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Basheer Jones exclusive interview Sapphire, a performance poet and writer whose novel, Push, was made into the award-winning film, “Precious.”
Rickey Smiley was in Cleveland this weekend for the Radio One Comedy charity show. Comedians Special K, of the RSMS, and Big Sean hit the stage with Rickey to give back to the community during the 30 years of service celebrating the 30 year anniversary of Radio One. Proceeds from the show were given to […]
Radio One Cleveland (ROC) and Rickey Smiley shut it down in this weekend for the Radio One Comedy charity show. Comedians Special K and Big Sean hit the stage with Rickey to give back to the community during the 30 years of service celebration for the Radio One 30 year anniversary. Proceeds from the show […]
Fueled by hate for homosexuals, a sick crew of Bronx gang members went on a wave of sadistic violence that included forcing a teen to burn his gay lover with cigarettes, cops said Friday.
Reportedly Set To Enter Plea Deal For 6 Month Sentence! Today Mediatakeout.com has reported that rapper T.I. has agreed to a 6 month plea deal for the September 2nd arrest in which he and his wife Tiny were found with possession of controlled substances.
NewsOne Staff in Nation The Grammy Award winner fell ill on a flight from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, Dutch TV channel RTL reported. The Everybody Needs Somebody To Love star was due to perform at a Amsterdam nightclub on Tuesday. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he recently […]
NewsOne Staff in Nation on Oct 10, 2010 at 11:53 am African-American support for the Democratic Party hovers around 90 percent. This qualifies as monolithic, even though black Americans are increasingly diverse — economically, socially, culturally and geographically. There are millions of affluent black suburban households who fit the demographic profile of independents or […]
via abcnews.go.com Little girls may be sugar and spice and everything nice, but having a daughter might boost a couple’s risk of divorce, according to past census data. Not only did researchers find that couples with sons are more likely to stick together, unmarried pregnant couples were more likely to have shotgun weddings if the […]
via cnn.com The Ohio Congressional candidate who has received national attention for a photo where he appears in a Nazi uniform, responded to the reports Saturday in a statement on his website. Rich Iott, a Republican who is running in Ohio’s 9th district, said in the statement that he has participated in military re-enactments since […]
by David A. Graham Democrats are getting pummeled by the bad economy, and today’s release of the latest government jobless statistics doesn’t offer them any reprieve: although the unemployment rate stayed steady at 9.6 percent, 95,000 Americans lost their jobs. It’s true that the new number might not matter much because by now, most voters […]
story by Isaac Stone Fish and Duncan Hewitt Liu is the principal author of Charter 08, a manifesto modeled after Czechoslovakia’s Charter 77, calling for greater freedom of expression and human rights in China. The director for Norway’s Center for Human Rights in Oslo, Nils Butenschon, said earlier this week that Liu is a […]
It is with deep sadness and great regret that we report the death of Albertina Walker. According to her publicist, the Gospel legend died this morning at 4:30 a.m. in her hometown Chicago.