What better way for a young, privileged White woman to ring in her 21st birthday than with a racist party full of stereotypical, ignorant depictions of Africa, white men in Blackface, and jovial Klansmen? That’s exactly what a young Australian woman did, but when she posted the pictures on social media, she didn’t quite get […]
While speaking on the cyber issues plaguing Healthcare.gov at the White House earlier this afternoon, President Barack Obama paused in the middle of his remarks to catch a pregnant woman who was close to passing out, reports Slate.com. “This happens when I talk too long,” Obama joked from the Rose Garden as people applauded. Karmel Allison was diagnosed with […]
What’s in a name? Centuries of racism, some say. Today on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin spoke with sports writer Roy S. Johnson about the controversy over Washington Washington Football Team’s team name, in the wake of news that two Washington, DC radio stations refused to run a radio ad by the Oneida Indian Nation criticizing […]
Grambling State University is in the spotlight over financial turmoil that has caused the football team to boycott practice, and sparked protests across campus. Today on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin replayed an interview he had this morning with Grambling State University president, Dr. Frank Pogue about the conflict, and what it will take to resolve things. […]
Aziza Kibibi (pictured above), whose infamous father, director Aswad Ayinde (pictured below), impregnated her five times, just received a $10,000 scholarship from the female empowerment organization Soroptimist to use towards her college degree, reports the New York Daily News. The grant monies, which is part of the organization’s Women’s Opportunity Awards program, are given to women to use towards the betterment […]
Former NBA star Stephon Marbury (pictured) has finally paid off the $300,000 he still owed his ex-mistress, Thurayyah Mitchell, the personal chef he had a fling with back in 2006 while married to his present “Basketball Wives” reality show star wife, Latasha (pictured), according to TMZ. Marbury, whose illicit affair cost him $900,000 in “hush money,” […]
The latest development in implosion of Grambling State University’s athletics program is the firing of the student newspaper’s online editor and the suspension of the opinions page editor. Today on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin, David Lankster, Sr., the online editor of The Gramblinite, confirmed that he was given the axe, though he had not yet received […]
A group of about 10 black Brooklyn, New York youths ages 12 to 18, allegedly attacked a white couple for honking at them as they walked along a cross walk, according to the New York Daily News. The attack took place at around 7 p.m. on October 14, as the kids crossed a wide, heavily traveled street outside the Kings Plaza […]
A Georgia man upset with his beard trimming, was stabbed with a straight razor by the barber who performed the cut last Wednesday. Carl Gilbert turned himself into the authorities shortly after the incident took place. SEE ALSO: Man Who Allegedly Punched White Man In Union Square Hit With Charges The stabbing occurred at C-Lo’s Barber Shop […]
If you’re a huge Oprah Winfrey fan and would love to have something of hers you can call your own, you’re in luck. Now you can purchase any of her personal memorabilia offerings from her many homes across the U.S. via an online yard sale at the KaminskiAuctions.com. The mammoth tented auction sale of fine art, furniture […]
The closest most non-American Indians have ever come to connecting emotionally with a Native culture was during a viewing of ”Pocahontas.” I know, she’s a caricature and not a real Native American, but that’s exactly my point. American Indians have been so marginalized in our society that all we know of them mostly consists of […]
Now that President Obama has been able to beat back the GOP’s attempt to derail the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), he’s tackling the elephant in the room: the sign-up process is full of glitches. Monday, the president will tell the nation what the plan is to get things back on track. Given that the […]
