Once again, the people have spoken. Who is the top female R&B singer as voted on by YOU? It’s none other than Whitney Elizabeth Houston. Once again defying expectations about how Tom Joyner Morning Show listeners would vote, in the final tally, Whitney dominated the competition. (Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle were #2 and #3 […]

Instead of taking a page from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and slut-shaming teen girls into abstinence, the Chicago Department of Public Health has reframed…

If you ask most dads, they’d probably say a great Father’s Day gift would be to sit uninterrupted in front of  a huge flat screen this Sunday with the remote and the ability to switch between the NBA Finals and the Season 6 premiere of “True Blood.” Dads deserve their day, too, so Happy Father’s […]

Edwin Bancroft Henderson, also known as the “Father of Black Sports” introduced African Americans to the game of basketball in 1904. He was the first black basketball player at Harvard University and the first physical education teacher in the nation. Henderson was later appointed honorary president of the North American Society for Sport History. E.B. […]

One evening each June, young girls in party dresses and shiny shoes arrive at a Richmond, Va. City jail for a date with their dads. They are escorted inside by the sheriff and met on a red carpet by their fathers, who for the occasion have been allowed to trade in their jumpsuits for suits […]

Black children are dying at a startling rate, not just by gunfire on the streets – but they are now six times more likely to drown in swimming pools than white children the same age. The statistics are deeply disturbing. According to the U.S. Consumer Product  Safety Commission’s new pool safety report, African American and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has treaded carefully into the debate over the New York Police Department’s stop, question and frisk policy, telling a federal judge that it strongly endorses an independent monitor to oversee changes should she decide civil rights violations have occurred. Lawyers for the Justice Department filed a 21-page […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a first, America’s racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, reflecting sweeping changes by race and class among young people. Due to an aging population, non-Hispanic whites last year recorded more deaths than births. These two milestones, revealed in 2012 census estimates released Thursday, […]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The six jurors and four alternates eventually picked to hear the second-degree murder case of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman will be sequestered for the two to four weeks the trial will last, the judge presiding over the case said for the first time Thursday. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson told a […]

GEISMAR, La. (AP) — Ambulances and helicopters took at least 30 people from a burning chemical plant after an explosion Thursday in Louisiana, officials said. Early tests did not indicate dangerous levels of any chemicals around the plant in Geismar, about 20 miles southeast of Baton Rouge, but area residents were told to remain indoors […]

Kanye West, due to become a first time parent with pregnant girlfriend Kim Kardashian in a matter of weeks, is defending himself against rumors that he cheated on her with a Canadian model. “This most recent attack on Kanye West and his family is totally without merit,” his rep told People.com in a statement on […]

Billboard crunched the numbers. Beyonce spent six nights at London’s 02 Arena as part of her international Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, and raked in $9.7 million in gross sales. Days after she wrapped London, Bey headed to Manchester, playing three shows at the city’s Manchester Arena, bringing in an additional $4.65 in gross sales. […]