Tennis champ Serena Williams is the star of a new commercial for Beat By Dre headphones that’s both impressive and inspiring. In the ad, Williams shows off her athleticism while taking viewers down memory lane, showing how her upbringing in Compton, California has fueled her will to win. The video was uploaded to the […]
The folks over at CollegeHumor.com have come up with the perfect beverage for people who have racist views that fall just short of using the “n-word” It’s “Diet Racism!” “Enjoy the refreshing taste of Diet Racism!” says the voiceover. “It’s the perfect beverage for people who don’t directly contribute to oppression, but have strong opinions […]
The Arizona mom who made headlines after she left her two children alone in her car to attended a job interview regained custody of her children following a hearing Thursday morning. AZCentral has the story: “We had an excellent hearing,” said Benjamin Taylor, Shanesha Taylor’s attorney. “The judge will return the children to Ms. Taylor.” Child Protective Services asked Judge Bradley […]
Professor and activist Cornel West was a guest recently on BBC Newsnight and answered questions about the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. West demanded justice for Michael Brown, called out what he says is “hypocrisy” from President Obama in his handling of the tragedy and crisis and even riffed a little on the role “black […]
What’s happening in Ferguson, Missouri around the killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown is playing out according to a familiar script. The timeline of events and reaction by local and national authorities are so predictable that they don’t even require new analysis. More than 50 years ago, Malcolm X gave a speech on police brutality and […]
“You don’t do a dog like that,” said Lesley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown. In an exclusive interview for NewsOne by reporter Brittany Noble, McSpadden said it wasn’t the police who notified her that her son had been killed but bystanders. “They didn’t let me identify him or anything,” she said. “It was some girls down […]
This father-daughter song about the joys of hanging out together will be the best thing you watch today. The video was posted to Youtube by user Ricky Weems, Jr. with the message “Lil snippet of a song me and my daughter put together. She only 10 but she is a natural! Shoutout to the cameraman […]
The wife of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal encounter with NYPD has been arrested. This comes just a few days after her husband was arrested in an unrelated incident for which she insists he was “set up.” The Staten Island Advance reports: Chrissie Ortiz, 30, the wife of the man who videotaped police […]
Ten years ago, a bad relaxer led a teen girl to launch her own natural hair product company. Jasmine Lawrence appeared on “The Oprah Show” back in 2007. She told the story of how a bad hair experience encouraged her to never use harsh chemicals again and, eventually, create her own line of natural products. Recently […]
As part of its “I Will What I Want” campaign, apparel company Under Armour tapped black ballerina Misty Copeland to show off her amazing athleticism while telling her story of triumph over adversity. The company uploaded the video to Youtube with a simple message, “Misty Copeland’s destiny was not to be a ballerina. But will trumps […]
Man Who Filmed Eric Garner Video Arrested on Weapons Charge The 22-year-old bystander who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal arrest was arrested Saturday on a charge of gun possession, Staten Live reports. The man, Ramsey Orta, and a teenage woman, identified by police as Alba Lekaj, were arrested about 10 p.m. after leaving a hotel in Staten Island, […]
By now, you should be up on TEDx talks, which are chats with global thought leaders with focused messages that are just short of lectures but quite a bit more than monologues as well. They are speeches given by people who know what the heck they are talking about that converge principles of technology, engineering, […]
