Interactive One CEO Alfred Liggins was recently featured in Hewlett Packard’s online video series titled “Every Passion Has A Story.” *Alfred Liggins bio* The series which also features Mia Buhler, Fern Mallis, and Niamh Shields, spotlights thought leaders from across the globe sharing their inspirational success stories. Liggins, who is also the Chairman of TV […]
Seattle — KOMO 4 News reporter Shomari Stone found himself in the news and not reporting it this past week when he saved a white supremacist’s life from a brutal beating. While Stone was recording his segment, a fight between several men broke out. A Black man was repeatedly punching the white man in the […]
Libya — Rebel forces routed troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in a fierce battle over an oil port Wednesday, scrambling over the dunes of a Mediterranean beach through shelling and an airstrike to corner their attackers. While they thwarted the regime’s first counteroffensive in eastern Libya, opposition leaders still pleaded for outside airstrikes to help […]
New York –State Sen. Eric Adams took his war on guns to an upstate gun shot in New York called Guns Inc. RELATED: Hip-Hop Mines Afro-Beat Adams and a New York paper entered the gun shop undercover and bought clips that were illegal to sell in NY state pass 1994. Adams purchased two 30-round magazines […]
My friends are evenly divided on the Two and a Half Men star with half us being firm on “Team Sheen”, the other half being just as firmly on “Team FCS” (and if you need help with that acronym, I suggest you redo kindergarten). RELATED: Top 9 episodes of the Cosby Show Mr. Sheen, who’s […]
CHICAGO-Jo Baldwin, a cousin of Oprah Winfrey and a tenured Professor at Mississippi Valley State and ordained minister, is claiming that Oprah Winfrey fired her for “talking about Jesus all the time. RELATED: 25 reasons we love Michael Jordan Gawker reports: “I was to work for her for three years, but she fired me without […]
PENNSYLVANIA-Several bags of crack cocaine, sextoys and a large amount of cash was found at R&B day care center in Homewood, Pennsylvania. RELATED: Top 9 must see Black films WHEC reports: During the bust, agents found $6,000 worth of crack cocaine, several bags of sex toys and $4,000 cash inside the daycare. Read The Whole […]
NEW YORK-A display in a Manhattan Baby Gap is causing controversy due to its eerie resemblance to a “lynching tree.” RELATED: Racial anti-abortion billboard pulled down amid outrage from Black leaders Gawker reports: We’ve emailed Gap for some clarification, and we’ll update with their reply. The photo raised much outrage among Facebook commenters when it […]
FRANKFURT, Germany – A gunman fired shots at U.S. military personnel on a bus outside Frankfurt airport on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding two before being taken into custody, authorities said. RELATED: Top 9 must see Black films Kosovo’s interior minister told The Associated Press that German police have identified the gunman as a […]
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — New Jersey’s flagship state university has decided to allow male and female students to share rooms in three dorms in an effort to make the Rutgers’ New Brunswick campus more inclusive for gay students after a highly publicized suicide last year.
Maryland — A Baltimore based group of young sisters picked up a mic and a video camera and took their issues with rapper Lil Wayne to Youtube with a song titled “Open Letter.” RELATED: Top 9 must see Black films The girls, who go by the group name of “Watoto from the Nile,” have produced […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted bill to trim $4 billion from the budget, completing hastily processed legislation aimed at keeping partisan budget divisions from causing a government shutdown.
