Recognized as having a heart of gold, the humanitarian talk show diva Oprah Winfrey and her OWN cable network executives were having a creative meeting while dining al fresco at the super-posh Beverly Hills restaurant Scarpetta. When a hungry homeless man approached her table and pleaded for a hot bowl of soup, true to form, she responded in a huge way, reports the New York Post. […]
Gem trader Kurt Kaiser was having a bad day on April 17 when he met a nice-looking lady at the bar. But what he didn’t know was that the woman, Erika Cooper, was a conniving hooker looking for a John to take advantage of, the Daily Mail reports. SEE ALSO: Fast Food In Hospitals? Say […]
Though many of the students (like Norma J. Wallace pictured) who attended the formerly segregated Central High School in Effingham County are likely pleased that their school is no longer an active symbol of racial animus, its alumni do not want the history of their school to be “swapped” out of the public memory, Savannah […]
An Ohio jury found ex-Bengals and Broncos Nate Webster guilty on Wednesday of four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with his former assistant coach’s 15-year-old daughter back in 2009. The jurors also found the 34-year-old guilty of three other charges: gross sexual imposition, sexual battery, and a fifth count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, reports NBC […]
Star Jones has recently launched a campaign to take on the show “Basketball Wives.” For Star, the depiction of Black women on the hit show coupled with the violence and abuse needs to stop. Jones recently vented: “It may be ‘comfortable’ to be quiet when women of color slap the crap out of each other […]
Baltimore police have arrested Michael Johnson in the murder of Monroe, N.C., 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, who was murdered as she visited her half-siblings in the area, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: When Background Checks Violate Civil Rights Barnes, an honors student and athlete, went missing on December 28, 2010, and her body wasn’t […]
A Chicago-area Black man has been charged with a hate crime for beating a white victim in retaliation over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the Chicago Tribune reports. SEE ALSO: Why Brian McKnight’s Vulgar Song Is Sad Alton L. Hayes of Oak Park, Il. approached a 19-year-old white male walking in a neighborhood around […]
For nearly five decades, South Africa’s apartheid system proved to be an ugly reminder that racism and segregation was an issue worthy of the protests and outcry from within the country and around the globe. After years of political machinations, demands for reforms and opposition from within, apartheid would be dissolved in 1994 by way […]
98.7 KISS FM‘s 30-year hold on the adult R&B market is coming to an end as the iconic radio station is merging with 107.5 WBLS, according to 98.7 Kiss FM. SEE ALSO: Why Brian McKnight’s Vulgar Song Is Sad About the merger, WBLS VP/General Manager Deon Levingston says, “WBLS and WRKS have been the voice […]
Fans of the VH1 hit reality show “Basketball Wives” (BBW) have had it up to here with the violence and bully tactics of one of its standout members, the hot-headed drama queen Evelyn Lozada. After four seasons of constant bickering, verbal abuse, hitting and the flinging of objects at co-stars, a fan of the show, […]
Wiz Khalifa (pictured), rapper and hubby-to-be of fashionista “It Girl” Amber Rose, got busted at a Nashville hotel for possession of marijuana, reports The Tennessean. SEE ALSO: Why Brian McKnight’s Vulgar Song Is Sad Last Saturday, Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Thomaz, was visiting the country music capital to perform at Vanderbilt University’s Rites of […]
A high school student is pissed about being barred from her prom because school officials told her the Confederate flag-designed prom dress she wore was offensive, the Huffington Post reports. SEE ALSO: Timbuktu Endangered By Malian Coup Texanna Edwards, a senior at Gibson County High School in Tennessee, has been speaking out about the incident […]
