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NewsOne contributor Bakari Kitwana will be going on the road for his sixth annual Rap Sessions tour. The tour, which started in 2005, will be headlined by a diverse panel of scholars and activists. The series of townhall meetings will focus on themes “From Precious to For Colored Girls” and how these representations affect perceptions […]
Steve Harvey’s ex-wife Mary Harvey recently spoke with our sister site Majic 102.3 Washington D.C.’s Cortney Hicks exclusively about their divorce drama. Mary was given the chance to get everything off her chest once all for all to set the record straight on Steve’s claims and separates the facts from the fiction, as she sees […]
WISCONSIN — Wisconsin faces a $3.6 billion debt over the next two years, and a bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker would call for public employees to pay more for their pensions and health insurance as a means of tackling the deficit.
Wisconsin — Union protests are continuing in Wisconsin as Govenor Scott Walker is threatening major budget cuts that will affect many union workers. Related: WBW Honors Richard Wright Cars we loved way back when This morning on Fox News, Walker told Obama to “stay out of the state’s business” after Obama’s comment that Wisconsin is […]
Uganda — Voters in Uganda on Friday had to choose between extending their president’s 25-year grip on power or joining the anti-incumbent wave sweeping Africa and the Middle East and vote Yoweri Museveni out of office. Opposition threats of street protests have raised the stakes in the vote — just the second multiparty election to […]
TAMPA-Because of his 1.2 GPA, 15-year-old James Mond has been forced by his mother to stand on street corners with a sign that says “Honk If I Need An Education.” Florida mother publicly humiliates son over grades: MyFoxBOSTON.com RELATED STORIES School Sued For Punishing Students Over MySpace Pictures Mom Charged For Picture Of Toddler Duct […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A judge sentenced a former karate instructor to death on Thursday for leading a group of men dressed like ninjas to kill a wealthy Florida couple while their special-needs children slept or cowered nearby. A jury had recommended in October that Patrick Gonzalez Jr. be executed, but a judge must impose death […]
I am in Akron, Ohio sitting at my laptop thinking about tomorrow’s events. Rev. Al Sharpton and I are in the state to rally for Kelley Williams-Bolar, the single mother who was jailed for sending her kids to a school outside their home district. In addition to going to jail for nine days, Ms. Williams-Bolar […]
Pennsylvania– A Southeastern Pennsylvania woman has been charged with endangerment over a photograph of a toddler bound to a chair with duct tape covering her mouth. Police say that during questioning, Caira Ferguson admitted to taping her daughter to the chair last summer. Ferguson was arrested Wednesday because of outstanding warrants, police told NBC Philadelphia.
New York – The wife of a NYPD Deputy Inspector lied to police when she claimed she was beat up by a Black man on Valentine’s Day outside of her home. Tsui Dadamo told police that a Black man wearing a bandana beat her up, several days after her husband’s tires were found slashed in […]
Minnesota – Michelle Bachmann has joined the growing chorus of people asking Michelle Obama to stop telling American mothers what to do. The Tea Party’s voice said that the First Lady is trying to create a “nanny state” with her recent breastfeeding comments. Read more at NYDailyNews RELATED: Top 9 Black sitcom theme songs Bachmann […]
KENTUCKY-Murray State political science professor, Mark Wattier, is currently under suspension after he told a freshman African American student, Arlene Johnson “Slaves We Always Late” after she showed up on time to a class he was starting early. Related: 25 reasons we love Michael Jordan The Grio reports: “Then he said, ‘That’s okay. I’d expect […]
