NEW YORK-At a recent screening of the movie “Mooz-Lum” Nia Long spoke about how motherhood prepared her for the role of a Muslim mother in the movie. “Mooz-Lum” director, Qasim “Q” Basir also spoke about how his personal experiences led to the story of the movie in which a young African American Muslim man goes […]
Haiti — When Jean-Claude Duvalier suddenly emerged from exile last weekend, saying he was here “to help” his devastated homeland, fears immediately spread across the country that the former dictator had come to stake a new claim to power. But Mr. Duvalier’s risky return home from France may have been driven by another motivation: money. […]
Washington — Although we loved and will continue to openly rave about Michelle Obama’s State Dinner dress by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, designer Oscar de la Renta remains unimpressed. He told WWD, “My understanding is that the visit was to promote American-Chinese trade — American products in China and Chinese products in America. Why […]
TORONTO – Director Spike Lee says he’s still waiting for Hollywood to open up to black filmmakers in a meaningful way. Days before the Academy Award nominations are to be announced, the outspoken director says not much has changed since the historical 2002 Oscar wins of Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.
New Orleans –At its membership meeting January 12, 2011, the New Orleans Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) adopted a resolution demanding that the mayor and city council of the City of New Orleans immediately request the municipalities surrounding the City of New Orleans to enter into a memorandum […]
LAFAYETTE — Antonio Pulliam dropped out of high school at age 17 after his second attempt to complete his freshman year. It took him another five years – along with two arrests – to decide he needed to finish his high school education. “It took me getting in trouble to come to this program and […]
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — City police say they’ve learned criminals can swipe information on a credit card account without ever touching or even seeing the card. Thieves have found a way to take advantage the new Radio Frequency identification technology found on new credit cards and passports which was added to allow users option to tap […]
New York — As Eric Daniels was grieving for his surrogate father, professor William Daly, last October, he went to lunch with William L. Pollard, president of Medgar Evers College. Pollard had recently become president of the college after replacing Edison Jackson, the longtime leader of the college whose larger-than-life personality left a large imprint […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) took responsibility for hundreds of dead starlings that were found on the ground and frozen in trees in a Yankton, S.D., park on Monday. The USDA’s Wildlife Services Program, which contracts with farmers for bird control, said it used an avicide poison called DRC-1339 to cull a roost […]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference Thursday in New York City that the 127 defendants include high-ranking members of the Gambino and Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organized crime in New England. All five of New York’s five major crime families were targeted. The charges cover decades […]
Washington — The new mayor of the District of Columbia’s first week on the job remained relatively quiet considering the important events that occurred in the city and the country. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) spent his first full day – Mon., Jan. 3 — in private meetings on city business, but he was in […]
Washington — As Ashley Halsey III, in the Washington Post, reports: It is the kind risk teenagers take: darting across six lanes of traffic, paying no mind to the flashing sign warning pedestrians to await the green light. Wayne Cuffy and his buddies bolted across Landover Road on their way to the mall Tuesday night, […]