Data from a recent study released today in the American Journal of Public Health showed that banning menthol cigarettes could save as much as 600,000 premature deaths by the year 2050. Check out more information below and discuss whether you think these cigarettes should be banned. The Grio reports: With tobacco companies heavily marketing menthol […]
It has been confirmed that Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith are scheduled to appear on Oprah’s grand finale on May 25. The Daily reports: Speculation about who will appear on the mystery-shrouded last episode has been building as Oprah ends her 25-year run of “The Oprah Show.” Fans’ and journalists’ guesses have included […]
Today is the birthday of not just an African-American musical treasure, but a world treasure. We celebrate the birthday of legendary musician Stevie Wonder who is now turning 61. You thought he was older right? Well, at least I did so. But in honor of his birthday, we wanted to ask you all to leave […]
MANCHESTER, Conn. — There is no evidence to support a man’s claim that he was a victim of racism before he fatally shot eight co-workers at a beer distribution company last year, police said Thursday. Omar Thornton, who was black, “did not seem to understand the concept of seniority” and therefore believed he was subjected […]
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WASHINGTON — Recy Taylor has a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the living room of her home in Florida. She never imagined she would visit the Obamas’ house in Washington. Taylor is touring the nation’s capital a month after her home state of Alabama apologized to her for never […]
ATLANTA — A 38-year-old TV sports anchor from Chicago was found dead Thursday morning in his Atlanta hotel room, where he was staying while covering the Chicago Bulls-Atlanta Hawks NBA playoff series. Daryl Hawks worked for WMAQ-TV since 2008. Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos said Hawks was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced […]
SHABQADAR, Pakistan – A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan on Friday, killing 80 people in an especially deadly strike that the Pakistani Taliban claimed it carried out to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. The blasts in the northwest were a reminder of the savagery of […]
After several reported meeting cancellations by the Obama Administration in the past two years, the Congressional Black Caucus and President Obama were in a room together and talked guess what: African American unemployment. In an hour long meeting this past Thursday, CBC members urged President Obama to focus on the unemployment issues of African Americans […]
