Maya Peterson, former student body president at the prestigious Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, resigned from her position after she caused an uproar by mocking conservative, White male students at the school, reports Buzzfeed.com. Peterson posted an Instagram picture of herself sporting L.L. Bean boots and a Yale sweater, while holding a hockey stick. […]
Members of the GOP can’t seem to get enough of using slavery to compare and contrast everything under the sun. Rep. Tim Walberg is the latest Republican to use slavery in an attempt to describe something in America. We can now add spare time and elective entertainment to the list of things that Republicans have compared […]
Republicans are threatening legal action against President Barack Obama over his use of executive orders. Speaker of the House, John Boehner announced this past week week that he would file a lawsuit against the president to “compel” him to enforce existing law. ” President Obama responded to his Republican detractors saying, “They don’t do anything except block me […]
Just think about this: Recreational water, which include beaches, generally contains a mixture of pathogenic (disease-causing) and non-pathogenic microorganisms. These microorganisms may naturally inhabit the water, or they may come from sewage sources, wildlife, farming activities, domestic animals, industrial processes or people. According to expert findings, all public swimming areas can harbor germs that cause […]
How often have you heard it said that Black Americans don’t support each other economically? It’s a common refrain in conversations around sociopolitical uplift for the Black community and many come to the conclusion that Blacks just don’t show each other the same kind of financial love that you see in other racial and ethnic […]
Wiley Reynolds of Brooklyn, who allegedly lost his grandson after passing out on an F train Friday, was arrested after officers discovered he was high on methadone at the time, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Judge Dismisses Zimmerman Lawsuit Against NBC Officials have charged Reynolds with failure to exercise control of a […]
More than two dozen community and faith-based women leaders have signed a letter addressed to President Barack Obama in support of the administration’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative geared toward men and boys of color. The coalition, loosely naming itself the National Women Leadership Supporting My Brother’s Keeper, features prominent Black leadership across several organizations and churches nationwide […]
The African-American community collectively mourned when Johnson Publishing announced earlier this year that it would no longer print “JET Magazine”. Black Twitter exploded with grief over popular magazine features like the “Beauty of the Week” and “JET Weddings” when readers every where believed they’d never see their faces printed in the book. But no so fast! In […]
Chris Rock Interviews White People at a Monster Truck Rally About BET The highlight of the currently airing BET Awards so far was this reel of Chris Rock interviewing white people at a monster truck rally about BET, the BET Awards, and black music. Watch. Obama: Congress Doesn’t Do Anything ‘Except Block Me And Call […]
Former Disney channel’s “Shake it Up” star Zendaya (pictured right) has reportedly bowed out of the lead role of the much-anticipated Lifetime channel’s biopic about the life of the late-young songstress Aaliyah (pictured left), according to MTV News. SEE ALSO: Fired! Whoopi Goldberg Stands Alone As Co-Hosts Get Canned On ‘The View’ Lifetime tweeted the news […]
