WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, less than two months after signing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans into law, is proposing a budget to congress that attacks programs that assist the working poor, help the needy heat their homes, expand access to graduate-level education and undermine that type of community-based organizations that gave the president […]

New York — The shortage of Black movies in 2010 was clear when you went to the theater. Except for  “Just Wright” and the ghetto farce “Lottery Ticket,” it was perhaps the whitest year for Hollywood since the post-Richard Pryor, pre-Spike Lee 1980s. Read more at NYTimes RELATED: 10 Biggest Black snubs at the Oscars […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s the only way we know how to celebrate V-Day on NewsOne, a gallery of Presidential love between Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. More On NEWSONE.COM

Despite the rough nature of his sport, Muhammad Ali was one of the smoothest persons ever to walk the Earth. His poetic verse and well-considered metaphors came out a time during the 1960s when boxers were better known for punching than speaking. But Muhammad Ali did speak, and spoke intelligently – in a loud, boisterous […]

1946: Tony Award and Emmy Award winning entertainer and dancer Gregory Hines is born in New York City.