In the wake of recent news that family-owned Johnson Publications has sold a minority share of the business to JPMorgan Chase & Co., the U.S. Postal
I was driving down Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and had to circle the block for a second look at this bus bench poster. What the
“Steve Jobs needs to open a can of whoop-a–.”
There have been leading African American men who have achieved fame and prominence — Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Laz Alonso, Harry Belafonte Jamie Foxx and
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous recently called attention to the fact that not one of the major television networks features an African American prime time news
I have lived in Ethiopia and can only recall its beauty. Thus, it is difficult for me to imagine that one of the most dramatic
Half of the states have graduation rates for black male students below the national average.
On Monday, July 18, 2011, Tea Party darling and Republican presidential nominee Michele Bachmann again attacked the Pigford Settlement while touring flooded farm land in
Kenneth Robinson could be the owner of a $300,000 home and he only paid $16 for the privilege. Robinson did months of research on a
As painful as it has been to watch the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal unfold, I have been keeping up with it. Politicians and community
Former South Africa president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is spending his 93rd birthday with friends and relatives in his rural hometown today, the village
Beyoncé joined an elite list of artists earlier this month when a recorded wake-up call from the 4 singer was played for the crew of
Harlem sets the stage for the annual Harlem Book Fair this week, against the backdrop of a community that is fading to white at lightning
There is a new and dangerous criminal behavior that is enforced like a game occurring throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is called “Knockout
My uncle was big on talking about stupidity. He would always tell me two things: “The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has
Five cities were named Thursday, July 14, that will share $24 million in funding from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Bloomberg Philanthropies. The
Queen Latifah knew exactly what she was doing when she had her character on VH1’s “Single Ladies” say that “being gay is the new black.”
Reporting the news about catastrophes and devastation started to leave a void in the heart of CNN anchor and journalist Soledad O’Brien. A compassionate O’Brien
I was appalled, but not sure by which: the Men’s Panel featuring Lamman Rucker, Laz Alonso, Terrence J., Lance Gross and Tank, or the Reel
It is truly sad to hear that Marion “Christopher” Barry is in trouble with the law — and that the trouble he’s in is drug-related.
