Dr. Danielle Lee (PHOTO CREDIT: ScienceSeeker.org) In a blatant display of male privilege infused misogyny, Ofek, an editor at Biology-Online.com,  called Dr. Danielle Lee (pictured above) an “urban whore” during an email exchange simply because she declined to write a pro bono monthly blog for the website. Click here to see Dr. Danielle Lee’s email exchange […] The post Black Scientist Called Shocking Slur For Declining To Write For Free appeared first on NewsOne.

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  President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met in the Oval Office Friday with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakastani girl who was shot in the head on her school bus by Taliban gunmen for criticizing their rule, including banning education for girls. The White House says the first couple invited Malala — the youngest ever […]

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  Two steps forward, one step back. A surge of optimism for a possible compromise to end the partial government shutdown and avoid a U.S. default as soon as this week got jolted with the sudden announcement on Monday that a White House meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders had been postponed. In […]

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  Police have identified the man they say is accused of shooting a woman in the back. The woman, Tiyana Thompson, 24, who spoke to FOX 8 about the shooting, was standing outside of Tops & Bottoms bar on Bolivar Avenue just before 3 a.m. on Oct. 6, when she was shot in the back. The […]

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  Minister Deitrick Haddon and Dominique have dinner with Bishop Ron Gibson and First Lady LaVette Gibson. The conversation turns to the Minister’s engagement to Dominique. article courtesy of Elev8.com

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  In a very sad turn of events, TMZ is reporting that ”MasterChef” finalist Josh Marks has been found dead in a Chicago alleyway. Officials allegedly believe he committed suicide. A rep for the Chicago PD says they received a call from a woman screaming for help Friday evening and upon arriving on the scene they found a 26-year old male […]

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  Recently “T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul,” actors Lamman Rucker (“Why Did I Get Married Too?”) and Laz Alonzo (“Jumping the Broom”), R&B legend Keith Sweat and rising soul superstar Luke James give the ladies a peek into the secret world of men. Love, relationships, money and power – no topic is off […]

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  On the heels of two critically acclaimed, genre-bending albums, worship leader William McDowell prepares for the November 5th release of a groundbreaking new CD/DVD that takes the audio-visual worship experience to a new level.  Appropriately titled Withholding Nothing, the project contains over 60 minutes of passionate, extemporaneous worship in the form of songs, choruses […]

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  Lecrae announced this week that he will premiere his new song on BET’s 106 & Park on Oct. 18. The rapper will give a short performance and introduce the new track during the episode. He also recently took to his Twitter account to announce that he would be revealing the release date for his […]

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  *photo courtesy of NBC/TheVoice On the NBC show music talent series “The Voice” this week, ministers’ kid Tamara Chauniece picked Cee Lo Green to coach her. The daughter of two ministers who started her singing career in church, turned heads and seats on Monday’s episode of the NBC hit music talent series “The Voice. […]

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For the Washington Performing Arts Society’s opening season celebration, voices and instruments commemorated several anniversaries in one evening. To mark the rich 200 year history of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, the famous jazz trumpeter and musical statesman Wynton Marsalis was commissioned in 2008 to compose a special work to commemorate the occasion. The result […]

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  People are split over Oxygen’s “Preachers of L.A.”. Some think it is inappropriate for religious leaders to appear on reality television while others think it is a good tool for getting out the word. Bishop Noel Jones defended joining the “Preachers of L.A.” cast to the Tom Joyner Morning Show crew, he explained, “I […]