On Wednesday evening, a Marine Corps spokesmen announced that Sgt. Gary Stein, the Marine who insulted and criticized President Barack Obama on his Facebook page, would have an other-than-honorable discharge for his comments, according to CNN. RELATED: Marine Who Insulted, Criticized Obama May Be Dismissed Stein’s disrespectful comments were found to be in violation of […]
In an attempt to connect with young college-aged voters during a campaign stop at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday, President Barack Obama told told them that he and Michelle Obama paid off their student loans just eight years ago, the Daily Mail reports. SEE ALSO: ‘Think Like A Man’ Pulls […]
I love David Banner. He is not the only brilliant hip-hop artist that we hear on the radio, but he is one of the few who is proud of his intelligence. Unlike brothers who fall for the temptation to mask their intelligence with counter-productive bo-jangling, Banner boldly uses his platform to promote the greater good. […]
Jazz queen Ella Fitzgerald (pictured) is firmly positioned as one of the most-heralded jazz vocalists to have ever picked up a microphone. SEE ALSO: Ku Klux Klan Holds 1st National Meeting On This Day In 1867 With a three-octave vocal range, booming histrionics and the uncanny ability to improvise with her signature scats, Ms. Fitzgerald […]
On practically the heels of her famous twin Tia Mowry, who gave birth last June to a baby boy, now Tamera Mowry-Housley has announced that her little bundle of joy is due in early November, reports People Magazine. SEE ALSO: Stars Surprising Heritages The expectant Mom just tied the knot last May to Fox News correspondent Adam […]
A few Jamaican lawmakers recently announced a quest to explore reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. This is the second effort to discuss reparations, after the first one failed in 2010 due to financial difficulties. The effort involves the restoration of a commission that will investigate the issue and possibly ask for compensation from Britain […]
U.S. Secret Service men aren’t the only guardians of our great country who like to be, how shall we say it, serviced! SEE ALSO: Smiley, West Still Fight For The Poor News broke today that three marines and an embassy official hired prostitutes they met in a night club in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia […]
Beyoncé Knowles Carter, a 16-time Grammy winner, actress, entrepreneur, beauty and style icon, wife of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, and new Mommy, has yet another distinction to add to her belt: People Magazine has named her the “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” of 2012. SEE ALSO: Stars Surprising Heritages Beyoncé, who is often referred to as “flawlessly beautiful,” is […]
A small and predominately White town in central Kentucky has been the birthplace of many inaugural events. SEE ALSO: Will Obama Be Able To Win PA In November? Stars Surprising Heritages Called the “City of Firsts” by its residents, Danville has now added Tony Gray as its first African-American police chief, reports local paper The […]
The parents of a two-year-old child pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of fourth-degree child neglect after their son was left alone and fell from a two-story window reports the Detroit Free Press. The incident occurred last Sunday, when Matthew McIntosh (pictured left), 21, and Mattie McCann (pictured right), 22, left their little boy unattended in their Pontiac, […]
Former SNL star Jon Lovitz took aim at President Barack Obama during a stand-up in which he chided him on his tax policy. SEE ALSO: ‘Think Like A Man’ Pulls Black Males But some didn’t see his routine as being very humorous, the Daily Mail reports. Lovitz delivered his “jokes” during an SNL podcast on […]
The case of brothers Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim (pictured left and right, respectively), who were accused of assaulting a Black teen in an orthodox Jewish neighborhood while on Neighborhood Watch, has taken a new turn. Instead of facing a jury in the 2010 beating of the then-15-year-old boy, the attorneys for the Werdesheim brothers were granted […]
