National

  As Chicago continues to struggle with gang violence, the city plans to bring in the big guns for answers. First Lady Michelle Obama heads to Chicago April 10 to address “youth empowerment,” according to a statement from the White House. If you’re wondering what the empowerment of youth means, look further into the announcement […]

- Daily Praise

  Mark 8:36 NLT asks, “And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?” This scripture creates the perfect framework for this next story about Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Porsha Stewart. Many don’t know she is a former Christian Evangelist, who once preached the gospel of […]

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  Will Graham, the grandson of well-known evangelist Billy Graham, says that his grandfather is preparing hard for likely his last sermon in November and has started filming for “My Hope America with Billy Graham.” “This is so exciting for me as a grandson to see my granddaddy end well. He can’t see well; he […]

Entertainment

  Angela Davis is more than a Communist Party leader and activist, she’s a movement. During the emergence of the Black Panther Party, a young Angela decided, “This is earth-shaking. This is change and I want to be a part of that.” And she was. During the 1960′s, Davis’ life was spent fighting for and defending […]

Deitrick Haddon has been preaching since he was 10 years-old, and Gospel music has always been his priority. He’s turned down several offers from secular…

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  One of America’s most beloved sportscasters, James Brown (JB), shared his seven fundamentals to success during his first Liberty University Convocation appearance on Monday. For Christians, all success is not necessarily “good success,” that which Jesus Christ calls them to, Brown said. “As I have grown in my spiritual life, I have tied each of those […]

National

The New Jersey man who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot owes approximately $29,000 in child support. Authorities stopped by Pedro Quezada’s Passaic apartment on Wednesday, one day after the 44-year-old claimed a lump-sum payment worth $221 million, or about $152 million after taxes. No one answered the door. In an email, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik […]

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  TV One, which entertains, informs and inspires Black adult viewers, announced today its plans to air the VERIZON’S HOW SWEET THE SOUND ROAD TO GOSPEL GREATNESS: THE FINALE hosted by R&B and gospel music superstar Michelle Williams on Sunday, March 31, at 10 PM/ET. Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound is the country’s most prestigious […]

National

    Relationships ain’t easy. The ups and downs of love drive most of reality TV and in real life, they can end up in pain, disillusionment and sometimes violence. Even money and fame provide little protection from the problems that challenge people in intimate relationships. In Best Picture director Ben Affleck’s now famous Oscar […]

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  More and more, people are venting their frustrations on Facebook and Twitter for the world to see.  Social media outrage…is it the new road rage? It seems that crazy maniac behind the wheel is now behind a computer. “Leadership By Choice” author Eric Papp says people are getting so revved up on Facebook and […]

National

  South Africa appealed to the world Thursday to pray for former President Nelson Mandela, who was readmitted to a hospital overnight for a recurring lung infection. Mandela was conscious when he was taken to the hospital just before midnight Wednesday, President Jacob Zuma’s office said. It’s the second time the anti-apartheid icon and the nation’s […]

National

  Despite the number of statistics pointing to a wealth of disadvantages children face in a single parent home, 72 percent of African-American children are born out-of-wedlock. Of all single parent homes in the US, more than 80 percent are headed by women. In the Black community alone, the absence of a father figure has reached epidemic proportions, […]