Source: MyPraiseATL.com Bishop Eddie Long spoke to his congregation again on Tuesday night, telling New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia that the sexual abuse accusations he is facing is “spiritual warfare.” While not acknowledging his accusers by name, Long gave a fiery sermon that had New Birth worshippers on their fight. Watch WSB-TV’s coverage […]
Mario, the Baltimore born R&B song famous for his songs “Just A Friend” and “Braid My Hair” was arrested for assaulting his mom in the Baltimore apartment they share, according to The Baltimore Sun. There are few details at the moment, but court records show Mario — whose full name is Mario Dewar Bennett — […]
In an interview with CNN LeBron James said that race played a factor in the hate he’s received for leaving Cleveland. “I think so at times,” LeBron answered when asked by Soledad O’Brien if race played a role in the backlash.
California Governor, Arnold Scwarzenegger has signed a bill reducing deciminalizing marijuana for anybody caught carrying under an ounce, NORML is reporting. Yesterday outgoing California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1449 — which reduces adult marijuana possession charges from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil infraction. Senate Bill 1449 amends the California Health and Safety […]
WASHINGTON – Grasping for the electric energy that propelled him to the White House, President Barack Obama whipped up young supporters at a rally Thursday night, where the boisterous crowd tried to shout down any talk of an “enthusiasm gap” among Democrats. “I’m back here today just in case you’ve forgotten what it feels like […]
Fannie M. Richards was born (1841). She became an educator and civil rights activist. Black and white abolitionists smashed into a courtroom at Syracuse, NY, and rescued a fugitive slave (1851). John Mercer Langston founded and organized the Law Department of Howard University (1868), the first in a black school. Morgan State College was founded […]
The body of Tyler Clementi was found in the Rutgers suicide near the Hudson River. A body fished from the water north of the George Washington Bridge was identified Thursday as Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers freshman who killed himself after his sex life was exposed on the internet. The 18-year-old New Jersey man was […]
A Kentucky doctor is charged with sodomy after police said he sexually assaulted a female patient. According to arrest records, Dr. Ashok Alur admitted to the act.
When the now infamous allegations against Bishop Eddie Long first surfaced, the world – and specifically the African American community – paused for a seemingly endless moment. Attempting to cope with the complexity of the situation, we began questioning everything from faith and leadership, to sexuality and civic responsibility.
The city has told 200 families on the brink of homelessness to fend for themselves in an experiment that has cruelly turned them into virtual lab rats.