WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is freezing assets held by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and four of his children in the United States. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Cornel West The Treasury Department says the sanctions against Gadhafi, three of his sons and a daughter also apply to the Libyan government. The action was taken under […]
LONDON, England — A British eatery pushes the boundaries of dessert with a specialty ice cream made from human breast milk. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Madame C.J. Walker Huffington Post reports: The restaurant, located in Covent Garden in London, will be serving the home-brewed dessert under the name “Baby Gaga.” It’s created by mixing the […]
BENGHAZI, Libya — Protesters demanding Moammar Gadhafi’s ouster came under a hail of bullets Friday when pro-regime militiamen opened fire to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in the Libyan capital. The Libyan leader, speaking from the ramparts of a historic Tripoli fort, told supporters to prepare to defend the nation. ALSO READ: […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Two trans gender women have come forward with their connections to Congressman Christopher Lee. After an African American women leaked photos sen by Lee to the website Gawker, two transgender women have come forward saying that they also met Lee on Craigslist and corresponded with him. Gawker reports: In the past 10 days, two […]
Bakari Kitwana speaks with Amari Jackson and Anthony Browder about the current political uprising in Egypt. Novelist Amari Jackson talks about the relationship of his new novel, The Savion Sequence, to real life events in the Middle East. And Browder, who has conducted over 40 study tours to Egypt over the last two decades, examines […]
No matter what happens between now and the 2012 presidential election, poor and middle-class Blacks have a great deal to be concerned about. RELATED: Top 5 MLK speeches The current political battle against teachers in Wisconsin is a Reaganesque assault on unionized government workers. The private sector is watching closely and licking its chops. The […]
PHILADELPHIA-Although Horace Spencer is just in 8th grade he is receiving a great deal of media attention and hype due to his size and athleticism. Another 14-year-old Canadian is also being recognized for his athleticism despite his young age. Jamar Ergas, who is only 14 has been receiving a lot of media attention due to […]
BOSTON — The owners of a Boston nightclub issued a public apology and agreed Friday to pay a $30,000 fine to settle allegations that it abruptly shut down an event after the annual Harvard-Yale football game because most of the attendees were black.
Newark – Layoffs in Newark have not only forced cops to look for jobs they never thought of taking, but it has also forced many Newark neighborhoods to fend for themselves. “We’re facing, literally, the worst economy of our lifetimes,” Booker said in an interview with HuffPost. “It came to a point where we couldn’t […]
NEW YORK- New York officials want to increase the fines given to cab drivers who do not pick up people based on race. RELATED: Top 10 black movies that should have won an Oscar The New York Post reports: Cabdrivers who refuse passengers on the basis of race or their far-flung destinations are being targeted […]
New Yorker – The mother of the daughter featured in the racial abortion ad that caused controversy in Soho, was shocked when she saw her daughter on the huge billboard. RELATED: Top 9 must see Black films Tricia Fraser took her daughter to a casting event a few years ago and knew the images may […]
Okay so no Black movies really deserve Oscars this year, sorry Tyler, but many Black movies have been Blackballed and ignored by the Oscars for years. Here are ten classic Black films overlooked by the Oscars. RELATED: Top 9 must see Black films 10. The Harder They Come This Jamaican movie had one of the […]
