Nation

The legal fight over 13-year-old Jahi McMath continues as a judge rules that Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California must keep her on life support until Jan. 7 at 5:00 P.M. ET, reports NBC News. As previously reported by NewsOne, McMath underwent tonsil surgery at the hospital this month to treat sleep apnea. After she awoke from […]

Community Heroes: an in-depth series on the lives and impact of people giving back to our global communities. Kashaun Cooper Sr., Founder of Fathers Rock, Inc. & Author Of “The Champion Father” Base Of Operations: Baltimore, Md. Why he is a Community Hero: Mr. Cooper started his Fathers Rock, Inc., organization after working with a […]

Cross Post Now, NewsOne Now

Reality star and singer Traci Braxton discusses her 64-pound weight loss today on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin. She credits her fit figure to working out three times a week. As a diabetic, she focused on maintaining a healthy diet. Losing weight isn’t easy, of course, but a good look in the mirror was all it took […]

Biz/Media, Nation, NewsOne Now, Politics

More than one million people lost their unemployment benefits this past Saturday, due to the expiration of the emergency program that Congress did not extend. AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs says that although the extension will be costly, it makes sense for Congress to extend unemployment benefits and that Congress should focus on unequal income […]

It’s been quite the year in politics with some advances for certain causes and a litany of failures in the other. Boo hiss to the Republicans and to the state of Florida — feel free to fall through a trap door — then join me in wishing for a much more fruitful 2014. 1. The […]