Los Angeles firefighter Justin Eulian, 37, and his mother Lonieta Antonietta Fontaine, 70, are accused of attacking a woman who was feeding stray cats in their neighborhood, reports KTLA.com. Eulian and Fontaine are each charged with “one felony count of battery with serious bodily injury and one felony count of assault by means likely to produce great […]
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, AIG CEO Robert Benmosche said that public outrage over the company’s executive bonuses is “sort of like” lynching Black people in the Deep South, reports CNN Money. According to Benmosche, criticism of the bonuses “was intended to stir public anger, to get everybody out there with their […]
Kinzie Barlow’s (pictured at left) 3-year-old boy, Khonor (torso pictured), is lucky to be alive after her exploding electronic cigarette set his car seat on fire, which left the child with first- and- second-degree burns throughout his body, according to Fox 13 News. SEE ALSO: 4 Charged In Chicago Park Shooting The Provo, Utah, Mom […]
Malik Yoba said he doesn’t have any opinion on President Obama‘s involvement with Syria, but he still shared his thoughts at the 2013 Congressional Black Caucus. “The United States remains police of the world,” said Yoba. “Regardless of what the deficit is, regardless of what we can’t afford, but that’s policy, right? Stay connected on 2013 […]
“There’s state fights that we have to be involved in,” Johnson stated, “so regular folks, faith community, organizations, activists need to be actively involved in the state level to ensure that even as we’re trying to defend this federal legislation that we don’t go backwards in states.” Stay connected on 2013 CBCF Coverage, and tune in […]
What was suppose to be a joke ended up getting a 14-year-old boy expelled from school for a year and facing a judge on an assault charge, both of which the Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is trying to reverse, Fox 2 News reports. Kyle Thompson (pictured) was joking around with friends […]
Anthony Yarbough (pictured), a Brooklyn man serving a 75-to-life sentence for allegedly killing his mother, sister, and her friend, may be exonerated by newly found DNA evidence, the Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Presidents Come Together For Affordable Care Act “Every day I ask God, I’m innocent. What am I doing here?” Yarbough told the […]
Activism has changed greatly over the years. Nowadays if one wants to bring forth change, it is done through the work of your thumbs. But for actor/activist Malik Yoba, the conventional ways of activism might still be the way to go. “If you look at things that are just part of the social fabric of […]
NFL Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones (pictured) was arrested Monday morning on disorderly conduct charges for allegedly making offensive comments to police while intoxicated at a traffic stop, according to TMZ. SEE ALSO: Jacoby Jones: Ravens Wide Receiver Injured During Altercation With Stripper Jones was reportedly the passenger in a vehicle that was being […]
There are still some questions about the Affordable Care Act and what how it can be a benefit, so Jeff Johnson breaks it down. It will: “make sure your child can stay on your insurance until you’re 24 [age limit is 26], ensure that pre-existing conditions doesn’t block you from care, make sure that even […]
The recession seemed to affect African Americans more than any other group, and we are still seeing it in our unemployment rates. What can we do to combat it? Marc Morial of the National Urban League gives insight. “This growing economy gap,” he said, “this income inequality that is on the rise in this country […]
The Affordable Care Act and Obamacare were hot topics at this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and President and CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, shared his point of view. “[Obamacare] is good for the nation because it’s going to provide health coverage for millions of more Americans,” Morial said. “It’s going to […]
