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  • GOP Candidate Who Called for Obama’s Hanging Gets a Visit From the Secret Service

    As it turns out, it’s never a good idea to call for the hanging of a president. It could get you some very serious attention from the men in black who guard the nation’s leader. According to the Tampa Bay Times, while Joshua Black—the political candidate seeking to win a seat in the Florida House…

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  • Obama Administration Targets Sexual Abuse at Colleges

    President Barack Obama has set his sights on finding a solution to rampant sexual assault, particularly on college campuses, the Associated Press reports. It’s an issue that rarely gets attention from the White House despite its broad reach into so many Americans’ lives. Obama is expected to sign a presidential memorandum on Wednesday to create…

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  • South Africa Officials Affiliated with Phony Interpreter Resign

    Two officials of South Africa’s ruling party have handed in resignations following the phony interpreter incident at patriarch Nelson Mandela’s memorial in December, the Associated Press reports. According to the AP, the officials, Bantubahle Xozwa – who allegedly owns the company that hired the fake interpreter and was the head of the African National Congress’…

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  • ASU Fraternity Faces Backlash Following Racist MLK Day Party

    Members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Arizona State University are learning the hard way what happens when you try to host a “funny” party that perpetuates racist stereotypes. Calls for the expulsion of the frat (and students involved) are building, even as the university has already suspended its operations, the Associated Press reports.…

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  • NAACP Leader Calls Sen. Tim Scott a ‘Dummy’ for Tea Party

    The NAACP president in North Carolina, the Rev. William Barber, slammed black Republican Sen. Tim Scott for being a “dummy” for the Tea Party, according to Talking Points Memo. At a speech on Sunday to members of the South Carolina NAACP, Barber made the fiery comments, encouraging people to not “give up the so-called high…

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  • Remains Confirmed as Missing Autistic NYC Teen

    The human remains found last week along the Queens, N.Y., shoreline were confirmed as being Avonte Oquendo, the medical examiner’s office reported on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The missing autistic teen, who was nonverbal, walked out of his school three months ago and was never heard from again. The remains discovered along the East…

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  • HIV-Positive Student Filmed Sex Tapes With More Than 30 Unsuspecting Victims

    Prosecutors are confirming that more than 30 people could have contracted HIV from a former student at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Miss., who is accused of purposefully spreading the disease, KMOV reports. Michael Johnson, a 22-year-old former wrestler, was charged with exposing his partners to the deadly disease, before the authorities later uncovered 32…

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  • Amazing but Totally Racist Art: Garage Magazine Editor-in-Chief Sits on ‘Black Woman’ Chair  

    Updated Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1:30 p.m. EST: Dasha Zhukova, the Garage magazine editor-in-chief who came under fire for sitting on a very realistic “black woman chair,” has issued an apology for the photo, saying that it was taken out of context, according to the London Evening Standard.  “This photograph, which has been published completely out…

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  • Olympic Champion Carl Lewis Claims He Was Bullied by Chris Christie  

    Updated Tues., Jan. 21, 3:35 p.m. EST: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says that former Olympian Carl Lewis is just suffering from a bit of “sour grapes” in response to the track star’s accusations that Christie pushed him out of the 2011 state Senate race, NBC News reports.  Courts ultimately upheld the decision made by…

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  • Move Aside, Barbie, the Queens of Africa Dolls Are Here 

    Taofick Okoya couldn’t find a black doll for his niece in Nigeria. This realization shocked the 43-year-old into action when he saw that in the booming economy of his country, there was a gap in the market with little competition from foreign companies like Mattel Inc., the creator of Barbie. So he set up shop…

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