New York is on the verge of becoming the sixth state in the union to legalize gay marriage, as soon as this week. The State Senate is one vote away from passing the law which was shot down two years ago in a Democratic-led Senate. In two years, opinion amongst New York state residents has […]
Deshon Marman, a University of New Mexico football player was arrested and cited for trespassing after he was asked to exit a plane over saggy pants at the San Francisco International Airport. Sgt. Michael Rodriguez says 20-year-old Deshon Marman was boarding a flight Wednesday to Albuquerque, N.M., when a U.S. Airways employee noticed his pants […]
NewsOne blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wrote a story revealing that 38.3 percent of African Americans say they’ve lost their job at some point in the last three years. The survey, conducted by YourBlackWorld.com, showed that although 16 percent of those surveyed were able to find another job, 88 percent say they were unable to […]
Writer Earl Ofari Hutchinson tackled the topic of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s refusal to confront the racist past of his Mormon religion, in an op-ed on The Grio today. Hutchinson takes us back to the Mormons long standing purported curse of Ham teachings about Blacks, which justifies the enslavement of Blacks in many Mormon […]
Oprah Winfrey announced that she wants to interview O.J. Simpson for the “Oprah Winfrey Network” on the condition that he confesses to the 1994 murder of Nicole Brown Simpson. “I have a dream of O.J. Simpson confessing to me,” Oprah told a group cable execs at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention in Chicago. […]
According to data from last year’s Census, the Black population in a number of Brooklyn neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Clinton Hill has decreased by one-third over the last decade. NY1 reports: The findings also reflect a trend in black migration to the suburbs. New York City’s black population declined by 2 percent. It is […]
A former New York Giants wide receiver may have gone from a loved figure to a hated one in New York after his comments on the possibility of gay marriage being legalized in the state. David Tyree, who became a hero after making a game-changing catch in Super Bowl XLII, made a video for the […]
Sources close to the NYTimes are reporting that Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner has informed friends he will be resigning. The close to month long storm swirling around Weiner has worsened with more lewd photos leaking of the congressman, and Democrats holding a meeting today to decide whether to strip him of his committee assignments. Reports […]
The African maid accusing former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape at a New York hotel, could never have imagined becoming the subject of an international news story. The woman, whose name and age remain under lock and key, was born in a mud hut in an isolated hamlet in Africa with no electricity or […]
A bipartisan group of ten US lawmakers have filed suit against President Obama over his decision to attack Libya without congressional consent. The congressmen allege Obama violated the constitution. According to Vietnam-era war law, when the country is engaged in military participation for more than 60 days, it must be authorized by Congress. Dem. Congressman […]
For years, African-Americans have defined what is cool and trendy in American pop culture. But some are now saying that African-Americans are no longer needed as music executives, because of the similarities of Black and white artists these days. While former music executives Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Sylvia Rhone have been instrumental in ushering-in a […]
HARTFORD – Tanya McDowell, a homeless single mother accused of illegally enrolling her son in the wrong school district, appeared in court Monday after being arrested Friday for allegedly selling crack cocaine and marijuana to undercover officers near another school in Norwalk. Norwalk investigators picked up McDowell on three drug warrants and then found more […]