A new op-ed on The Root written by John McWhorter talks about the Black community’s stance on homophobia. McWhorter mentions how many point immediately to the Bible as their defense for being homophobic. He points to comments he’s read in articles he’s written before on the topic. Here’s an excerpt: If the Bible has been […]

WASHINGTON — Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration said Thursday it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the country’s emergency reserve as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Libya. The release from the […]

NFL Legend O.J. Simpson fell from grace in 1994 when he was suspected of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. During the 15-month murder trial, a media frenzy ensued, taking the nation on an emotional roller-coaster. When the final verdict was announced on October 3, 1995, it became apparent how emotionally invested the nation was […]

The Department of Justice has subpoenaed NY Times investigative journalist Jim Risen, to testify in a whistle-blower prosecution involving Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent, whom the DOJ says leaked information to Risen for a story that exposed information on the War on Terror. However, Risen refused to testify, proclaiming it violates his privilege to […]

Reports spread that O.J. Simpson allegedly arranged to sit with Oprah Winfrey to discuss and confess to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown. After a long and grueling trial in 1995, Simpon’s lawyers triumphed and he went free. A controversy that split the country for years seemed to finally be on the brink of […]

Singer Missy Elliott has been diagnosed with Grave’s Disease, an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. She first had the condition in 2008. Some of the effects of the disease are sweating, weight loss despite increased appetite, moodswings, diarrhea and frequent defecation. Billboard reports: “I was [driving and] trying to put my foot on the […]

The UK Daily Mail is reporting that former NFL great O.J. Simpson allegedly confessed to a producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in an act of self-defense. RELATED: Oprah: “I Have A Dream Of O.J. Simpson Confessing To Me” The report by the National Enquirer, which the […]

It’s a known fact that the right wing astronomically opposes any and all illegal immigrants on U.S. soil. Many are enraged by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s memo to field agents and office directors, advising them to focus on deporting only “dangerous” illegal immigrants. Many conservatives are accusing the government of not enforcing the […]

SEATTLE — At a national forum to declare war on the “War On Drugs,”, Rev. Jesse Jackson said the “War On Drugs” is “government-sponsored-terrorism. The Seattle Medium reports: “This is a crime against humanity. War on drugs is a war on Black and Brown and must be challenged by the highest levels of our government […]

Brazilian officials have confirmed that an uncontacted indigenous group has been discovered in an isolated region of Brazil. During a fly over over of the Amazon territory, photographers captured images of the group, as the villagers pointed arrows at the plane. The group was first discovered after scientists observed satellited images of the rain forest. […]

WASHINGTON — For the past eight years, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas worried about a looming deadline: the expiration of a fake Oregon driver’s license that had allowed him to get his first full-time job at a top U.S. newspaper. The 30-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winner who covered the Virginia Tech massacre for The Washington Post was using […]

LESLIE, Ga.  — It’s 3:25 p.m. in a dusty cucumber field in south Georgia. A knot of criminal offenders who spent seven hours in the sun harvesting buckets of vegetables by hand have decided they’re calling it quits – exactly as crew leader Benito Mendez predicted in the morning. Unless the cucumbers come off the […]