In an op-ed for Clutch Magazine, Newsone Contributing Editor, Kirsten West Savali, discusses why Naomi Schaefer Riley‘s scathing indictment of Black Studies is a glaring example of white privilege. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! Every now and again, there is a manifestation of white privilege so brilliant in its ignorance, […]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim citizen elected to Congress and the first African-American to represent The North Star State, has changed the game in a way that no one has before him. SEE ALSO: Unemployment Falls To 8.1 Percent Recently completing a 24-hour hunger strike Thursday evening “as a sign of solidarity with […]
In a recorded call that was nothing short of career suicide, Skyy Fisher, a Compton Unified school board member called 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen killed by George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, a “faggot black dude” and school Superintendent Karen Frison a “bitch,” reports the Huffington Post. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook […]
When 6-year-old D’Avonte Meadows was suspended for three days from his Aurora, Colorado elementary school for singing the lyrics to LMFAO’s “I’m Sexy and I Know It,” his mother didn’t find it funny it all, reports Denver’s ABC 7. SEE ALSO: Unemployment Falls To 8.1 Percent “I could understand if he was fondling her, looking […]
UPDATE, May 24, 2012 — 12:00 AM EST: Jurors deliberated for less than 4 hours on May 2, before finding Pedro Espinoza, 23, guilty of 1st degree murder for the 2008 shooting death of 17-year-old football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. in Los Angeles. They have suggested that he receive the death penalty. Read more here. […]
In addition to being named People Magazine‘s “Most Beautiful Woman in the World” of 2012, Beyonce Knowles will be honored for her writing skills by the New York Association of Black Journalists on May 15, reports the NY Daily News. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up On Black News Worldwide! When Knowles took a […]
So, you can’t get enough of the weave-pulling, table-jumping, backstabbing antics of “Basketball Wives”? Never fear, the ever resourceful Shaunie O’Neal has teamed with another beautiful mogul, Tracey Edmonds, to bring the scream-fest to the big screen, reports Variety. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up On Black News Worldwide! Fox Searchlight acquired the as […]
As Mitt Romney continues to attack President Barack Obama because of his “celebration” of Osama bin Laden’s death, the president is staying to true to his campaign slogan and moving “forward” with plans to seek peace in an Afghanistan still riddled with violence and discontent. He addressed the nation tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST, from Bagram […]
Martin Lawrence, 47, and his wife Shamicka (pictured left), 37, are divorcing after less than two years of marriage, reports People.com. Out of love and respect for one another we will continue to remain friends and raise our two beautiful daughters together,” the couple said in a statement. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up […]
In an unanticipated turn of events, Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester unsealed files on Monday in the highly controversial George Zimmerman trial, reports The Grio. RELATED: NewsOne’s Trayvon Martin Coverage Zimmerman is charged by the state of Florida with murder in the second degree for the shooting death of unarmed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February […]
Attorney Mark O’ Mara, legal council for George Zimmerman, 28, has apologized for his client’s ill-timed apology at a stunning bond hearing where he was granted $150,000 bail Friday morning, saying that he did not know that the family would find it inappropriate, reports CBS News. RELATED: NewsOne’s Trayvon Martin Coverage “My concern is, I […]