At least four suspects are in custody after a Milwaukee, Wisconsin mom turned over both her 15-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter when she spotted them while watching the news. The two teenagers were among a group of adolescents involved in an attack and a gas station raid. “These are not the kind of kids that […]
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced Thursday that the Obama administration will release a series of reforms to the nation’s current gun law. While Carney did not lay out an exact date plan, he said the reform process is expected to begin “not far in the future.” The Huffington Post Reports: The […]
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Police Commander Eddie Selby resigned after being involved in allegations of inappropriate and racist comments. The Grio Reports: While giving instructions to his Special Operations Division this past Friday, Selby supposedly made some offensive comments about those attending the Essence festival, which is a predominately African-American event.While the investigation was […]
Recent reports revealed that President Obama is considering cuts on Social Security and Medicare, as bargaining pieces in negotiations to reach an agreement with Republicans on raising the country’s debt ceiling. In what seems to be a race to find the best means to an end on a drawn-out battle between Democrats and Republicans, debt-ceiling […]
According to a U.S. Department of Education survey somewhere between seven and 35 Black high school students took calculus in Oregon schools during the 2009-2010 school year. These startling low numbers and other statistics are prompting district leaders to acknowledge and reevaluate ways to reverse the inferior educational outcomes of African Americans in the state. […]
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams can breathe a little easier after the $76,000 engagement ring he sent to ex-girlfriend Brooke Daniels was returned to him a month after she declined his proposal. A signed affidavit by Williams said that when he initially asked for the ring back, Daniels said she had lost it. But […]
NEW YORK — At a listening event for the Jay-Z and Kanye West album, “Watch The Throne,” Jay-Z slightly criticized President Barack Obama and his reaction to unemployment. GQ reports: “Numbers don’t lie. Unemployment is pretty high. It’s fucked up, but he’s trying not to be the angry black man.” Read The Whole Story At […]
For the latest edition of NewsOne’s On The Corner, we went to the streets to get folks’ opinions on the perennially charged topic of interracial dating and marriage. In the first of our three part series, we ask the question: Have you dated interracially? How do you feel about that? Are we abandoning our race […]
WASHINGTON — After Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that millionaires paying more taxes to save the economy was “rather pathetic,” another Republican senator spoke against the proposal, suggesting that the poor take the burden instead of the rich. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) voted against the measure Thursday, demanding that poor middle-class Americans need to do […]
Former President Bill Clinton Wednesday compared GOP efforts to limit same-day voter registration and block some convicted felons from voting to Jim Crow laws and poll taxes. “I can’t help thinking since we just celebrated the Fourth of July and we’re supposed to be a country dedicated to liberty that one of the most pervasive […]
I recently had the opportunity to interview rapper Phife Dawg from the legendary Hip-Hop group, A Tribe Called Quest at the Los Angeles premiere of “Beats, Rhymes, And Life.” We spoke at length about his relationship with Q-Tip, the legacy of a A Tribe Called Quest, and his struggles with diabetes. RELATED STORIES A Tribe […]
NEW YORK – Afrika Owes, the elite private school student arrested for ferrying guns for a New York City drug gang, pleaded guilty on four counts of conspiracy and weapons possession Thursday in a Manhattan court. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin was lenient in his sentencing of Owes, who turned herself in on June […]
