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Racism runs rampart in every part of the world, as is apparent by this 21-year-old Australian woman who decided to have an African party called, “This Is Africa” to celebrate her birthday. It’s being reported that after posting the photos, the woman decided to keep the photos up, despite several people telling her how racist […]

UN Women recently put out an ad campaign that simply showed what people think of women with Google searches like “Women need to…, women cannot… and women shouldn’t…” and the results that come up in the pulldown/autocomplete menu displayed every negative thought society has about women. This powerful ad gives a voice to the challenge […]

As of today, October 21, it has been a total of 18 days since Avonte Oquendo went missing from school. A massive search is in full effect all over New York and the surrounding cities. When I first heard about Avonte’s disappearance, it was October 5 and I couldn’t help but think back to two […]

President Obama’s Rose Garden address on the Affordable Care Act was supposed to be an update on what’s happening with the site and the insurance’s implementation, however, it turned into a customer service call of sorts, starring our handsome POTUS. Obama stood there, sounding just like a customer service rep, often offering kind words that […]

The University of Alabama recently came under fire for never allowing Black women to pledge in any of their sororities. So they did what any college looking for redemption would do–they started accepting Black students. University of Alabama’s president, Judy Bonner recently released a video via Vimeo detailing plans to diversify their sororities by “revamping” […]

The NAACP has a new president and she’s a woman! According to reports, the 104-year-old organization recently named Lorraine C. Miller as the next interim acting president and CEO. Her term will begin on Novemeber 1st. “I am honored to have been selected for this venerable role,” she said in a statement. “I look forward […]

Pastor Marvin Winans has a strict policy — he will not bless the babies of unwed mothers in front of his congregation. This decision has caused one local woman to protest against the church. According to reports, 39-year-old Charity Grace said the paster of The Perfecting Church in Detroit refused to bless her 2-year-old son […]

Before Cory Booker heads to Washington, he plans to make history by presiding over New Jersey’s first same-sex wedding at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 21. According to reports, the new Senator-elect will conduct at least 10 same-sex marriages as soon as the clock sticks midnight next Monday, the first day gay marriages will be legally […]

15 year-old foster kid, Davion Navar Henry Only had an idea that spawned from the age-old biblical quotable, “God helps those who help themselves.” The parentless teenager went to church with his caseworker, Connie Going and said to the congregation, “My name is Davion and I’ve been in foster care since I was born … […]

President Obama signed the spending bill, ending the government shutdown. Yay! (Of course, as an admitted conspiracy theorist, I think the shutdown was a big distraction, but from what?) The government has re-opened, furloughed government employees are back to work and the powers that be have managed to stall the debt default, sparing us from […]

Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, a nine-year-old Nigerian recently became one of the world’s youngest certified Microsoft Office Specialists for Office Word 2010, according to the Nigerian Tribune. Tunde-Oladipo broke the record of a fellow Role Model School student, Seyi-Ojo Anjolaoluwa who became a Microsoft certified professional at the age of 10. Must Read: 3 Ways To Build An […]

According to CBS, Nodaway County Prosecutor, Robert Rice recently announced that he’s requesting a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the alleged January 2012 sexual assault of 14-year-old Daisy Coleman and her 13-year-old friend, Paige Parkhurst in Maryville, MO. Rice had previously (and still maintains) that he dropped the charges against the […]