Russell Simmons slammed hardware giant Lowe’s yesterday for pulling its ads from TLC’s Muslim reality show All-American Muslim after a Florida family organization complained. The hip-hop mogul and activist, who is chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, which promotes racial and interfaith harmony — especially among Jews and Muslims — said that Lowe’s made…

Before the 2012 college football season started, the thought of someone not named Andrew Luck winning the Heisman Trophy was highly unlikely. While many had the name Robert Griffin III on their ballot, they had candidates from the University of Alabama, Oregon and LSU as favorites ahead of the Baylor University quarterback. But Saturday night,…

A sea captain guiding a ship through a bad storm is how President Obama describes himself in these tough economic times. But the storm may be clearing up a bit: Obama believes that the unemployment rate could hit 8 percent by next fall’s elections — for the first time since January 2009. “I think it’s…

Have you ever met a 2-year-old who can rap? Well, if you haven’t, let us introduce you to London’s Khaliyl Iloyi and the already half a million people on YouTube who have. Iloyi’s video went viral earlier this week, catching the attention of Ellen DeGeneres, who said he was so adorable that she now, uh,…

Washington, D.C., public relations legend Ofield Dukes died from multiple myeloma, a rare form of bone cancer, at the age of 79 in his hometown of Detroit.The trailblazing founder of Ofield Dukes & Associates was the public relations go-to man for African and African-American political figures, civil rights leaders and entertainers; consulted with every Democratic…

A French television station has released hotel security video of the day New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape. The video, which has Kahn’s lawyers wondering whether Diallo set up the French politician, shows her re-enacting the alleged sexual assault to two men. Toward the end of the…

Troy Davis’ sister, Martina Davis Correia, has died at the age of 44 after a long battle with breast cancer. She was diagnosed at the age of 31. Davis was executed by lethal injection on Sept. 21 for the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah, Ga., police officer Mark MacPhail. Many believe that Davis’ case needed…

You didn’t think the Rev. Al Sharpton was spending all of his time anchoring a show on MSNBC now, did you? Sharpton is reminding many that while he may be a nightly TV host five days a week, he’s a civil rights activist first. Sharpton and his organization, the National Action Network, along with partners…

Hundreds of protesters from Occupy D.C. and around the country joined in unison yesterday for the “Day of Action: Occupiers United” rally, which took over K Street in Washington, D.C. “K Street is the place to be if you’re going to stop the moneybags who are corrupting our government!” Jim Sessions, 75, a Methodist minister…

New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly has issued a statement regarding the allegations that NYPD officers made hateful comments on Facebook about the West Indian American Day Parade. The comments, which appeared on a Facebook group page titled “No More West Indian Day Detail,” allegedly included officers saying that they should “bomb” the…