America, as a nearly 20-year professional journalist, it is with the utmost sadness that I offer to you a heartfelt and sincere apology for my industry’s creation and spectacle of the individual we all know — some love and others despise — as Donald John Trump Sr. For the last two decades, my beloved media […]
These 5 tips are to help people embrace Mother’s Day by nurturing the memory of their mother’s spirit, even though they no longer have her physical presence. My Mom transitioned to the spiritual realm twelve years ago and each year I seek solutions to coping with the emotions of Mother’s day. This year it […]
Recent census data once again shows that African-Americans have the highest percentage of unmarried women
As the Black unemployment rate continues to be the highest of any ethnic group, an article on The Grio discusses the ways in which Black children are negatively affected by the financial woes of their parents. The Grio reports: In a study of 7,000 households, data showed that Black middle-class children of single mothers who […]
ATLANTA – Many African Americans are out of a job and keep asking themselves: “When will it get better and the unemployment rate dip?” The Black unemployment rate is once again at more than 16 percent, the largest increase in six months and nearly matching that of the highest rate recorded for blacks during President […]
An article on The Root highlights the career of Alain Dolium, a Black French politician and candidate for France’s National Assembly in 2012. The Root reports: Not surprisingly, some pundits and media have referred to Dolium as the “French Obama.” He rejects the label as a trap, an attempt to reduce his candidacy to his […]
Jamie-Grace Harper was recently signed to Gotee Records, a diverse record label founded by TobyMac. Her debut EP, Hold Me was released by the label on February 22, 2011.Jamie Grace released the title track to the album at the same time and it was one of the most added singles to Christian Hit Radio stations. […]
Beyonce released her cover of “God Bless America” today. The song was originally recorded in 2008 but was never released during the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
FLORIDA – The NAACP has joined forces with Latino and human rights groups to oppose bills in the Florida senate that would require law enforcement agencies to racially profile. Politic365 reports: These bills “would require law enforcement officials in Florida to engage in racial profiling – an insidious practice all too familiar to racial and […]
Clutch Magazine, a leading online destination for black women, has posed an interesting question. Hyper-intellectual news site Salon.com has published a story in which linguists try to explain away the mix-ups of Obama and Osama that have peppered the mainstream press as a simple, human mistake. Clutch asks us if we are buying it. No, […]
Wayne, PA — A mother and her one-year-old son were allegedly robbed at gunpoint outside a Starbucks just before 10 a.m. Thursday morning. After fleeing on foot, the thief allegedly spent more than $900 — mostly in gift cards — on the woman’s credit card at a nearby Target. Both mother and child were unharmed. […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind. As of 2010, The Blind Boys of Alabama continue to tour nationally and internationally, with […]
