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When my son saw the trailer for the Karate Kid featuring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith several months ago he made me promise to take him to see the movie the day it opened. So, on Friday, I loaded him and several friends in the car and took them to the movies.
We’ve been hitting up the Spendaholic’s Guide to Managing your Money here on NewsOne.com. In part I of the series, we started the conversation regarding how to budget your money. I am currently shooting a financial planning series for MSNBC, so this topic is heavy on my mind these days. One thing you have to understand is that you don’t have to be perfect or completely disciplined when it comes to learning how to get ahead financially.
Black women have emerged triumphant in May’s official unemployment data, with a decrease of 10 per cent in unemployment from 13.7 per cent in April to 12.4 per cent in May.
A new study shows that more and more black men are marrying women of other races. In fact, more than 1 in 5 black men who wed (22 percent) married a nonblack woman in 2008. This compares with about 9 percent of black women, and represents a significant increase for black men — from 15.7 percent in 2000 and 7.9 percent in 1980.
“I’d rather be loathed for who I am than loved for who I am not.”
VIA BLACK CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK The religious left has organized conference to express its frustration with President Obama. Rabbi Michael Lerner is spearheading what is officially being called “Taking Back Washington From the ‘Pragmatists’ and ‘Realists’: A Strategy Conference for Religious and Secular Progressives.” It features evangelical minister Brian McLaren, Rep. Keith Ellison (one of […]
Fantasia Barrino crossed another very important milestone in her life last weekend. The Triad native walked across the stage at the Greensboro Coliseum with the Andrews High School's 2010 graduating class. The singer earned her honorary degree.
VIA ELEV8 Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ἀρετή) is moral excellence. A virtue is a character trait or quality valued as being always good in and of itself. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being. The opposite of virtue is vice. Change the way you look at your life by moderating […]
VIA ELEV8 Facebook, Twitter, myspace and LinkedIn are popular social media sites to network and reconnect with people. Various stories and testimonies from individuals are heard directly or by word of mouth about how they have located a long-lost friend, loved one or even got a job. If you can do that, why can’t you […]
Will, Jada, Jaden, Willow and Trey stepped out as a family for the preview of Jaden's highly-anticipated remake of the 1984's "Karate Kid." In standard Smith Family fashion, the group was dressed to the nines ... including baby Willow.
Actor Don Cheadle is known around the world as an advocate of environmental issues. His work on clean energy and climate change and his avid campaigning for genocide victims were all reasons the United Nations named him a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program last week during a ceremony to mark World Environment Day.
VIA ELEV8 Summer time is almost upon us and it is time to pick up or download your summer books. Here are 8 choices that you should consider for your beach and plane rides. The Ideal Wife- Jacqueline Thomas Marrying a handsome, wealthy lawyer and living in a Hollywood Hills mansion…it’s a dream come true […]