After Food Network announced that they would not renew Paula Deen’s television contract at the end of the month following her n-word firestorm, the chef’s fans took to Facebook in defense of their star, writes the Huffington Post. Some even began a Facebook page of their own, called “We Support Paula Deen,” but their comments were…

If your mind was blown by Food Network star Paula Deen’s admission that the n-word is a big part of her vocabulary, then The Daily Show offered some much-needed jokes. On Thursday, lifestyle correspondent Jessica Williams suggested that Deen’s racist outbursts could be countered with a new drug. Watch below: Watch more at The Daily Show.

As more information emerges about the National Security Agency’s leak, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday that President Obama will soon come out in support of the surveillance activities. President Obama does not believe his administration has violated the privacy of any American in light of…

The stereotype of a father deserting the mother of their children to bear the burden of child rearing alone is being turned on its ear by Harvard sociologists Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson, who wrote the book Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City. The pair interviewed numerous men in New…

While many celebrate the bond between fathers and their children on Sunday, those who lost their little ones to gun violence during the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Conn., are using their energy this Father’s Day to raise awareness about gun violence through the e-card campaign No Father’s Day, the Huffington Post reports. Begun by…

Just in time for Father’s Day, Kanye West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian welcomed their first child together, a daughter, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, Calif., on Saturday, according to US Weekly. “Kim had her baby,” a hospital source tells Us exclusively. “She’s five weeks early. Kim got sick last night and had the…

If you’re one of the many listening to Kanye West’s newest album, Yeezus, right now, you should probably learn about producer Rick Rubin. Embedded in hip-hop’s story since the early days of Def Jam, Rubin has produced records for everyone from LL Cool J to Johnny Cash, but it was his minimalist creativity that pushed…

For America, Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers, but for his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, the old wounds are still fresh. This week Evers-Williams reflected on her experiences and her late husband’s legacy on NPR. The family moved to Jackson when Evers accepted a job as the…