Farai Chideya at the Root wrote a very good article about the relationship between the Black community and the Republican Party.  Chideya discusses the perplexing fact that African Americans are overwhelmingly Democratic, yet many millions of us possess value systems that would be a better fit for a Republican pep rally. SEE ALSO: Bin Laden’s […]

The current march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama — on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s 1965 civil rights procession — is not just a reenactment, but a “call to arms” in the face of draconian voter ID laws and anti-immigrant legislation. NewsOne’s Elon James White has filed this exclusive report from the road between […]

As Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of the late-iconic songstress Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, prepares for her one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, certain members of her family are raising concerns about her decision to chat with the talk show diva so soon after her mother’s death, reports People.com. SEE ALSO: FDA Issues […]

SAN DIEGO — Marine Sgt. Gary Stein first started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots to encourage service members to exercise their free speech rights. Then he declared that he wouldn’t follow orders from the commander in chief, President Barack Obama. While Stein softened his statement to say he wouldn’t follow “unlawful […]

Jesse Hippolite pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing three banks last year.   The 24-year-old is now facing 20 years in prison for each robbery and has Facebook to blame, reports the Daily Mail. SEE ALSO: Study: Heart Drug Curbs Racism Hippolite, a prolific robber who called himself “Willie Sutton Jr.” on Facebook, provided clues in his […]

Meet Joseph Kony, one of the most villainous criminals on the planet. This Ugandan terrorist is founder of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a anti-government group that is responsible for forcing thousands girls into prostitution and turning young boys into brain-washed child soldiers for his so-called “Christian movement.” SEE ALSO: Are South African Youth Tired […]

If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he’s found Internet stardom now. SEE ALSO: Black Students Face More Arrests Than Whites A video about the atrocities carried out by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army is rocketing into viral video territory and is racking up millions of page views seemingly by the hour. The […]

After offering Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, a half-baked apology for calling her a “slut” and a “prostitute” on his nationally syndicated radio show,  the odious “voice of the GOP,” Rush Limbaugh, is back to his arrogant ways, saying that he cares nothing about the sponsors fleeing from his show in droves, reports Politico.com. SEE […]