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It seems Florida is making steps to change their controversial Stand Your Ground law which has been making headlines and causing outrage lately. The law gained national attention during the George Zimmerman case after he killed Trayvon Martin, though it wasn’t official used in the trial. It’s the same law that failed Florida mom, Marissa […]
Today, a Detroit judge sentenced the city’s former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to 28 years in prison for corruption, including racketeering conspiracy, fraud, extortion and tax crimes. According to reports, Kilpatrick, who served as the Motor City’s mayor from 2002 to 2008, “fattened his bank account by tens of thousands of dollars, traveled the country in […]
In the midst of depressing addresses about the current government shutdown, President Barack Obama shared a glimmer of forward-thinking news yesterday. The President announced that he would nominate economist Janet Yellen, 67, to lead the Federal Reserve, a move that would see the central bank led by a woman for the first time ever, if […]
With nearly 15,000 Facebook followers rooting for him, a cheating husband was able to earn back the trust of his estranged wife, after he posted…
Yahoo! CEO, Marissa Mayer made headlines earlier this year for banning her employees from working from home, and this week Hewelett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman also discouraged her staff from working remotely. But at least one woman executive, co-founder of BET, Shelia C. Johnson, thinks the policy is too extreme. In an internal Yahoo! HR memo that […]
The Onion recently put out a phony Marie Claire interview with Michelle Obama, claiming that the FLOTUS was opening up (pun intended) about her sex life with President Obama. Sitting down for a candid interview with Marie Claire magazine last Thursday, First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly opened up about her marriage to President Barack Obama, […]
In July, 31-year-old community developer Aja Brown was sworn into office as the new mayor of Compton, the Los Angeles suburb best known as the place that put gangsta rap on the map. Now, as the youngest mayor in the city’s history, Aja has plans to transform the crime-ridden area by focusing on urban planning […]
We all know Oprah’s one of the top Black women out here making major money moves, but over in Nigeria, our favorite media mogul has some extreme competition! Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija, is worth $7.3 billion, whereas Oprah is worth a whopping $5 billion less! Must Read: 6 Steps To The Perfect Smokey Cat-Eye […]
The hoodie that unarmed teen, Trayvon Martin wore the night he lost his life to self-proclaimed neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, has become a symbol of justice for the slain teen. Many people have chosen to don hoodies in memory of Martin, on a continued quest for justice. Celebrities like Jamie Foxx, Diddy and more […]
Eboni Boykin spent her youth living in homeless shelters and, sometimes, cars with her single mother and younger siblings. She once bounced around countless schools in Mississippi and Missouri, but these days she calls New York’s Columbia University home. Boykin, who is now a sophomore at the Ivy League school, first shared her story of […]
In order to fund the government, Congress needs to figure out what they’re doing with this spending bill. As of today, they still haven’t come up with a solution, leaving the government shutdown for a full week now. This is the first shutdown since that one 17 years ago where Monica Lewinskry single-handedly saved the […]
Amy Carey-Jones and Valarie Carey, the sisters of Miriam Carey–the unarmed Black woman who was shot and killed in our nation’s capital after a confusing high-speed chase–appeared on “Today” with Matt Lauer to offer some clarity on the tragic event. The sisters claim Carey’s erratic driving that kicked off the series of events that ultimately […]
