The American Black Film Festival showcased several up and coming Black Filmmakers with their short film competition this past weekend. The short films were all extremely moving and mostly dealt with the relationships between parents and children, and the sacrifices parents make for their children, as well as the affects of parental abuse. If these […]
In a perfect world every millionaire, and jet/yacht owner would pay no taxes (or at least 5 percent) while every middle-class American is on financial life support, gay people would be locked away in psych wards, Oprah would be stoned for being the modern anti-Christ, and Blacks would voluntarily return to the system of slavery—at […]
InteractiveOne — the parent company of NewsOne and a division of Radio One — and NBC News today announced an unprecedented Black news partnership between NBC’s website, The Grio.com, and NewsOne. As detailed in a piece in today’s New York Times, the two sites will collaborate editorially and in the area of advertising sales, creating […]
WASHINGTON — With pressure continuing to build but no breakthroughs in sight, budget bargaining between President Barack Obama and top lawmakers resumes Monday at the White House, with both sides hoping to slash the deficit as the price for permitting the government to borrow more than $2 trillion to pay its bills. In a rare […]
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took a shot at President Obama calling America’s economic woes, the “Obama Depression,” on Fox and Friends Sunday morning. Gingrich’s comments come as the president is negotiating a new federal budget with Republicans, and just days after the latest job reports show few signs of economic recovery. “Housing prices have […]
A Houston topless bar is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly forcing Black waitresses to skip work when one of the club’s racist executives visited. One of the club’s managers says he’s shocked by the suit as they market themselves as a multi-racial club. The suit alleges that beginning in 2007, […]
Two of the top Republican presidential contenders have backtracked from signing a pledge against gay marriage that also suggested Black families were stronger under slavery. First Leader, an Iowa Christian conservative group, released a pledge called “The Marriage Vow” which equates homosexuality with polygamy and adultery, and calls for the banning of all porn. The […]
NEW YORK— A Harvard-trained administrator thought she had heard it all as a gatekeeper in a city office responsible for supporting charter schools when Bill Baccaglini walked enthusiastically through the door with one more idea. “I thought, ‘Here we go, another big idea,'” recalled Jessica Nauiokas. But she found herself liking his plans so much […]
In what is probably the most ingenuous political metaphor ever said on national television, “Real Time” host Bill Maher equated Republican thinking to the Casey Anthony verdict. “Yes, Republican base, you are just like that jury. It is pathetically clear who is killing the middle class, but you keep letting them get away with murder,” […]
