The 5th Annual Diversity Affluence Brunch showcases the achievements of people from diverse backgrounds who have built success within their respective industries. These are people who continue to take their success to the next level by progressing and influencing diversity and multicultural business agendas and positive social impact in the world. Attendees and honorees included […]
Rapper/Actor Common talks education,music, life, takes a looks at violence through the perspective of other Chicago Hip Hop artists and breaks down his new album, “Nobody’s Smiling,” in this exclusive interview with KYSDC.com. RELATED: Focus On Gun Violence In Chicago
During a speech about the economy on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo., President Barack Obama delivered a few words for all of his haters.
A New York City police officer put a seven-months-pregnant woman in a chokehold after a dispute over illegal grilling in Brooklyn, NY. For more information about this bizarre incident and to watch the entire disturbing video visit the New York Daily News.
One of President Barack Obama‘s top advisers said that he expects House Republicans will file articles of impeachment against the president. On Friday, Dan Pfeiffer, told reporters, the lawsuit filed by House Speaker John Boehner over executive actions taken by the president on health care would not be enough to satisfy some conservatives in Congress. […]
Detroiters without running water have a special delivery coming from Canada, if it can get past the border guards. Eight cars loaded with 264 gallons of Canadian tap water is scheduled to caravan through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and deliver bottles of water to the residents of the Motor City. For more information about what Canadians are doing […]
An NYPD internal report prepared after Eric Garner’s death fails to mention the chokehold used to subdue him and states that Garner was not in “great distress.” To view excerpts of the internal NYPD report visit the New York Daily News. Follow our continued coverage of the Eric Garner chokehold death incident on NewsOne.com.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — An adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister says a Malaysian passenger plane, reportedly flight MH17, carrying 295 people has been shot down. Developing … Follow our continuing coverage of Flight MH17 on NewsOne.com.
Big Tobacco has turned to racial targeting to survive a downturn in sales. Reynolds American, the No. 2 U.S. tobacco producer announced a deal to buy No. 3 cigarette maker Lorillard for about $25 billion. Why does this matter? It matters because of Lorillard’s menthol cigarette brand, Newport, which is marketed towards African American smokers. […]
Meet Chase Reed, a 16-year-old sneaker enthusiast from Harlem who just opened the world’s first sneaker pawn shop. NewsOne sat down with Chase to learn how he turned his love for shoes into a burgeoning business. Watch him tell his amazing story. Read more of Chase’s story.
A new study conducted by the Vera Institute of Justice titled, “Race and Prosecution in Manhattan,” revealed that Black and Latino defendants in Manhattan are more likely to be held pretrial proceedings and ultimately sentenced to prison than white or Asian defendants.
If you’re a woman, there’s a good chance you may have been harassed on the street. Have you ever wanted to someone to help you when you were in that most uncomfortable situation? Or if you’re a man, have you seen a woman being harassment on the street but wasn’t sure how to help her? […]
