Dallas — Please join us this Saturday morning April 2nd at 10 a.m. in the Dallas Convention Center Theater Complex (Dallas, TX) where we will discuss “African American Males Portraying Female Roles in Film and Television.” The roundtable discussion will be moderated by filmmaker Warrington Hudlin and feature guest commentator Stanley Crouch (MacArthur Genius Fellow). […]

DAMASCUS, Syria — Facing an extraordinary wave of popular dissent, Syrian President Bashar Assad fired his Cabinet on Tuesday and promised to end widely despised emergency laws – concessions unlikely to appease protesters demanding sweeping reforms in one of the most hard-line nations in the Middle East ALSO READ: Alicia Keys To Direct Lifetime Movie […]

NEW YORK-Damian Furtch, 26, was brutally beaten outside a McDonalds in the West Village area of New York City. The New York Daily News reports: Furtch posted pictures of his injuries on Facebook and blunt words about his ordeal. “I thought I was safe in the city I loved but apparently wearing fluorescent colored clothing […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, America’s first all-female racially-integrated band, are being interviewed onstage today at the Smithsonian Institution from 11 a.m. to noon ET as part of the launch of the museum’s Jazz Appreciation Month. In this onstage conversation (and webcast), members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm discuss the history […]

MICHIGAN-Jalen Rose was arrested for D.U.I. earlier this month in Michigan according to a report from TMZ: Cops were called to the scene and Rose agreed to undergo several voluntary roadside sobriety tests. He was later transported to a nearby facility for chemical testing … those results have not yet been returned. Rose was eventually […]

As a fan of hip-hop, I couldn’t help but appreciate the talent of the rapper Wiz Khalifa out of Pittsburgh. Fresh off the release of his new album, “Rolling Papers,” Wiz appears to be on the top of the hip-hop world. The first thing I thought about when I heard Wiz Khalifa’s style is that […]

Harlem, New York– President Obama held a fundraiser last night at a recently opened Harlem neighborhood restaurant, Red Rooster;  raising 1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee, and drawing crowds of many neighborhood supporters who hoped to catch a glimpse of the first African-American President. Among the 50 attendees of the $30,800-a-plate fundraiser, Charles Rangel […]

RAS LANOUF, Libya — Moammar Gaddafi’s forces hammered rebels with tanks and rockets, turning their rapid advance into a panicked retreat in an hourslong battle Tuesday. The fighting underscored the dilemma facing the U.S. and its allies in Libya: Rebels may be unable to oust Gaddafi militarily unless already contentious international airstrikes go even further […]

Jalen Rose’s recent comment that he considered black Duke players like Grant Hill “Uncle Toms” was insulting to everyone at the school, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday. Also read: Rihanna Wrongfully Brags On Twitter That Her Show Is Sold Out