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NEW YORK–Carlos Cancel saved a drunken man’s life on a NYC subway station Friday–the interesting part is that it wasn’t the first time. Twenty years…
It appears that Tiger Woods’ wife is not the only person who has a bone to pick with him. Tiger’s former caddy, Steve Williams, is planning to write a tell-all book about his life with Woods; and some expect that it’s not going to be pretty. After serving by Tiger’s side for 12 years, Williams […]
VIA: Elev8.com Check out what happened during this week’s episode of BET’s Sunday’s Best. Sunday’ s Best opened with Smokie Norful opened the show and a toe tapping and hand clapping tune. Kirk Franklin kicked right into hosting duties introducing the last 10 contestants. Last week’s show gave us talents by the tons. The second […]
Last season’s Sunday’s Best winner Le’Andria Johnson is back with a new single, “Jesus.” The song was released on Matthew Knowles’ New World Music label. Johnson roars on the new song from forthcoming freshman CD, “The Awakening of Le Andria Johnson”. In June of 2010, with a voice that tranquilized 20 finalists and garnered 2 […]
NEW YORK — In 1962, when New York city planners first proposed a sewage treatment plant for the residents and businesses of Manhattan’s West Side, they picked a spot on the Hudson River around 72nd Street. The neighborhood, however, was well on its way to becoming what it is today — the white, upper middle […]
When I was growing up, there were always stories of random acts of violence here and there, or a tragic shooting that would periodically capture the headlines. But what was once a rarity has sadly transformed into some sort of normalized disturbing behavior. Just within the last week, a Florida teen was accused of bludgeoning […]
I recently wrote about the scheduled meeting today between President Barack Obama and the presidents of the NAACP and Urban League. Marc Morial and Ben Jealous got together with the president in a situation that is eerily similar to the meeting the three had with Rev. Al Sharpton not so long ago. Any meeting which serves […]
We all know how celebs love their summer vacation from the royals to the wannabe’s. While the world followed Harry and Kate on their recent US coastal vacation this summer, our very own Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, a/k/a The Duchess of Detroit, is now taking over the east coast: New York City and the […]
I am not a feminist. I may listen to too much female degrading rap music to even spew those hypocritical words. But I can not sit and turn a blind eye to the insensitive idea of ’empowerment’ that is the new ad campaign for Summer’s Eve. A vertical hand as a vagina that is clearly […]
Thursday, July 21, 2011, the First Lady makes an appearance on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, as part of her promotion of Joining Forces initiative to support military families. The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team will bring together a community to the Langdon Street site, for a 9-hour build in support for Barbara Marshall, the […]
From a very young age I witnessed my parents strive to create their businesses so they could work for themselves. My father badly wanted to stop dragging others luggage up and down Miami International Airport as a Skycap; and my mom wanted out of the corporate job that left her unhappy and unfulfilled. They went […]
NEW YORK — The story was compelling when it was first broken several weeks ago by the New York Daily News — a 13-year-old Black whiz-kid named Autum Ashante accepted to the University of Connecticut, only to have that acceptance rescinded, and her fraught father calling for justice. But the story might be a work […]