair. For years, we have made so many decisions that can damage our hair, causing slower growth, but there are some things you can do to grow your hair to its fullest potential. Too Much […]

 

Students Defend Security Guard Who Dumped Handicapped Boy Out of Wheelchair

Students Defend
                                  Security Guard Who Dumped Handicapped
                                  Boy Out of WheelchairA popular security guard was dismissed from the Oakland school where he worked after he was seen mistreating a disabled student. Now, however, students at the school say there’s been a misunderstanding since the disabled student is a known troublemaker who instigated the incident. On May 19th Oakland Unified School District security officer Marchell Mitchell […]

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Preposterous Pets: Hand Feeding Deadly Crocs

Preposterous Pets:
                                  Hand Feeding Deadly Crocs    A tour guide who hand-feeds giant crocodiles is passing on his death-defying skills to his teenage daughter. Jason Vargas Aguero, 36, wows tourists by dropping meals into the predator’s gaping jaws with his hands just inches away. Now he is teaching 13-year-old daughter Jimena Vargas the basics. He said: “I am only giving […]

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Louisiana Town Questions How Man Shoots Himself Dead While Handcuffed

Louisiana Town
                                  Questions How Man Shoots Himself Dead
                                  While HandcuffedBy Yolanda Spivey Louisiana State Police are investigating the mysterious death of Victor White, III who local police alleged shot himself while he was handcuffed in the back of an Iberia Parish Sheriff officer’s vehicle this past Sunday. According to various reports, Police responded to a 911 call around 11:22am where they arrested White who […]

 

 
   
 

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Dr. Oz does a show on natural<br />
                  hair and black women are annoyed

Dr. Oz does a show on natural hair and black women are annoyed

By Nigel Boys On the May 28th segment of the popular talk show, “Dr. Oz,” the host of the show, Mehmet Oz, decided that he would get into the hair “revolution” that appears to be appealing to many black women by inviting a hair specialist and a member of the audience to go for the […]

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Woman arrested<br />
                  because her child’s father was 15-years old at<br />
                  conception

Woman arrested because her child’s father was 15-years old at conception

Reported by Liku Zelleke A woman in Jonesboro, AR, has been charged with sexx crimes after it was discovered that the father of the baby she had given birth to a month ago was under aged at the time of conception. Cherrelle Gregory, 26, who delivered her baby last month, is being accused of having […]

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Disfigured child<br />
                  told to leave KFC because she was “scaring the<br />
                  customers”

Disfigured child told to leave KFC because she was “scaring the customers”

By: Krystle Crossman Three year old Victoria Wilcher was horribly scarred in a vicious pit bull attack. In April of this year, Victoria was at her grandfather’s house. His three pit bulls broke through the door and attacked the little girl. They then dragged her out into the backyard and continued to maul her. Her […]


Rapper Eve<br />
                    gets married

Rapper Eve gets married

Congrats to Eve and Maximillion Cooper! Wearing a gorgeous wedding gown by British designer Alice Temperley and a cathedral-length veil, the 35-year-old hip-hop star and x*x actress wed the British Gumball 3000 motor rally CEO and co-founder and fellow fashion designer on Saturday, June 13 in Ibiza, Spain. “I’m so happy to make Eve my wife,” Cooper […]

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Actor Gary Dourdan has a warrant<br />
                    issued for his arrest

Actor Gary Dourdan has a warrant issued for his arrest

Reported by Liku Zelleke The former CSI star Gary Dourdan finds himself in legal troubles after he failed to make a court appearance scheduled for this week. The judge didn’t like it and decided to issue a bench warrant for his arrest. Dourdan, 47, was supposed to make the appearance in line with the terms […]

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Chuck D Seems Disappointed in Jay-Z and Kanye for Being Selfish SOBs

Chuck D Seems<br />
                        Disappointed in Jay-Z and Kanye for Being<br />
                        Selfish SOBsHip hop legend Chuck D says that he’s confuse by artists like Jay-Z and Kanye West.  The master laid down his opinion during a recent interview with “The Times,”…

Reported by Liku Zelleke “The Twist” and “Let’s Twist Again” singer, Chubby Checker, thinks that it is about time that he is inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame – before it’s too…

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins Luke Visconti, founder and CEO of Diversity Inc. Magazine, has a column called “Ask the White Guy.”  This appears to be a scenario where Visconti gives the white male perspective on…

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins Break your life down for a second.  You have 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week and 8,760 hours in a year.  At least one third of each…

Suze Orman: Fatal Financial Mistakes You Can Avoid

Suze Orman: Fatal<br />
                            Financial Mistakes You Can AvoidSusan Orman is a financial adviser who dispenses her advice through books, motivational speaking, and television appearances. She was born in Chicago and although her bachelor’s degree is in social work, she worked as a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch. She later served as the vice president of investments at Prudential Bache Securities, and she […]

Dr. Umar Johnson – The Lies and Deception of the Black Middle Class

Dr. Umar Johnson – The Lies and<br />
                            Deception of the Black Middle ClassDr. Umar Johnson is a 37-year old Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Nationally Certified School Psychologist, Certified K-12 School Principal, and political scientist. He practices psychology privately in Pennsylvania and also serves as a special education evaluator. One of the components of these jobs is evaluating children between the ages of 3 and 21 to determine […]

 

Billie Holiday is one of the most revered jazz vocalists of the century.  She was born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Eleanora Fagan to her teenage mother, Sadie.  Holiday spent a large portion…

The world is heavily politicized, and people are picking their camps.  They are also fighting over even the smallest issues in the gender wars and there is no end in sight.  Actor Terry Crews was…

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BY:  John “Hennry” Harris New Orleans music mogul/businessman Percy “Master P” Miller’s family problems have become tabloid fodder as he recently lost custody of all 4 of his minor children to his estranged wife Sonya…

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BY:  John “Hennry” Harris Ed O’Bannon, 41, former NBA player and NCAA men’s national championship basketball winner at UCLA, successfully fought the NCAA and won $20 million for “some” former student-athletes in an antitrust class…

Mona Scott<br />
                      could be in big trouble for cover Stevie J’s<br />
                      million dollar child support debt

Mona Scott could be in big trouble for cover Stevie J’s million dollar child support debt

Reported by Liku Zelleke The “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” executive producer, Mona Scott-Young might be in hot water for getting involved in the child support issues of Stevie J, the show’s star. It all began when, during the previous week, Stevie J was arrested for failing to pay more than a million dollars he […]

 
   
 

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Billie Holiday is one of the most revered jazz vocalists of the century.  She was born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Eleanora Fagan to her teenage mother, Sadie.  Holiday spent a large portion…

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James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul” was one of the most iconic figures of funk and soul music.  Over the course of his lifetime, Brown left his mark as a singer, songwriter, dancer, and activist. …

Most people in the black community fully understand that owning and running your own business is one of the keys to economic freedom.  But with that quest for freedom comes the fear of the unknown….

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Single Mother of 3                         Boys Graduates College With 3 Degrees

Single Mother of 3 Boys Graduates College With 3 Degrees

A single mother of three boys grew up rough and became a mom at an early age, but she was determined not to allow circumstances to prevent her…

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Nina Simone and                         her celebration of blackness and womanhood

Nina Simone and her celebration of blackness and womanhood

Nina Simone was a legendary jazz, blues, and folk singer and civil rights activist.  She was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina. …

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BOSS Sports                         |Two superstar cornerbacks get dropped from                         their teams

BOSS Sports |Two superstar cornerbacks get dropped from their teams

By Brandon Simmons Today was not the best day for cornerbacks, particularly for two marquee cornerbacks. Today, Detroit Lion Chris Houston and Kansas City Chief Brandon Flowers were…

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Blogger says you should never date a woman                         who claims Father’s Day | Naturally Moi

Blogger says you should never date a woman who claims Father’s Day | Naturally Moi

by Ree, “The (Ree)lationship Guide” Hallmark’s Mahogany line of greeting cards, which aims to appeal to the company’s African-American demographic market, has cleverly learned how to profit off…

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Community Raises                         $50,000 in Just 36 Hours for Severely Burned                         Chef

Community Raises $50,000 in Just 36 Hours for Severely Burned Chef

A Lexington, Kentucky chef’s life was turned upside down when, while carrying a pot of boiling peanut sauce, he slipped and fell. He spilled the sauce all over…

The music industry isn’t always everything it seems to be.  A lot of celebrities start off strong financially and think that the money will never stop flowing.  Then, when it does, they are typically surprised…


The Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Voletta Wallace, Explains Lil’ Kim Rift In Unreleased Footage

The                           Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Voletta Wallace,                           Explains Lil’ Kim Rift In Unreleased Footage  In a piece of unreleased footage from 2005 published toVladTV, mother of The Notorious B.I.G., Voletta…

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Snoop Dogg Shares Picture From Tupac Shakur’s Last Recorded Performance

Snoop                           Dogg Shares Picture From Tupac Shakur’s Last                           Recorded Performance Snoop Dogg shared a few pictures this week for Throwback Thursdays, including one with Tupac…

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A black woman’s opinion about other black women causes an uproar on the Internet

One black woman says that black women                               are argumentative, loud and rude  by Tiara Kj Williams When it comes to the image of the black woman, everyone has an opinion. When inserting “The Black Woman” in a Google search, millions of articles, videos and pictures appeared. The perspectives are diverse, some uplift and celebrate the black woman, while other do not. In some videos, you can […]

Remember When The LAPD Shot Up Two Innocent Women While “Searching” For Christopher Dorner?

Remember When                               The LAPD Shot Up Two Innocent Women While                               “Searching” For Christopher Dorner?By Dr. Sinclair Grey III Last year, Christopher Dorner dominated the news with his killing spree. His actions left many in Southern California on high alert and frightened for their lives. When police officers were chasing the fugitive (Dorner), they shot into a pickup truck they believed Dorner was driving. However, they were wrong in […]

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