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Internet memes are hilarious, until you become one. One of the latest gags targeted a two-year-old baby girl. Her real name is Mariah Anderson and she has the extremely rare condition of Chromosome 2 Duplication, meaning her comprehension and motor skills operate at a slower pace. It also effects her facial features. Sadly, Internet trolls used a personal photo […]
An alleged struggle over an LAPD police officer’s gun ended with three officers firing and killing a man on the tragic Skid Row–where many of Los Angeles’ homeless population lives. Similar to the infamous killing of Oscar Grant by a police officer, this shooting was also caught on tape and widely circulated on social media. […]
Disgraced former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice is opening up about the aftermath surrounding his brutal assault against his then fiancée Janay. The three-time Pro Bowl running back spoke with the Baltimore Sun recently where he confessed when video of his attack on Janay was released to the public, he thought about killing himself. It was one year ago, […]
The city of Cleveland has placed the death of Tamir Rice squarely on the shoulders of the 12-year-old shooting victim. On Nov. 22, Rice was gunned down by rookie officer Timothy Loehmann, after he and his partner Frank Garmback responded to a 911 call that a boy at a recreation center was pointing a gun at people. […]
A Tennessee GOP member is raising eyebrows over a comment she made on her Facebook. Rep. Sheila Butt of Maury County made many jaws dropped over her response to an open letter from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) imploring Republican leaders to have their future presidential candidate reach out and “engage Muslim voters” and “reject Islamphobia.” […]
The NBA is mourning the loss of former basketball champion and Hall of Famer Earl Lloyd. Lloyd, who was the first black player in the NBA died on Feb. 26 at the age of 86. West Virginia University, Lloyd’s alma mater confirmed the news of his passing to the Associated Press but didn’t provide any further […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee has moved Loretta Lynch a little closer to becoming the next U.S. Attorney General. The panel voted to confirm the nominee on Thursday, meaning that she has effectively cleared the first step in the process. The Huffington Post reports that Democrats on the panel all voted for her confirmation, but Republicans weren’t […]
Legal Breakdowns Of The Hottest Entertainment & Celebrity Drama On February 18th, an Illinois federal judge dismissed a $3 billion royalty lawsuit filed against PepsiCo, Inc. and others brought by the heirs of the actress who played Aunt Jemima. According to the suit, two great-grandchildren of Anna S. Harrington, Dannez W. Hunter and Larnell Evans, […]
This week, Larry Wilmore of The Nightly Show brought on a talented and successful quartet, which included Issa Rae (our fave), Jacque Reid of New York Live, Christina Greer of Fordham University and comedienne Marina Franklin to spotlight issues plaguing Black womanhood: the recent born-again matter of equal pay, the stereotypes of being too assertive and how all of this has affected […]
Tell us something we don’t know, right? Republicans are haters, especially of President Obama. There’s a new survey that polled Americans on their feelings about President Obama and apparently one third of us don’t think President Obama loves America.”Less than half of adults, 47 percent, said the president loves his country, while 35 percent said […]
In 2005, we were all talking about Darfur. Two years prior, a war of words emerged between the uprising of liberated group against the Sudanese government, who they believed were oppressing the non-Arab community. The latter’s answer to the conflict was slaughtering hundreds of innocent civilians. Eleven years later, George Clooney, along with John Prendergast and […]
2/27/15- Albert “Berte” Mitchell and the Winston Salem State University National Alumni present a $2500 check to the Tom Joyner Morning Foundation at the CIAA…
