Discrimination, civil rights and questions of individual liberty have become increasingly frequent topics in the news since the oratorical blunders of Rand Paul, the US
There was a time when Southern hip-hop artists found it difficult to achieve success in the Mecca of hip-hop, New York city. But on June
In addition to increasing criticisms of the NAACP being ancient, irrelevant, reactionary, impotent and senile, it is also seems to be an organization in desperate
The Caribbean nation of Aruba is a melting pot of cultures from the Papiamento language of its natives to the mash up of customs and
While the NBA Finals will ultimately be settled on the court, that didn’t stop celebrities from taking to Twitter to weigh in on Game 1.
A coalition of blacl women is hauling Hallmark Cards into the court of public opinion over graduation cards they say calls African American women “black
Another twist has been added to Dwyane Wade’s real-life soap opera. A judge in Chicago awarded Wade temporary custody of his two sons after he
The vultures … er, Republicans continue to circle, looking for any weakness to exploit in the Obama presidency. Their latest attempt to invalidate Obama in
The jabs keep coming. A notoriously outspoken Republican South Carolina state senator has further demonstrated that your typical GOPer is a supremacist at heart —
Good news for those who fly our friendly skies. The Obama administration is about to make your pockets get fatter when airlines overbook flights, which
Women are commonly seen as the more emotional sex while men are perceived to be able to get through a breakup completely fine with not
One of the greatest Major League Baseball players has walked away from the game after 22 years. Ken Griffey Jr. shocked the sports world by
Nas has an air of mystery about him. During a recent listening session at Digiwaxx in Harlem, N.Y., Nas was quiet and a bit reserved
Over the past month, the state of Arizona has been making serious waves in the media and across the nation. Whether it is the state’s
Where does space end and heaven begin? And is there even a heaven to begin with? Those are questions that scientists and religious skeptics have
The history of the South is replete with documented practices of prejudice and racial discrimination. From slavery to the Black Codes, Jim Crow to segregation,
The nature of civil disobedience requires reason and common sense. Martin Luther King Jr. incorporated this philosophy within the context of his non-violent approach to
When the iconic Alex Haley, author of the award-winning best seller Roots, died in 1992 at age 92, attorney Gregory J. Reed sojourned to Haley’s
More Americans are frustrated that President Barack Obama has not made heads roll like bowling balls regarding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that has turned
