UPDATE: Forbes Staff Writer Kashmir Hill writes that she felt the column Gene Marks wrote was offensive. SEE ALSO: If Obama Loses, What Will He Do Next? “As soon as I saw the title, I groaned. “This is going to be offensive,” she wrote in a blog post. Hill also mentioned that Marks is one […]
Embattled U.S. Attorney Eric Holder is set to deliver a speech this evening that is likely to address the wave of newly passed state laws across the country that require voters to provide photo identification when voting, the New York Times reports. SEE ALSO: Newt Gingrich’s Most Controversial Remarks School Gives Sagging Students The Belt […]
For all of the tears shed and pain felt in the aftermath of Robert Champion’s death, it is likely that the practice of hazing will continue. We need only review the number of young men and women who died before Champion took his final breath. SEE ALSO: Occupy Protesters Shut Down Ports Sandusky’s Last Shot […]
We hear so much about college-educated, money-making sistas being unable to get a man. It’s like black women are more likely to share a latte with First Lady Michelle Obama in the middle of Times Square than they are to catch a decent black man in their own hometown, if you let the stat monkeys […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent – hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might stop a crippling debt crisis, save the euro currency and prevent worldwide economic chaos. SEE ALSO: Vogue Magazine E-Archives Only one country said no: […]
Plots to suppress the African American vote date back to the Reconstruction Era. Prior to the Voter Rights Act of 1965, these were some of the more commonly used tactics by conservatives who wanted to keep blacks from voting. SEE ALSO: Why Newt Scares Me Violence In 1873, a gang of whites in Colfax, Louisiana […]
A ten-year-old Mexican girl delivered an infant by Caesarean section after a 31-week pregnancy, The Huffington Post reports. SEE ALSO: Why Newt Scares Me The mother was admitted to Hospital de la Mujer in the city of Puebla, just 60 miles southeast of Mexico City, on Oct. 22, after “suffering from seizures and other medical […]
Four drunken Somali Muslim women caught on tape severely beating a white woman in the UK were not jailed because the judge heard they were “not used to being drunk” because they were Muslim, UK publication The Sun reports. Not only did the judge determine the attack was not racially motivated, he decided neither of […]
Patrice O’Neal’s closest friends in comedy came together on The Opie and Anthony Channel (XM 105/Sirius 206) this weekend to celebrate his life, The Huffington Post reports. RELATED: Terrence Howard Hit With Restraining Order Terrence Howard Denies Estranged Wife’s Allegations O’Neal had been guest on “The Opie and Anthony Show” over 100 times, and even […]
The father of missing Detroit girl Bianca Jones says he is receiving death threats, The Detroit News reports. SEE ALSO: Blago Gets 14 years D’Andre Lane says the media and police are making him look as if he had something to do with his daughter’s disappearance. “This is unfair,” Lane said according to the The […]
The NewsOne crew found a few interesting tidbits you should know about Black folks’ efforts during and after the Pearl Harbor attacks. 1) Dorris Miller was a mess attendant on the U.S.S. West Virginia when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th of 1941. Though Miller served his time as a cook, he proved […]
Is the pulpit brain-washing blacks against supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) people? SEE ALSO: Father Says It Was ‘A Mistake’ To Use 9-year-old As Chauffeur It depends on who you ask. LGBT advocates have different perspectives on why blacks do not align themselves with gay rights causes. To varying degrees, many LGBT rights […]