Esperanza Spalding Discusses Prince, The Obamas and Her New Album
It’s been a wild ride of a year for rising jazz artist Esperanza Spalding, who’s become a Grammy winning critical darling as well as the
April 6, 2011
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It’s been a wild ride of a year for rising jazz artist Esperanza Spalding, who’s become a Grammy winning critical darling as well as the
After a 3 year absence from the music scene and a label change, soul singer Jill Scott is returning this year with two new albums,
We live in an era where invasion of privacy is big business. Almost anybody we do business with can sell our information and there is
Crystal Mangum of Durham, N.C. Fellas, you may want to remember her name. Mangum first bounced on the scene in 2006, when as a college
ATLANTA – On the 43rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death [April 4], the heir to Dr. King’s name and legacy announced he is
The ebb of obituaries, essays and career recaps for Dr. Manning Marable are slowing. Unfortunately, some will remain largely unfamiliar with his body of work,
MACON, Ga. – Reverend Onslow Ross’ wrongful federal imprisonment does not scream from the headlines because he didn’t get beaten savagely into a bloodied pulp
Church dinners are killing our community. This has been an obvious, yet unaddressed, dilemma in the church for decades, especially the black church: regular churchgoers
A while back, I wrote a piece describing the manner in which many African Americans do not take full advantage of social media. In addition,
As if black women needed more wretched news to strengthen the stereotype of them as oversexed animals with low character and self-esteem. In a study
There was a lot of buzz in Detroit over the weekend — a Snoop Dog-Charlie Sheen (pardon the pun) joint appearance at Detroit’s Fox Theatre,
Black politicians will no longer take the Black vote for granted–if they know what’s good for them.
President Obama exhaled yesterday as the national unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent. However, the jobless rate for African Americans continues
A Washington State man is being held on $500,000 bond after he allegedly carved the words “Do Not Resuscitate” into her chest, the media reports.
Brother Jesse Muhammad, an award-winning blogger, national motivational speaker, experienced community organizer and social activist, launched a 20-city tour to share the message of unity,
It’s a slap in the face that was heard throughout all of academia. Rutgers University paid Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, more than it will pay
It’s been a long time coming but the stigma of HIV/AIDS has faded. Some may attribute this triumph to Magic Johnson who revealed he was
The Urban Health Initiative of the University of Chicago Medical Center presented “Eating, Praying and Loving, Part 2: Keys to Your Good Health.”
I am with Chris Brown. Do not apologize to another soul. I also have a word for the unrelenting Chris haters: there is something called
With all that has occurred in Japan regarding the tenable nuclear disaster, it should cause African Americans to think about the promotion of increased nuclear power
