Many have been upset with ESSENCE magazine because they hired a white fashion editor. Many believe the magazine is out of touch with black women. One of them is Melyssa Ford. She is upset at the magazine because of their recent cover and their messages to black women.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) A 15-year-old boy may press charges against a San Jose police officer after the uniformed motorcycle cop pretended to arrest the young man for having sex with his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The teenager claims the officer’s rant and use of expletives and handcuffs was terrifying. He truly believed that he was going […]
The atmosphere of pathos rose in a mist as Velma Hart explained to Barack Obama why she felt exhausted defending his administration. Hart admitted that she had mistaken the President for a superhero capable of knocking a hole in the brick wall stacked up by Republicans.
Source: EURWeb.com MTV’s new show “The Seven” premiered Monday with a phone call from Lil Wayne direct from Rikers Island, where the rapper is serving a one-year sentence stemming from a 200 arrest on gun charges.
Folks are questioning whether or not a sudden round of boos heard during last night’s “Dancing with the Stars” was for former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who sat in the front row to cheer on her daughter Bristol.
The L.A. Times is reporting on a shooting at the University of Texas in Austin. A man armed with an automatic weapon reportedly shot himself to death after firing off a number of rounds Tuesday morning at a library on the University of Texas at Austin campus, the scene of one of the earliest and […]
A five-page letter from the Finance Committee obtained by LALATE NEWS indicates that in 2007 the Senate demanded that New Birth provide proof that Bishop Eddie Long wasn’t using New Birth Missionary Baptist Church funds for personal use. Four lawsuits filed last week asserted that Bishop Eddie Long allegedly diverted funds from New Birth Missionary […]
African American abolitionist David Walker born in Wilmington, North Carolina (1785). The Opelousas Massacre occurred in Louisiana in which an estimated 200 to 300 black Americans were killed (1868). “Purlie Victorious”, a farce by playwright Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway (1961). Governor Barnett found guilty of civil contempt of the federal court. United States Court […]
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is expected to announce Friday that he is leaving the Obama administration to consider a campaign for mayor of Chicago.
President Obama has shown a commendable willingness to shake up the status quo in K-12 education by advocating reforms, such as charter schools, that have left his teachers union base none-too-pleased. So it’s unfortunate that he has such a conventional approach to higher education, and to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in particular.
Bishop Eddie Long is not the first preacher who ranted against homosexuality, who in turn was accused of being gay. There have been several others, all who have been accused of carrying out homosexual affairs in the bedroom, while raging against gays in the pulpit. Here are 5 ministers who preached against homosexuality in public […]
Ed Powell and Miss Shine attened the ‘How Sweet The Sound: A Verizon Experience’ Gospel Chior COmpetition in Cleveland, OH this past weekend w/ Marvin Sapp, Karen Clark Sheard, James Fortune, Donald Lawrence and CeCe Winans.