Hawaii — The Hawaii Reporter has attempted to calculate the total cost of President Barack Obama’s family vacation. The cost information is not released by the White House, but the newspaper pulled together some data to make an estimate. The cost of Air Force 1, the president’s plane, as well as the cost of housing […]

I’m always offended when some 21st Century jerk-off, made soft from fast food and text messaging, starts in with a line like, “I couldn’t have been no slave.” I have to resist the urge to correct what he’s saying (grammar included) because I know what he means is, “I couldn’t have continued to be a […]

New York — Just as it has happened for more than a century as the old year ticks toward history, a large crowd will gather Friday night in New York’s Times Square to mark the old and the new with the descent of an iconic ball.

TRINIDAD Sir Ellis Clark, the first President of Trinidad has died at 92. Clark helped create Trinidad and Tobago’s constitution and was the country’s first President after the country ceased to be a republic of England in 1976. Clark was knighted by Queen Elizabeth of England in 1972 and has served as an ambassador to […]

HOUSTON A group of young, African American professionals are claiming racism after a party of theirs was shut down at the Hudson in the trendy Rice Village area of Houston. Video blogger and Houston resident, Lydia Cotton had the following to say about the incident. December 28, 2010 was the night I and a hundred […]

Whenever we propose that one Black can make us all look bad, one of the most subliminally interesting things that we’re suggesting about white people is that they’re so dumb that they can’t tell us apart. If I were white, I’d be insulted by this—if I were smart enough to get that I should be […]

Baltimore — Last night, MTV aired No Easy Decision, a spin-off of the popular reality series, 16 and Pregnant. The special follows 16 and Pregnant alum Markai as she struggles with the decision to have an abortion after unexpectedly becoming pregnant for the second time.

Chicago — One of the world’s most powerful media figures is launching a risky new project this week — OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. When the basic cable channel debuts on Jan. 1, its success or failure may rely on the talk show host’s core audience following her to cable. Now, to be clear, that […]