NEW YORK — More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a […]
A fast-food restaurant in Beijing called Obama Fried Chicken was derided in America yesterday as a racist rip-off. Its sign shows a grinning caricature of President Obama’s head on a skinny version of Colonel Sanders’ body. Below it, written in Chinese, is the slogan: “We’re so cool, aren’t we?” “It’s insulting, offensive and plays to […]
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain criticized the name of a hunting camp once leased by Gov. Rick Perry’s family as “just plain insensitive.” The name of the camp — “Niggerhead” — was first reported by the Washington Post on Saturday. The paper said the name was painted on a rock at the entrance of the […]
Texas governor Rick Perry’s campaign was in damage control mode yesterday after after a Washington Post article revealed the racial slur that was used to describe a ranch where Perry and his father once hunted. Rev. Al Sharpton told POLITICO he plans to be “all over” the story on his MSNBC show on Monday afternoon. […]
A video recently released on the internet shows a gay African man attacked and eventually set on fire for allegedly being homosexual. The attack, which many believe was shot in the Gay unfriendly country of Uganda, is extremely disturbing. You can view the disturbing video here.
If you thought the prospect of Chris Christie entering the race or Rick Perry’s weak debate performances have him in trouble, you haven’t seen anything yet. Rick Perry owns a family hunting camp that was once called “Niggerhead,” and he is in the middle of a deep controversy because of it. What makes it even […]
WOBURN, Mass. — A former Harvard University student was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with the 2009 fatal shooting of a Cambridge man during a drug robbery inside a dormitory. By pleading guilty Friday, Brittany Smith, 24, admitted she hid the gun used in the shooting of Justin […]
Police arrested a Washington couple this week on homicide by abuse and assault charges months after their 13-year-old adopted daughter was found dead at their residence. Larry P. Williams and Carri D. Williams’ adopted daughter Hana, who was adopted from Ethiopia in 2008 and came to America in search for a better life, was found […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Terrelle Pryor’s five-game suspension was upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday. The Oakland Raiders rookie quarterback had appealed the punishment, which was related to NCAA violations he committed while at Ohio State. Pryor entered the NFL supplemental draft instead of serving a five-game ban with the Buckeyes after being […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may have a string of counterterrorism successes and earned high marks from the public on foreign policy, but neither is likely to help him hold the White House. For his administration, this re-election reality is a frustrating bottom line. When the first-term senator won the presidency, questions lingered about […]
The RIAA certified platinum-selling praise and worship ensemble, Shekinah Glory Ministry (SGM), released, “Refreshed By Fire” the much-anticipated concert video companion to last year’s #1 live double CD, “Refreshed By Fire,” on September 27th. To the uninitiated, praise and worship music may seem like regular gospel music but it’s deeper than that. It’s a genre […]
Often times peaceful protests turn violent. Many times police turn on protesters with violence, and sometimes peaceful protesters turn violent when confronted by police unjustly. There is a thin line between a peaceful protest and a riot. Sometimes violent people take advantage of peaceful protests to wreak havoc. 5. Oscar Grant Protests One week after […]