If, by now, you haven’t heard about Pat Robertson’s remarks about the Haitian earthquake being God’s retaliation and judgment upon the country for their pact with Satan, made in order to free themselves from the control of the French government in the late 1700s, perhaps you’ve been living under a rock. (You did know there […]
VIA WJLA: President Barack Obama is joining the lineup for the Kennedy Center’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. The White House says Obama will speak during the first part of the show Monday. He’ll then join his family in the presidential box for his first King holiday as president. Singer India.Arie will perform, […]
VIA HELLO BEAUTIFUL: Actress Garcelle Beauvais, better known as “Fancy” from “The Jamie Foxx Show,” has been greatly affected by the tragedy that has struck Haiti. She herself grew up on the island, coming to the States with her parents at the young age of seven. The news has continued to report on the status […]
VIA THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPER: As a 13-year-old, Lithonia resident Stephen Stafford II can usually be found sitting in front of the television playing video games or playing his drum set. But Stafford is no typical 13-year old – he’s a college student. The triple-major child prodigy is becoming a sensation at Morehouse College. “I’ve never […]
According to NewsOne/Blackplanet polls, most Black people say the word “Negro” itself doesn’t offend them — that is, unless it’s being uttered by a white person.
CHICAGO – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s “blacker than Barack Obama” and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies. Blagojevich, referring to the president as “this guy,” says Obama was elected based simply on hope. “What the (expletive)? Everything he’s saying’s on the teleprompter,” […]
VIA CNN: African-Americans are extremely supportive of President Obama, but their enthusiasm appears to have dramatically dropped from earlier this year, according to a new national poll. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, released Tuesday, also indicates that Obama’s presidency appears to have made blacks more optimistic about race relations, but less than one in five […]
VIA MSN: Turkey day doesn’t have to send your health spiraling down and your weight soaring up for the rest of the holidays. We’re not suggesting that you diet on turkey day, but Thanksgiving doesn’t have to send your health spiraling down and your weight soaring up for the rest of the holidays, either. Here’s […]
VIA MSNBC: By Eve Tahmincioglu Elizabeth Nill, 61, had a dream of becoming a president of a community college when she went to Harvard Business School in the late 1970s. But even though colleagues told her she didn’t have the temperament for such a job, she spent years pursuing her dream. She worked as an […]
VIA ELEV8: By Ingrid Michelle Sometimes my life seems to make no sense – in the natural. Things that would ideally appear the “normal” action quite often become the complete opposite of what God has in store. Don’t get me wrong, God isn’t some sadistic, controlling spirit man who snickers at us while we squirm […]