Comedy Central’s Daily Show host Jon Stewart launched into a diatribe against Fox News Radio host Todd Starnes, who sneered at Democrats affected by the government shutdown. He said they would start receiving “potted meat and Tang and get in [their] survival bunker,” the Raw Story reports. “[F—k] you,” Stewart said after a few seconds…

In a battle that could wipe out one of the nation’s oldest African-American communities, residents of Georgia’s Sapelo Island are locked in a fight with local officials over tax hikes of up to 600 percent. As a result, residents of the small Hog Hammock community say they could be taxed out of their homes and…

In an odd and embarrassing moment, Arizona’s feisty Republican Gov. Jan Brewer struggled to pronounce “Tuskegee” during a ceremony to honor the legendary black fighter pilots, who were the focus of last year’s highly publicized Hollywood release, Red Tails. Talking Points Memo reports that Local Fox TV affiliate KSAZ caught Brewer’s embarrassing struggle with the…

A bakery in Queens, N.Y., reportedly has been hit with $25,000 in fines and penalties in a discrimination case.  ” ‘I can’t hire you because you’re black,’ ” Jamilah DaCosta, 25, said she was told when she applied for a job in October 2011 as a counter clerk at Framboise Patisserie in Middle Village, Queens,…

The beats were bumping and the rhymes flowing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon the other night when the host featured a hip-hop version of the Sesame Street theme song. Jimmy Fallon and The Roots were joined by Sesame Street characters Thursday to celebrate the children’s show’s 44th season by playing its theme song on…

Finally, in a bit of good news for Detroit, the Obama administration announced plans Friday to provide the beleaguered city with $100 million in federal funds to help hire more police, firefighters and workers to improve blighted areas, according to the Associated Press. The total economic recovery package is about $300 million, which includes $200…

In an unlikely — but then again not so unlikely — development, black voters have begun to embrace New Jersey’s pugnacious Republican Gov. Chris Christie, according to Real Clear Politics. It’s an unlikely scenario because he didn’t win widespread support among African Americans during his 2009 campaign. It’s not so unlikely because black voters started…

(The Root) — On Thursday Kanye West engaged in an “epic” Twitter battle with Jimmy Kimmel, after the talk-show host made fun of comments the rapper made during a BBC Radio One interview. “He said a lot of weird stuff,” Kimmel said Wednesday on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “He said he’s the No. 1 rock star…

We all know it’s a rare moment when public officials admit to bad decision-making, especially wrongdoing. It’s even rarer when they reverse bad decisions. But a North Carolina school board has done just that. The Randolph County Board of Education voted 6-1 on Wednesday to reverse a ban of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, the Associated…

Saying that a new campaign could save lives in the African-American community, actress Tia Mowry has embarked on an effort to encourage people to get flu vaccinations, according to Atlanta Black Star. Mowry, who co-stars with her twin sister on the Style Network’s Tia & Tamera, has teamed with MedImmune Specialty Care, a division of…