Along the Gulf Coast and across the country, it’s being called a “silent hurricane.” Between 2004 and 2007, an estimated 100,000 homes in more than 20 states were built with toxic drywall imported from China. Emissions from the drywall corrode plumbing and electrical systems. Homeowners also blame them for headaches and respiratory ailments. Replacing Chinese…

Further into the quagmire we sink. Eight US servicemen were killed in southern Afghanistan following a bomb attack. From NBC News (via the AP): The U.S. military said on Tuesday that eight American troops have been killed in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the eight-year Afghan…

Welcome to the Clippers, Blake. After an off-season that saw star power forward Blake Griffin injure his shoulder, his regular season debut has been postponed after suffering a broken kneecap in an exhibition game last Friday. Though initially reported as a sore knee, it was revealed late Monday that Griffin’s kneecap was, in fact, broken.…

In a story The Buzz peeped on The Grio, it appears a Pew Study has outed Black women who’ve graduated from college, make less than 30K and have mobile devices as serial Twitterians. If you’re online, the chances are 1 in 5 that you’re updating your Twitter or Facebook status, according to a new study…

The health care debate drones on and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced their will be a provision added to the reform bill that allows for a public option that states can opt out of. Though Reid seemed opposed to the idea of a government-run option just two weeks ago, some see this as…

As we all know, President Obama likes to run ball in his free time and it’s his choice of players that has NOW president Terry O’Neill concerned. From ABC News: “Relationships get built in those more informal settings,” O’Neill told ABC News, “and the relationships have a huge impact on the influence an individual has.…

Johnnie Carson, the state department chief who heads up the African desk, has revoked the visa of a high-ranking Kenyan official and is considering doing the same to three others. Without naming names, Carson has said the move stems from reform obstruction in the wake of Kenya’s post-election violence last year. From the BBC: He…

In a presidential declaration signed Friday night, the White House has declared swine flu a national emergency, a move which allows hospitals to move emergency room off-site in order to protect uninfected patients and speed treatment. With the disease more prevalent than ever and vaccine production below the 120 millions doses that had been projected…

Radio personality Olivia Fox will be the first to tell you that these are challenging times: These days, it seems as though black radio is under siege. Sixty years since Atlanta’s WERD became the first black-owned and operated black-format station, once-loyal listeners are turning away in droves, heading for satellite radio, iTunes, Pandora or the…

During the interview portion of a Noisemakers event in his honor in New York, rapper Talib Kweli tells tales of the early Kanye West on tour. Obviously, these hijinks include missed tour busses and wheel chair shenanigans. The video, courtesy of Rap Radar, can be seen here. How this guy doesn’t get punched daily remains…