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We don’t know if it’s a father wishful thinking or if there has truly been a miracle, but during a concert Saturday night in Dallas, Bobby Brown told the cheering crowd that his daughter Bobbi Kristina is “awake.” RELATED: Bobbi Kristina’s Family Holds Prayer Vigil In Atlanta, Police Probe Cause Of Injuries Bobby Brown Contradicts […]

For years, 38-year-old La-Sonya Mitchell-Clark of Youngstown, Ohio longed to meet her biological mother after learning of her adoption, according to ABC’s Good Morning America. So when the Ohio Department of Health released birth records last month for infants born between Jan. 1, 1964 and Sept. 18, 1996, she began her search in a heartrending […]

Cultural appropriation, while not new, has taken center stage in national conversations in past months, with the onslaught of White mainstream musicians adopting the fashion, music, and speech associated with Black culture or subsets of said culture. In fact, following former-Disney star Miley Cyrus’ insistence on “twerking,” Black feminists, scholars and pundits used think pieces […]

V. Stiviano, the woman who last year leaked evidence of racism by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling, has to pay Sterling’s wife back $2.6 million for the gifts the mogul dropped on Stiviano during their marriage, a judge ruled on Tuesday. The Washington Post outlines a number of gifts Donald Sterling lavished on V. Stiviano, from […]

Twenty years after its release, The Lion King is still giving children from all over the world a serious case of the feels. Don’t believe us? Just look at this little girl’s reaction to the infamous scene of (spoiler alert) Scar killing Mufasa. Baltimore native Keith Harris posted a video of his daughter Viktoria and […]

On Tuesday, the father of Barway Collins was charged with second-degree murder after a body found floating Saturday in the Mississippi River was identified as the missing 10-year-old fourth grader. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, police said Pierre Collins had two insurance policies out on his son. He and his wife Yamah, who is the boy’s […]

Pierre Fulton, the passenger seated in the front seat alongside Walter Scott before he was gunned down, released a statement late Monday, saying, his friend “didn’t deserve to die,” according to AOL. Until now, no one had heard from Fulton, who remained seated in the vehicle throughout the confrontation on April 4 when Scott, 50, was […]

Percy Sledge, the soul singer behind the iconic hit “When A Man Loves A Woman,” died early Tuesday morning at the age of 73. Sledge passed away in Louisiana in hospice care after a lengthy battle with cancer, according to his longtime manager. “He was one of my first acts, he was a terrific person and you […]

As promised, Apple finally came out with more diverse emojis on Wednesday. As reported by Yahoo Tech, new emojis “with skin-tone variation” came with the iOS 8.3 update, following the premiere of its long-awaited Apple Watch. The new emojis are all yellow and let you choose from five skin tones to change characters. The new […]

UPDATED, Sunday, April 12, 2015, at 3:18 p.m. – Hillary Clinton announced her 2016 presidential bid with this video released on social media today, as expected. The clip, which runs a bit over 2 minutes and 15 seconds, looks more like an American Express small business commercial than a campaign announcement, possibly part of Clinton’s strategy […]

A video taken from a dash cam in North Charleston, South Carolina Police Officer Michael T. Slager’s cruiser was released Thursday, showing 50-year-old Walter Scott exiting his vehicle and running away. Scott was fatally shot by Slager as he fled on foot Saturday, prompting authorities to charge the now-fired officer with murder. The short dash cam […]

Studies show that African-Americans are not getting enough sleep — a health issue that has an adverse impact on our health.  Consistent lack of sleep can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and heart disease. Regardless of income levels, sleep deprivation is taking its toll on the Black community. Amongst African-Americans in management positions, […]