What does it take to embarrass songstress Mariah Carey? A scheduled performance for murderous and off-center dictator Muammar Qaddafi. Carey and other celebrities like Nelly Furtado, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Usher are backpedaling on performing for dictators like Qaddafi, who has most recently murdered hundreds of protesters in an attempt to maintain power in Libya during…

In addition to all of the weight that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has lost, he must also be losing his mind, judging from the inane comments that he made about President Obama on talk-radio host Bryan Fischer’s program, Focal Point, on American Family Radio on Wednesday. Huckabee said that “President Barack Obama has a…

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is known for bringing together upwardly mobile blacks from different generations for many social and civic engagements. People often forget the major economic impact that the tournament has on its host city, Charlotte, N.C., and black businesses. Sommer Brokaw of the Charlotte Post reports that black entrepreneurs are benefiting from…

Where is Phylicia Barnes? Barnes is a Charlotte, N.C., teen who went missing while visiting her half sister in Baltimore three days after Christmas 2010. Sean Yoes of Black America Web reports that this week marked two months since the 17-year old seemingly vanished into thin air from a northwest-Baltimore neighborhood, and law enforcement doesn’t…

Julianne Hing of ColorLines is reporting that on Tuesday, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, led by Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, lambasted Republicans during a House Immigration Subcommittee hearing for trying to generate tension between black and immigrant communities in an effort to pass anti-immigrant bills that would serve neither community. The committee’s newly appointed…

The Associated Press is reporting that Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential contender, accused the Obama administration Wednesday of favoring a run-up in gas prices to prod consumers to buy more fuel-efficient cars. Obama-administration officials rejected the charge, saying they view rising gasoline prices as bad for average Americans and the economic recovery.…

MSNBC is reporting the results of a NBC/WSJ poll that Americans are “adamantly opposed” to cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and k-12 education. The survey of 1,000 adults (200 reached by cell phone) — which was conducted Feb. 24-28 and has an overall margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points — also listed…

Yahoo is reporting that Fox News has suspended the contracts of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum for 60 days. Fox News said in September that if any of its paid contributors — such as Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Newt  Gingrich or Rick Santorum — decided to run for president, the network would sever their lucrative…

The Washington Post is reporting that the Supreme Court reached a nearly unanimous decision on Wednesday that the First Amendment protects even hurtful speech about public issues and upheld the right of Westboro Baptist Church to protest near military funerals. Robert Barnes reports, “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro…

Black America Web is reporting that the Rev. Jesse Jackson appealed to Cuba on Tuesday to release an American contractor facing a possible 20-year sentence on charges of trying to undermine the government, saying that granting him freedom on humanitarian grounds could open the door to better relations. Jackson offered to come to Cuba to…