Oprah Winfrey has shared her big secret: she recently learned she has a half-sister she never knew about. Winfrey made the announcement on Monday morning. She says she has a sister who lives in Milwaukee. The sister, Patricia, was given up for adoption by Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee, shortly after her birth in 1963, USA […]

Via Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission: As a precaution, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has issued a Boil Water Advisory (BWA) for customers served by WSSC in a large portion of Prince George’s County south of Central Avenue and Route 202 (Landover Road). To view the area impacted and determine affected customers click on Boiled […]

Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition.  Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64…

Letting sleeping dogs — and cats — lie could make you sick, a paper to be published by a U.S. Centers for Disease Control journal warns. That pet in your bed could be passing on meningitis, toxocariasis or cat-scratch disease, among others. “We don’t want to scare people, but especially for children and people with […]

Medgar Evers was one of the most profound activists of the Civil Rights movement. His involvement in the Regional Council of Negro Leadership led to…

Oprah Winfrey has shared her big secret: she recently learned she has a half-sister she never knew about. Winfrey made the announcement on Monday morning. She says she has a sister who lives in Milwaukee. The sister, Patricia, was given up for adoption by Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee, shortly after her birth in 1963, USA […]

Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition.  Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64 shows to 32. Based on the seeding of the editorial team we didn’t see any upset loses although we were surprised to see the short-lived 90’s sitcom “Thea” beat out the […]

Medgar Evers was one of the most profound activists of the Civil Rights movement. His involvement in the Regional Council of Negro Leadership led to his organization of several boycotts and protests throughout Mississippi. His work as an NAACP field secretary also helped put Mississippi at the forefront of the struggle. One of Evers biggest […]

Legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.