Another day, another reality show! VH1 has become the ambassador for ratchet TV shows like “Love & Hip Hop” and “Flavor Of Love,” so we can’t wait to see what exactly comes from their new show “The Gossip Game.” The cast, which includes: Vivian Billings (NYC Gossip Girl), K.Foxx (“The Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Show With K. Foxx”), Kim Osorio (Editor-In-Chief […]

Bigger Thomas is back, and he’s nastier than ever. Actually, Bigger never went anywhere. It’s just that, from time to time, his real-world manifestations go way over the line. Take, for instance, those three Bigger Thomases that stripped and whipped that poor brother in Newark, N.J. last summer. For purposes of this account, I’ll call […]

Michael Jackson‘s former masterpiece of a home Neverland Ranch hasn’t had a person living in it since 2005. that might change in the near future because it is rumored the new king and queen of music, Jay-Z and Beyonce are looking to buy the King of Pop’s former home. According to AOL Real Estate, a “source close to the Jackson […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy on a Canadian tourist’s body failed to determine whether she was killed or died accidentally in a giant water cistern on top of a downtown Los Angeles hotel roof. The results were inconclusive, so coroner’s officials said Thursday they will have to wait for toxicological tests to determine a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is warning that automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 will result in travel delays at major airports and require traffic-disrupting shutdowns of air traffic control towers at smaller facilities. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the across the board reductions will require trimming $600 million this year […]

The Pan-African Film Festival (PAFF) is a twenty-one year old celebration of independent black filmmaking. Held February 7-18th, the festival is the creation of award-winning actors Danny Glover, Janet Dubois (Good Times) and film enthusiast and activist, Ayuko Babu. The two visionaries created a non-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of cultural diversity and education […]

In 2009, Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) state worker Crystal Perry met with her supervisor to discuss why she was overlooked for a promotion. Days later, someone reportedly perched a 5-foot-tall ape on top of her cubicle wall to which Perry responded by filing a lawsuit against the agency charging discrimination. Now, more than three years later, an Ingham County […]

Fantasia Barrino covers the March 2013 issue of Jet Magazine but she’s not too happy with the mag. Tasia took to her Instagram account to blast the publication for publishing an old photo of her on their recent cover. She wants a redo and wished  the mag used the pics that her camp sent over. Tasia […]

The Black Freedom struggle of the 1950’s and 1960’s, popularly referred to as the Civil Rights Movement, tore down Jim Crow segregation in law and in many cases in practice.  With these victories, African American organizations and activists focused on advancing economic opportunity to end inequality based on generations of discrimination. President Johnson launched a […]

As a Christian, a parent, a wife, and an entrepreneur, the thought of traveling to our nation’s capitol to be arrested on purpose had never crossed my mind.  When provided the opportunity to do just that as a way to bring attention to the need for action against climate change – at the Forward on […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Cleotha Staples, the eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staples Singers, has died. She was 78. Staples family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter says Staples died Thursday at her Chicago home after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the last decade. The Staples Singers began as a way for […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — During her 10 years as a Utah state trooper, Lisa Steed built a reputation as an officer with a knack for nabbing drunken motorists in a state with a long tradition of tee totaling and some of the nation’s strictest liquor laws. Steed used the uncanny talent — as one […]