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The federal government is taking broad new steps to ban profiling by law enforcement agencies, bolstering a 2003 policy that previously only addressed the consideration of race and ethnicity in conducting federal investigations, according to a statement released Monday by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured). RELATED STORIES: UPDATED: Cleveland Cops Release Video In Shooting […]
Amidst all of the protests over the deaths of Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson that have been happening across the country, Hollywood joined in on the action this past weekend. According to KTLA, hundreds of protestors took to the busy intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue, the area where a man allegedly […]
The mass protests arising from grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Mo. and the Staten Island borough of New York City have inspired a round of celebrity protest songs. Last week Alicia Keys dropped “We Gotta Pray.” This week Frenchie Davis, the Grammy-nominated Broadway performer who got her first break as a finalist on American Idol and then appeared […]
Alia Atkinson (pictured) was in total disbelief when it was announced she had won a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke at the World Short Course Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday. Atkinson also became the first black woman to win a world title in swimming, according to the BBC. The 25-year-old Jamaican-born swimmer, who placed fourth […]
For those dismayed by the celebrity crickets around the epidemic of police misconduct in this country (Charles Barkley this does not mean you), take heart — GOOD Music artist John Legend and his wife, model and food blogger Christy Teigen are a fresh exception to the rule. See Also: Is Charles Barkley The New Bill Cosby? The […]
(photo credit: FaceBook) In the wake of the refusal to indict Officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo for the murders of 18-year-old Michael Brown and 43-year-old Eric Garner, respectively, Kings County, Brooklyn district attorney Kenneth Thompson began to impanel a grand jury to decide the fate of Officer Peter Liang, the man who shot and killed 28-year-old Akai Gurley. Thompson, who is African American, and whose single mother […]
Michael Sam (pictured right) does not lack the talent to play on a National Football League team, he tells TMZ. The reason the rush end is not an NFL player is because, well, he’s gay, he tells the site. RELATED: Roland Martin Says Don’t Compare Michael Sam to Jackie Robinson The Southeastern Conference (SEC) defensive 2013 Player […]
Five Montgomery County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputies allegedly sent racist text messages both on and off duty, sparking a sweeping internal investigation, according to Talking Points Memo, citing reports at WDTN and WKEF television news stations. SEE ALSO: Cop In Vonderrit Myers Jr. Shooting Allegedly Tied To Racist Social Media Posts Cop Who Pushed Don Lemon Suspended After […]
It’s been exactly a year since Nelson Mandela passed away, but his legacy continues. People across the globe are paying homage to South Africa’s first black president; a man who broke barriers and made sacrifices to evoke social and political change. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama today released a statement reflecting on the legacy […]
Director, producer, performer and all-around creative phenom, Tyler Perry (pictured) and his longtime lady-love, Gelila Bekele (pictured), welcomed a bouncing baby boy, Aman, on November 30 reports E! News. An unnamed source reportedly spoke to E! News about the child’s birth and says both Perry and Bekele are over the moon about their first-born. Perry, who typically […]
Damien Gurganious (pictured), “The Biggest Loser” season 7 alum, passed away at age 38 on November 24. The former big guy, who only celebrated his birthday one week before his untimely death, died as a result of a rare autoimmune disorder, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) that caused bleeding of the brain according to E News! […]
UPDATE: (Friday, Dec. 5, 11am ET): Sir Charles Barkley responded to his friend and colleague Kenny Smith first on a radio program and then on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” according to USA Today. Unsurprisingly, Barkley said that he disagreed with Smith and took special umbrage to “The Jet” touching on slavery in his open letter. Barkley made […]