Google quite often changes the doodle on its homepage to mark special occasions such as famous people’s birthdays, and we’ve seen some great ones over the past few months. This includes the 50th anniversary of The Flintstones and both Oscar Wilde and John Lennon’s birthdays.

A squabble at a council meeting in a Georgia city has caught the attention of the NAACP after a white councilman told his black counterpart that he should be working in a cotton field.

Sites from The Huffington Post to Gawker have done scathing stories on the so-called “Google Blacklist,” but perhaps no site should be more disgruntled than TheBVX. Now that all the other top sites have touched on the issue, it’s time for the African American perspective. But first some background. In case you haven’t heard, Google […]

The Obama administration has notified Congress of plans for a multiyear, multibillion-dollar weapons deal with Saudi Arabia. The sale is meant to further align the Saudi military relationship with the United States and allow the kingdom to better protect its security and oil structure, which “is critical to our economic interests,” said Andrew Shapiro, assistant […]

An unexpected turn of events occurred on Wednesday, with the Yankees beating the Rangers and the Giants overcoming the Phillies. Just when everyone thought that the Yankees were out of the playoffs they took advantage of the situation to show off their resiliency. The Giants on the other hand, pushed the Phillies into a situation […]

To generate a national conversation on the plight of Black men and boys, the Twenty-First Century Foundation (21CF) has partnered with actor–director Mario Van Peebles and producer Karen Williams to create BRING YOUR A GAME — a groundbreaking documentary film that, in Van Peebles’ words, “sheds light on the resilience and influence of Black males.”