Local
Everybody’s stretched these days, but some colleges and universities are doing better than others at wringing the most value from education dollars. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks #1 for the 11th year in a row! FOR THE ENTIRE LIST OF BEST VALUE IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES – CLICK ON HERE
The 27th Annual Stellar Awards, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, was held on Saturday night. Some of the best entertainers of the Gospel community were honored. The annual award show is a tradition that highlights the best of the gospel community and brings to light all the praise and worship done by […]
Youth must know the histories of freedom struggles beyond MLK and Mandela. Recent studies in the U.S., for example, report that the younger generation’s knowledge about even the civil rights movement of the 1960s — let alone the generations-old history of black resistance to unjust laws designed to keep them “in their place” — is […]
If style points and offensive fireworks meant anything, the Baltimore Ravens wouldn’t stand a chance of making it to the AFC championship. Playing defense and protecting the football are what they do best, and that formula led to a 20-13 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday, putting Baltimore in the AFC title game against […]
After Idolizing Wilt Chamberlain during his Childhood and High School days, Dwight Howard has broken one of Wilt’s long time old records. His number of free throws shot in one game held for 50 years, but now Dwight Howard sets a new record. TO FIND OUT MORE AND TO READ THE COMPLETE STORY — CLICK […]
A judge in Alabama has declared Natalee Holloway dead, more than six years after the teenager went missing on the Caribbean island of Aruba. FOR COMPLETE STORY — CLICK HERE
The Word Network, the largest African-American urban religious television network on the globe, is excited to announce the addition of multi-Grammy Award nominated gospel music legend Vickie Winans to its television family. Winans’ new weekly variety and magazine program, “The Vickie Winans Show”, is in development and scheduled for an autumn premiere. FOR THE COMPLETE […]
You know that adage about how the young and old can never seem to see eye-to-eye? That could well apply to the state of race relations in America, says a report released Friday by a national advocacy group working to rein in economic inequality. In its ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day report, titled […]
The world promised billions to rebuild after the quake two years ago. Much of the aid never arrived. Now the biggest roadblock may be Haiti’s own tortured history. TO READ MORE – CLICK HERE
Don’t worry: the Twinkie supply won’t dry up. Hostess Brands, however, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in the past decade. Last time around, it set a record for languishing in restructuring. And even though a bankruptcy double-dip is never a good thing, Hostess’ investors have enough confidence in the ongoing […]