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Forty-seven years after thousands of people converged on the Washington Mall to stand together to protest the inhumane challenges blacks in America faced in 1963, organizers of the “Reclaim the Dream” march are looking to ignite change again on Saturday, Aug. 28 with another mass gathering in Washington. “In 1963, they had a dream, and […]
1. DRINK WATER Dehydration causes fatigue, so stay hydrated to stay bright-eyed. Caffeine can jump start your motor, but you don’t want to over do it. Energy drinks and coffee can give you a temporary energy boost by firing up your fight-or-flight hormones, but when they wear off, you crash. Start your day with a […]
titled “Michelle O.” was painted by New York-based Mickalene Thomas, who is also African-American and is part of the “Americans Now” exhibition at the Smithsonian. Thomas is the first artist to paint an individual portrait of the country’s first African-American First Lady. The exhibition features portraits of famous names in business, government and the arts. […]
He has been in the White House 18 months, but President Obama already has seven U.S. schools named after him, far more than his predecessor George W. Bush and a designation that educators say bucks the trend. Barack Obama Elementary School in Upper Marlboro, Md., which opened its doors today, became the latest U.S. school […]
By now, you may have heard about how on last night’s edition of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart made fantastic comedic hay out of a Fox And Friends segment, in which the gathered panel indulged in some outsized fearmongery over Cordoba initiative funding without mentioning how the shadowy, unnamed figure at the center of controversy, […]
The state-run Xinhua news agency says the plane overshot the runway and burst into flames while trying to land in the city of Yichun in remote Heilongjiang province, Xinhua said.
Praise Family…we all love the music ministry of Pastor Marvin Sapp…Now he is asking all of us to pray for him and his wife. Back in April of 2009 Marvin Sapp’s wife MaLinda went to the hospital after experiencing excruciating pain. At first, the two thought she likely had kidney stones. But according to Sapp, […]
Z-LINKS: Montana Fishburne won’t shut up about beng a Porn Star and what her Dad says! Click Here Fantasia’s Married Man Antwaun Cook Finally Releases Statement! Click Here NEW MUSIC from Usher, Chris Brown, Keri Hilson, Lauryn Hill and much more! Click Here Ciara released new promo pics for her new album titled Basic Instinct… […]
Today marks the beginning of Fantasia Barrino’s promotional swing for today’s release of her new album “Back to Me,” but it comes just two weeks after the singer overdosed on aspirin in an attempt to take her life amid a cheating scandal. The singer began the day discussing her suicide attempt and adultery allegations […]
The good news for President Obama is that this week is likely to be better for him than last week was. The bad news? Last week! A week so bad, as we observed Friday, that the president ended it by clinging to his religion as the media revived the stupid-people-think-he’s-Muslim trope. This, of course, was the […]
The first year of college is the riskiest for African Americans; one out of two black freshmen this year will not finish. UNCF president Michael Lomax points out ways that parents can help their kids overcome the pitfalls. I don’t quote Ronald Reagan often, but the annual sight of parents taking new freshmen to college […]
People Magazine is reporting that Fantasia has admTwo weeks after being hospitalized for overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid, singer Fantasia Barrino says it was no accident. She wanted to die. “I didn’t have any fight in me. I didn’t care about anything. I just wanted out,” the American Idol winner, 26, tells VH1 […]