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Here at NewsOne, we are proud to announce that we have brought on another diverse voice in Vanessa Jean Louis – of the website – HipHopRepublican.Com. Below is her first piece for our site. —————————————– Two years ago I was scoffed at when I declined to participate in the historic election of our first “half-breed” […]
We at NewsOne wanted to provide our audience with something fresh and original to kick off our Black History Month campaign. So, we decided to look back in the last ten years and take the five biggest Black stories from each year and create a timeline. Everything from the Jena Six protests, to Coretta Scott […]
Egypt — Egypt is now off the grid. Four days after the Egyptian government ordered Internet service providers to disconnect from the Internet, the country’s last working Internet company has abruptly vanished from cyberspace. Noor Group, a small service provider that hosted Internet connections for the country’s stock exchange and other businesses, became completely unreachable […]
In case you have not been paying attention, the owners of the National Football League (NFL) teams are maneuvering towards what is called a “lock-out” in March 2011. Their aim is much the same as those of other titans industry and finances these days (and their political allies): to destroy the labor union of the […]
When I was in high school, there was this Italian kid that I used to tease all the time because he had just that year in, like, 9th grade discovered that Egypt was in Africa. “You know what that means, don’t you?” I’d say with a leer. “Don’t say it, Byers,” he’d warn. I’d just […]
Via BBC News “Go, go, Mubarak go” and “the people need to end this regime” shouted the angry crowds around al-Istiqamma mosque in Cairo’s Giza Square, as they shook their fists at the lines of helmeted riot police after Friday prayers. Within minutes, water cannon showered the demonstrators and there were loud thuds as tear […]
As protests erupted in Egypt, Washington struggled desperately to find the right response to the crisis. For three days straight, as the Cairo crisis gathered momentum, they had hardly left their desks. Now, huddled in the big office of their boss—one of the administration policy-makers trying to calibrate the U.S. response to the unfolding drama—the […]
Cairo, Egypt– Three Egyptian protesters were killed and others wounded Saturday when police in downtown Cairo opened fire on a massive crowd demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
CAIRO — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named a vice president Saturday for the first time since coming to power nearly 30 years ago – a clear step toward setting up a successor in the midst of the biggest anti-government protests of his regime.
Here are some tweets from our News One Twitter feed during the 2011 Trumpet Awards and all the thoughts of our folllowers. Hello Beautiful’s Kandi Burress and News One’s Roland Martin were tweeting throughout the night. RELATED: Red Carpet Photos from the 2011 Trumpet Awards 2011 Trumpet Awards honor Liggins, Sharpton, Holder
Here are some more photos from Tami Reed who runs Talkingwithtami.com and attended the 19th annual 2011 Trumpet Awards. Go to her site to see more coverage of this event RELATED:
Below are some Red Carpet photos from the 2011 Trumpet Awards taken by one of Atlanta’s premier photographers and NewsOne contributor, Paras Griffin. To check out some of his astounding work, please click here RELATED: 2011 Trumpet Awards to Honor Holder, Liggins, Sharpton Al Sharpton’s Triumph Awards Honor Cathy Hughes Cathy Hughes inducted into National […]