The search for former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has ended tragically. Wright’s body was discovered in a wooded area in the southeast section of Memphis.
A woman claims that she is owed a piece of Michael Jackson’s estate because, like his three white children, this black woman says she is
There must be something in the water. As of late I have had the unfortunate task of writing about tragedies within the African American community.
Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod, center Ousted U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod has every reason to be a wild-eyed, poison-tongued racist. But
The black community is plagued by many problems from drug abuse to violence and high incarceration and dropout rates. But shockingly, abortion is the No.
The smile on Mayor Greg Ballard’s face is a sign of his relief that the 17-year-old suspect in the Indiana Black Expo shooting that injured
A 14-year-old boy from Dade City, Fla. is being charged with first degree murder. According to police reports, Harleme Larry walked up to 31-year-old Agustine
It’s impossible for most people to perform the mental gymnastics required to understand how Tea Party members can make any correlation between President Barack Obama and
A 6-year-old boy finally collapsed and died after his father beat him repeatedly for hours because he couldn’t or wouldn’t sleep by the 7 p.m.
The city of Oakland exploded in racially diverse riots after a white police officer got off with a light sentence for shooting and killing a
My favorite writer of all time and my main influence, Voltaire, once described history as being “little else than a picture of human crime and
Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan was recently sentenced to a 90-day jail sentence based on probation violations from a 2007 DUI conviction. Lost in all of
Virginia police have decided to close the shooting case that involved embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick. Quanis Phillips, one of Vick’s co-defendants in his
According to media reports, a Miami police officer opened fire on a motorist Monday during a traffic stop in Overtown. The victim, Decarlos Moore, 36,
Disgraced former football and television star O.J. Simpson is reportedly ready to get married behind bars to a woman he’s never met. No, wait: it
Throngs of urban sophisticates settled underneath Chicago’s spectacular skyline and sampled some old-school musical cuisine during the annual A Taste of Chicago food festival. Hip-hop
Michael Vick may have put himself in a position to be suspended from the NFL for a second time. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is investigating
Violent crime, especially murder and rape are occuring at epidemic levels in urban African American communities. Just this past weekend in Chicago, eight people were
As a LeBron James fan and a person who was born and raised in LBJ’s hometown in Akron, Ohio, it does take some pride-swallowing to
Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch, who loves to pose with various weapons, is now being accused of using some of them to execute his enemies. And
