In this video, a suspect who happened to be resisting arrest receives a beating for nearly two minutes from several cops wielding batons.
President Obama said today that funding the Pigford II settlement is a “priority” for his administration.
The Rev. Al Sharpton unleashed a formal assault on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. today, accusing it of dredging up old tax debts for his civil rights organization in retaliation for holding his Reclaim the Dream rally the same day as Fox News TV host Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor event, which took place at the foot […]
The White House wants tomorrow’s ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to be a day of service as well as remembrance.
The debut episode of “The Giant Word,” a new video series from Jay Smooth that analyzes the buzzwords that buzz around in the media, and figure out where they come from and what they really mean. This week we take a look at what politicans are really trying to say, when they tell us to […]
As we first reported, Josie Harris called the police at around 5 AM yesterday from her home in Vegas — and when cops arrived she told them the professional boxer had attacked her and threatened to kill her.
Heat over a Florida church’s plans to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is being felt as far away as Afghanistan.
Today, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week kicked off in its new home, Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park in New York City. The event draws tastemakers, editors, onlookers, and buyers to witness the hottest in design industry talent. The semi-annual fashion events, formerly at Bryant Park, draw more than 230,000 attendees every year and generate more than $770 million […]
After chasing bad guys all day, it’s understandable cops could use a good laugh.
Recently, Bakari Kitwana, who is one of our exclusive bloggers and CEO of Rapsessions.org , landed an exclusive interview with Minnijean Brown-Trickey, who is a member of the Little Rock Nine, the group of African-American students who, against fierce racist opposition, desegregated their Arkansas high school. He spoke to her about the recent death of […]
A few days ago, I caught another one of the 1,000 specials created by ABC, NBC and CNN about the lack of educated and employed Black men available for Black women, and how the Black family is on the brink of being endangered. Frankly, I’m tired of seeing these specials, although opening up a conversation […]
Playboy model Tiffany Livingston was detained on Thursday after she allegedly tried to open a plane door in mid-flight, according to a New York newspaper.