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Florida-bred singer T-Pain has branded himself in the music industry as the Auto-Tune king. In a recent performance on NPR, he proved that using it has been a matter of choice, and not necessity. “People felt like I was using it to sound good,” said T-Pain during the interview. “But I was just using it to sound […]
Cynthia Ramsey, a math teacher at North Carolina's Camden County High School was suspended with pay after allegedly making an extremely racist remark in front of multiple students, reports Raw Story.
A mainstay of the black entertainment magazine scene is about to go dark. Sister2Sister, a publication that was designed for African American women and highlighted black Hollywood, has filed for bankruptcy. Jamie Foster Brown, the publisher of the 28-year-old magazine, says she wants to focus on building its online brand. “The community does not want […]
Former president Jimmy Carter‘s grandson, Georgia state senator Jason Carter, is running for governor of the state, and he says we shouldn’t sleep on Nov. 4 just because no one is running for president. The types of races you find during mid-term elections, like governors’ races, are “where stuff gets done,” he told radio show […]
Fear of the Ebola virus has spread to the halls of higher education, spurring decisions to shun Africans in the name of safety. According to reports, officials at the University Of South Florida, St. Petersburg disinvited 14 journalists from African countries who were slated to visit the school as a part of the Edward R. Murrow […]
Despite an improving economy and a falling national unemployment rate, some American workers are still struggling to dig out from under sky-high debt that piled up during the Great Recession. One of the best and obvious ways to reduce debt is to stick to a budget, says New Jersey-based financial expert Tiffany Aliche, also known […]
Alleged Indiana serial killer Darren Deon Vann reportedly told police that a hit man recently paid him $300 and gave him drugs to kill a 35-year-old, Merrillville, Ind., woman, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. On Wednesday, the former U.S. Marine, who was discharged from service for reasons that are unclear, was charged with murder, murder in […]
A retired teacher delivered shocking testimony this week in the Atlanta schools cheating scandal, saying that her primary role when she was hired at a struggling elementary school was to erase certain answers on the state academic competency test, according to WTOC 11. The teacher, Lavonia Ferrell, (pictured left) testified Tuesday at the trial of […]
UPDATED Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 3:45 p.m. E.T.: Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis has been released from jail Tuesday morning after her arrest during a protest in Ferguson. She called the arrest a “symbolic” act. Learn more about what led to her arrest the video below. Earlier: Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed of […]
Interested in making a big purchase like a house or car, but your credit report is marred by a history of late credit card payments? Believe it or not, there is something you can do to wipe it out. It’s called credit card re-aging, which requires you to make an agreement with your credit card […]
UPDATED Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 11:40 a.m. E.T. – The Liberian national who was hospitalized in Texas with Ebola, Thomas Eric Duncan, has succumbed to the disease. He died at 7:51 a.m. at a hospital in Dallas. NBC News posted the hospital’s statement on Twitter: As NBC News reported: “It is with profound sadness and heartfelt […]
It’s no secret that African Americans face unique challenges to their financial security that are unlike those of white households. An estimated 42 percent of African American households use credit for basic expenses, such as rent, groceries and utilities, according to The Challenge of Credit Card Debt for the African American Middle Class, (pdf), a […]