I’ve been a Black man for quite a while now. It’s been a fun ride, with its ups and downs, but I have to say that in this journey, where half the world is working to secure your extinction, you realize that your ability to think and make critical decisions can become the key to […]

Hoping to get those sagging ratings up on OWN, Oprah Winfrey has set her sights on interviewing Rihanna for her “Next Chapter” series. Winfrey confirmed the interview via her Twitter  account, but only stated that it would take place in August without giving a specific date. SEE ALSO: Forbes Names The Highest-Paid Athletes, Who Are […]

Chelsea Harris of Arkansas has been charged with third degree battery for allegedly sitting on her landlord son’s head, Action News 5. SEE ALSO: Forbes Names The Highest-Paid Athletes, Who Are They? Harris reportedly went ballistic when the landlord’s son, Kellen Carroll, knocked on the door of her duplex apartment requesting that she pay nearly […]

Southern Baptists want to reach out to those outside of their traditionally White Southern base, so at the Southern Baptist Convention held in New Orleans this week, they elected their first African-American president. Yes, with the election of Fred Luter (pictured), Pastor of the Franklin Ave. Baptist Church in New Orleans and their first Black president, the group offered […]

Kristen is a 14-year-old girl.  She hangs out online and meets boys, promising to fulfill their sexual fantasies. Boys, of course, would line up for the chance to meet Kristen, and were willing to do anything to get with her.  But the catch was that in order to get the “goodies” from Kristen, you had […]

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David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Clan, endorsed New York City Councilman Charles Barron‘s (pictured) campaign for U.S. Congress, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Woman Finds Kidney Through Facebook, Gets Transplant Duke says that he doesn’t agree with Barron on every issue. But the anti-Semitic did say he preferred […]

As America’s economic woes continue to plague its citizens due to the Great Recession, the disparity of wealth between Whites and Blacks has widened to a level that only threatens to grow as their seems to be little relief on the horizon for African Americans and Hispanics when compared to their White and Asian counterparts, […]

“Basketball Wives” co-star Jennifer Williams (pictured) is probably not be a happy camper these days.  First, she got put out to pasture by the producers of her hit VH1 reality show and now the repo man might be coming for her Bentley, according to TMZ. SEE ALSO: 11 Pulled Products The Toyota Motor Credit Company […]

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Some Illinois policymakers and lawmakers have expressed concern about a new measure that targets street gangs as organized crime, saying it could lead to a greater incarceration rate of people of color. RELATED: Fractured Gangs Blamed For Spike In Chicago Murders The concern stems from legislation signed in to law earlier this month by Gov. […]

I am not sure why certain questions or thoughts pop into my brain.  Sometimes those questions help me figure things out and other times, they get me into serious trouble.   I have no idea what this one is going to do, but I had to ask it anyway:  Would Barack Obama have been elected […]

These are troubling times for Kevin Durant (pictured left).  In the NBA finals, his team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, is down 3-1 to the Miami Heat, and now he is getting sued for the use of his very own nickname, “Durantula,” reports the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: Man Bites Police Dog According to court documents […]

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Another Zombie Attack? Charles Baker of Palmetto, Florida (pictured) bit part of a man’s bicep off in what police believe was a drug-fueled rage on Wednesday night, WPTV 5 reports. RELATED: Louisiana Man Bites Off Man’s Face In Domestic Dispute The “zombie attack” took place last night while Baker was visiting his kids at his […]