The Mosque near Ground Zero is a go.

More than 1.5 million people live in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, squeezed together in a labyrinth of rusted tin shacks and garbage-lined alleyways. Although Kibera is Africa’s largest slum, the Kenyan government considers it an illegal settlement and provides no public services to the impoverished residents. Access to clean water and electricity is almost non-existent; HIV […]

Last week a 13-year old boy named Robert Freeman was shot 22 times while riding his bicycle in front of his home on Chicago’s far south side. Last night I almost became a statistic while taking my daily walk in another south-Chicago neighborhood not far from where Freeman was killed.

Reports are surfacing out of Minnesota that Vikings QB Brett Favre has informed his teammates he will retire.  The team nor Favre has confirmed the story, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that he sent a text message to his teammates informing them of his decision.

In an interview with ESPN, Mike Tyson revealed that he appeared in the smash comedy hit “The Hangover” so he could have money to “supply my drug habit.” He also said that he did not expect the movie to be a success and planned to sell bootleg copies of the movie. You can listen to […]

Tuesday might just be the day that the disastrous Gulf oil leak is finally and completely stopped.

Get your pause tapes ready. The lowly cassette tape is making a comeback. Next stop will be the 8 track. When the vinyl LP began its modest but highly publicized commercial comeback a few years ago, the format felt easy to love again. With sprawling artwork, pristine sound quality and the adoring ritual of flipping […]

Footage of French police using apparently excessive force while breaking up an immigrant squat has prompted outrage as activists and intellectuals accuse Nicolas Sarkozy of pursuing policies that target the vulnerable while giving free reign to the police. The video, filmed by a member of the social housing charity Droit au Logement (DAL), shows officers […]

Continuing the racial insensitivity we’ve come to expect from ESPN, a race announcer finished an interview this weekend with NASCAR crew member Kenyatta Houston — who is black — by asking him to “tap for us” before the race. Seriously. The worst part is that he actually did. Click here to read more and see […]