Greg Brannon, a GOP U.S. Senate hopeful out of North Carolina, compared food stamps to slavery and called for the dissolution of the Department of Agriculture in an interview recently discovered by Mother Jones. “We’re taking our plunder, that’s taken from us as individuals, [giving] it to the government, and the government is now keeping […]
Pearl Pearson, 64, a diabetic, deaf driver who resides in Oklahoma City was allegedly viciously beaten for seven minutes by police because he did not respond during a traffic stop, reports the Black Youth Project. The January 3 incident began when Pearson was pulled over by police officers. Even though the fact that Pearson is […]
Tamera Mowry-Housley opened up to Oprah Winfrey about the years of online hate that has been directed at her over her marriage to Fox News correspondent Adam Housely, who is White. During a taping of “Where Are They Now,” a series airing Winfrey’s OWN channel, Mowry-Housley sat next to her sister, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, as she […]
The curious death of Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson (pictured below) remains one of the most-baffling cases to date. On January 11, 2013, the 17-year-old Lowndes High School student’s body was found rolled in a wrestling mat inside the school’s gymnasium. Despite a shoddy investigation by local authorities and growing evidence that surveillance video may have […]
A video posted on LiveLeak shows a little girl being taken by surprise when her father takes her to visit his identical brother for the first time. When the girl’s father introduces her to her uncle, you could tell that she was truly confused. “There’s two of us,” her father says in the video. The […]
A judge has ruled that Marissa Alexander can remain free on bond after the Florida State Attorney filed a motion claiming that the defendant violated her release conditions numerous times, The Florida Times-Union reports. Circuit Court Judge James Daniel denied Assistant State Attorney Richard Mantei‘s request to revoke Alexander’s bail for “going out shopping for […]
Amiri Baraka died today at the age of 79 after battling an undisclosed illness. Indeed, the world has lost one of its greatest literary giants. While Baraka’s work is widely known and read, there may be a few things that many may not know about him. Below are ten facts about the writer and activist. […]
The nominees for THE 45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS were announced today during a live press conference at the TV One presentation to the Television Critics Association during its Winter 2014 Press Tour in Pasadena, CA. David Oyelowo (“Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’”), Joe Morton (ABC’s “Scandal”), Keke Palmer (VH1’s “CrazySexyCool”), Bresha Webb (TV One’s “Love That […]
Blogger Doyin Richards (pictured), founder of the website Daddydoinwork.com, received an overwhelming response when he posted a picture on Facebook and Twitter of him being a dutiful dad, combing the hair of his toddler daughter, while his infant was Baby Bijorned to his chest. The photograph received a number of positive posts from his followers, […]
CeCe McDonald (pictured), a transgender woman whose murder case received national attention, will be released from prison next week, according to MSNBC. SEE ALSO: Obama: Yellen A ‘Fierce Champion’ For Americans In June 2011, McDonald was walking to a grocery in Minneapolis with friends when McDonald claimed a man and two women began verbally harassing them […]
Florida Special Prosecutor Angela Corey has filed a motion to revoke the bond of Marissa Alexander, claiming she violated conditions of her parole by running errands, reports First Coast News. As previously reported by NewsOne, Alexander, a 33-year old Jacksonville mother of three, has spent the last 2 years behind bars serving time for a domestic […]
A Harlem native who has been behind bars for 19 years for murder is hoping that the witness whose testimony helped to get him jailed will now help set him free, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Beyonce Blocks Out Jesus In ‘Last Supper’ Photo? A Queens court initially convicted Robert Jones (pictured) […]
