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NEW YORK — A couple of friends proved how far money can take you, after they paid a New York city Yellow cab driver $5,000 to drive them to Los Angeles, California. John Belitsky, 31, an investment banker paid the fare to celebrate his friend Dan Wuebben’s 32nd birthday. The group left Saturday and arrived […]
In a Black Planet/NewsOne poll conducted after the guilty verdict was handed down in the Barry Bonds trial, 84 percent of respondents unanimously believe that the former Giants star knowingly took steroids during his career. Sixteen percent of respondents polled believe Barry never took performance enhancing drugs. The poll, which had 325 respondents, was surprising […]
If it weren’t so sad, it would be funny that people actually argue that the Civil War wasn’t fought over slavery, and that, indeed, it was fought over “states’ rights.” Geniuses; the Civil War was fought over states’ rights to own slaves! That’s what the whole secession from the Union deal was about. That’s what […]
It was recently announced that Harvard University has admitted a record number of African American students this year. The UK Guardian has revealed that 11.8% of Harvard’s incoming freshmen are African American. This is quite an achievement for nearly any university, especially one that exists among the elite. Harvard’s latest president, Drew Gilpin Faust, should […]
New York — African-Americans are in a state of emergency in the country with unemployment at a high of 15 percent and continuing to rise. Last week, Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network held a job fair where numerous employers showed up to present their open positions to hundreds of unemployed African-Americans. Many of them […]
The National Action Network’s 20th Anniversary Celebration was capped off this past weekend with a panel titled “Measuring The Movement.” When you think of civil rights leaders since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., you can’t have a conversation without mentioning the man who many consider to be the measuring stick, Reverend Al […]
I just returned from the Measuring the Movement forum hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City. The forum was insightful and empowering as it pertains to getting members of African American leadership to see the value of accountability. NAACP President Ben Jealous gave time to the forum, and even President Barack Obama came […]
It’s important that we understand just how messed up Africa is. It’s important that any bad news from Africa become big news.
New York– The Steve Harvey Foundation raised over $600,000 for the philanthropic entertainer’s mentoring program at last night’s 2nd annual Steve Harvey Gala held in the Cipriani Wall Street in NYC. The spirited event was co-hosted by Steve Harvey and The View‘s Sherri Shepherd. Harvey addressed the audience with a very genuine and inspirational tone […]
The first comment I came upon while researching Mr. Cee’s arrest for allegedly soliciting oral sex from a 20 year-old man was some dude writing about how most Black men are on the “down-low” because we’re raised by single mothers. Great, I thought. I’m the product of a divorced single mother and though I’m yet […]
What if I told you that the largest slave rebellion in American history was one no one knows about? Well, we commemorate the successful end of one such rebellion 173 years ago this week… Some of you may have heard of the Black Seminoles, the free blacks and fugitive slaves who allied with Seminole Indians […]
Atlanta — Bernice King called into one of our radio sites, Praise 102.5, and spoke with Rhodell Lewis today on what is the 43rd death anniversary of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saying that today is a sad day for her on a lot of fronts, she talked about all of the problems […]