Officials at Alabama’s Tutwiler Prison have been accused of allowing “rampant” sexual abuse of approximately 900 female inmates by over one-third of the 99 male officers on staff, reports ABC News. Inmates were “universally in fear for their safety” and were forced to have sex in exchange for sanitary supplies. “We conclude that the state […]
Grammy-nominated rapper Soulja Boy (pictured) was arrested Wednesday morning in San Fernando Valley, Calif., for drug and gun possession, according to TMZ. The 23-year-old performer, whose actual name is DeAndre Cortez Way , was a passenger in a car that was pulled over by authorities for running a stop sign. When officers peered into the […]
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I’ve spent my life as a civil rights activist and anti-violence advocate, I hear from folks all over the country about how fed-up they are—how much they want change—but they don’t know where to start. It’s not enough just to be informed, we’ve got to work tirelessly to do better. With the “The Lookout,” I’ll […]
On the day the country was reflecting on civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an online magazine chose to publish an article with a photo of a Russian socialite sitting on a chair with a Black woman underneath dressed in bondage. The photo sparked heated online backlash before it was replaced with a […]
Despite plans from the banking industry to add more than one million jobs between now and 2020 and data revealing that Blacks are obtaining more finance degree than ever, top banks are still lacking in diversity. The NAACP has released a report card, which has graded the five largest banks (Wells Fargo, Bank of America, […]
It’s sad to see that there is still a stigma attached to interracial dating. We don’t have to look any further than the backlash against Tamera Mowery and her white husband to realize that. Married couple Bianca and Michael Alexander, of Conscious Planet Media, talked about their documentary on interracial marriage and their hopes to dispel some deep-seated […]
Dana Roxette, a salon owner in a suburb of Atlanta, Ga., has witnessed a so-called hair revolution over the last 10 years, she told Fox 5 Atlanta. It used to be that 95 percent of the African-American female clients at her College Park salon had chemically relaxed hair. Now only about a quarter wear so-called […]
The Richard Sherman interview (or rant) that went viral is important for so many reasons. How simple 25-second sideline stand-up could evoke so many racial undertones is astonishing–even by 2014 standards–but proves that stereotypes are alive and well. But what should we do to change that? On “NewsOne Now,” panelists Clarence Page, Raynard Jackson, and […]
Oliver Stone (pictured) is the kind of person, who when speaking freely, can either make you throw one hand in the air like you’re listening to 1992 Mariah Carey or throw your entire face in to that same hand in an effort to escape the ridiculousness you’ve just heard. It really all depends on the […]
Janteyl Johnson Case Type: Endangered Date of Birth: September 8, 1994 Missing Date: February 3, 2010 Age Now: 19 Missing City: Newark Missing State:Delaware Case Number: 10012571 Gender: Female Race: Black Complexion: Dark Height: 5’2″ Weight: 120 Hair Color: Brown Hair Length: Medium Eye Color: Brown Wear Glasses or Contacts: Yes Location Last Seen: 35 […]
Most HBCU grads already know Howard University is one of the coolest campuses in the Black college family, but a group of faculty, staff and students took cool to a new level when they dropped their own version of the music video “Happy.” The Oscar-nominated song by Pharrell Williams was one of the most popular […]
