Janet Hubert, the beloved original “Aunt Viv” on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has had enough of talk show host Wendy Williams’ emotional show over her favorite target, Whitney Houston. The acclaimed actress has written an open letter calling Williams on her hypocrisy reports Eurweb.com. RELATED: Remembering The Positives Of Whitney’s Life In 2003, Williams […]

Actors Brian White, Richard Roundtree, Dondre Whitfield and Phil Morris joined Roland Martin on Washington to discuss on the struggle for black actors to get the variety of television and film roles that reflect the diversity of the black experience and how the recent release of Red Tails (about the Tuskegee Airman) is helping to […]

DAYTON, Texas — Texas authorities said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds. SEE ALSO: What Jesse Jackson Could Teach Ron Paul Are Black Politicians Harassed? Along with the children, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor was properly sentenced to four years behind bars in the star’s death and should not be released on bail, prosecutors argued Tuesday in a response to his bid for release while his case is appealed. SEE ALSO: The Pressure Of Preserving Our Legacy Dr. Conrad Murray would be […]

Had Malcolm X not died in a hail of gunfire on this day 47 years ago, he likely would have been the same unflinchingly-proud, telling-it-how-it-is black man taking on conservative and liberal commentators today as articulately as he did when he was a newly-minted understudy of Minister Elijah Muhammad. He would have been 96 years […]

MIAMI— A once-powerful Haitian drug lord imprisoned in the U.S. deserves half off his 27-year sentence because he provided key assistance in the convictions of at least a dozen other corrupt officials from his country and high-level cocaine traffickers, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Kirkpatrick said 48-year-old Beaudoin “Jacques” Ketant’s cooperation […]

Conservative pundits are putting the Obamas over the coals for the number of family vacations they have taken. Reportedly, the Obamas have traveled 16 times in the three years they’ve been in the White House, and Republican and conservative naysayers are lambasting the reported costs of the trips, even though Obama’s predecessor, former President George […]

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]

The New York Knicks point guard phenom Jeremy Lin, whose on-the-court B-ball skills have everyone sitting up and taking notice, has now been linked with “it” girl Kim Kardashian. RELATED: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Says Jeremy Lin Hype Is Race-Related The 23-year-old breakout star is now trying to squelch the heated-up rumors that he and Kardashian […]

By Tricia McCarter In the pediatric waiting room at the HOYA Clinic in Washington, D.C., there is a round, blue, child-size table with four chairs. Against the wall, between two large windows, stands a bookcase with four shelves of books. SEE ALSO: What Jesse Jackson Could Teach Ron Paul Are Black Politicians Harassed? This is […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE. ————————– Angela Glover Blackwell Place of residence: Oakland, Calif. Why she is a local hero: Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of the Oakland, Calif.-based PolicyLink, is working […]

These days, Maya Rudolph stars in the new NBC hit series “Up All Night,” but fans remember her best as a former “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) troupe member. To the delight of many, this past Saturday Rudolph took to the stage and appeared as a guest host for “SNL,” bringing a few high-profile friends to […]