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Furloughs to Begin in April, Due to Sequester
On Friday, Congress and President Obama were unable to resolve the sequester debates raging in Washington, and the POTUS says middle-class families can expect to feel a squeeze, reports the New York Times. “I will not be part of any back-room deal, and I will absolutely not agree to increase taxes,” said Senator Mitch McConnell…
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Michael Jordan's Alleged Love Child? Meet Taj
Michael Jordan is facing a paternity suit in Fulton County, Ga., after a woman named Pamela Smith alleged that the basketball icon fathered her 16-year-old, reports the Daily News. She claims to have become pregnant after allegedly having a tryst with Jordan in 1995 giving birth to her now 16-year-old son Grant Pierce Jay Jordan…
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Rihanna: 'I Will Probably Have a Kid'
On the heels of the Law & Order: SVU episode that depicted a Rihanna look-alike killed by a Chris Brown look-alike, the real Bajan pop singer reveals in Elle UK that she and Brown have an unbreakable bond. Also, she envisions herself as a mother in the future, reports the Daily News. The Barbadian beauty,…
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Michigan Governor to Detroit Mayor: Detroit Needs a Financial Specialist
It’s no secret that Detroit is in serious financial trouble. On Friday Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced that he will appoint an emergency financial specialist to tackle the Motor City’s mounting problems, unless Detroit Mayor Dave Bing objects in the next 10 days, reports the Huffington Post. [Michigan Governor Rick Synder’s] statement at Friday’s forum…
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Forget Offensive Comments. I'm Concerned With What's Not Said to Black Women
Writing at xoJane, Christiana Mbakwe says that black women should be less worried about policing offensive comments in person and more about the thoughts people keep to themselves. An article published by the Guardian this week, revealed that white applicants are twice as likely to be granted admission to Oxford University than ethnic minorities, even…
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Is School Reform About Replacing Blackness?
The Root’s contributing editor Natalie Hopkinson writes in a piece for The Root DC that the “choice” movement is “about an escape from poverty and an escape from blackness, too.” It’s a great question — one that gets to the heart of the tensions over “urban” school reform. What will our schools look like once…
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10 Reasons People of Color Should Care About Sequestration
In a piece for the Center for American Progress, Sophia Kerby warns of the impact the budget cuts will have on vulnerable communities. 1. Deep cuts to long-term unemployment benefits will disproportionately affect people of color. Extended federal unemployment benefits remain vulnerable under sequestration, and the long-term unemployed — those out of work and searching…
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What the Desiline Victor Act Does
(The Root) — If there is one woman who has stolen the show from President Obama during his State of the Union addresses, it has been his wife, first lady Michelle Obama. Her attire and arms have previously garnered almost as much attention as his speeches. But during his most recent State of the Union…
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Misheard 'Fresh Prince' Lyrics Lead to School Lockdown
When it comes to school violence, you can never be too careful. But you can be too bad at recognizing old sitcom theme songs, it seems. A high school student was detained for three hours, and an entire school district placed on lockdown yesterday — all, according to local news outlet WPXI, because someone misheard…
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22-Year-Old Charged in Gay Mayoral Candidate's Death
Update: March 1, 1:30 p.m. EST: Lawrence Reed, 22, of Shelby, Miss., has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Marco McMillian, Reuters reports. Authorities said nothing about his motive or what led to his arrest. Earlier: Marco McMillian, a 34-year-old Democrat who was running for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., was found…
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