Nation

From Essence.com: Is 35 really the new 25? For some women over 35 looking to have children, this just might be the case. Let’s imagine we know a highly educated woman in her late 30’s who is thinking of having children. But unlike days of old our girl is not looking at a wedding ring […]

From CNN.com: Editor’s note: Roland S. Martin, a CNN political analyst, is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of “Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith” and the new book “The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House.” He is a commentator for TV One Cable Network and host of a […]

NEW YORK – Smokey Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brownwere among the music legends being honored on the Apollo Theater’s new Walk of Fame in New York City.

WASHINGTON — White flight? In a reversal, America’s suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities, the poor and a rapidly growing older population as many younger, educated whites move to cities for jobs and shorter commutes.

From WYFF4.com FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. — A total of ten people now face charges in connection with a music video posted on YouTube last August. Fountain Inn police say the video showed individuals handling guns in a public park within the city limits. “It just never ceases to amaze me that people would video themselves […]

From The Hill: Republicans are questioning Elena Kagan’s ties to a liberal icon and the nation’s first African-American Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall.

Did you catch Roland & Smokey discussing Toyota’s hip-hop inspired “Swagger Wagon” video advertisement? Smokey seems to side with BlackPlanet commenters who feel it’s a bit offensive while Roland sees “nothing racy about it.”

I was on Facebook the other day, and someone made a joke about “being poked” (a way to draw someone’s attention on Facebook).  The person casually made the statement that it’s “better to be poked on Facebook than to be poked in prison.”

WASHINGTON  — President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S.Supreme Court, declaring she would demonstrate the same independence, integrity and passion for the law exhibited by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

From NYDailyNews.com: Black politicians and church leaders blasted cops Sunday for storming a Crown Heights church during services to pursue a suspect in a traffic incident.

From CBSNews.com: (CBS) President Obama delivered the commencement address today at Virginia’s Hampton University – his first as president to a predominantly African-American school.