Following the Newtown, Conn., massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama is dedicated to enacting a renewed assault-weapons ban, regardless of bipartisan approval, reports CNN. President Barack Obama will seek passage of an assault weapons ban as part of a larger push for new gun control laws, an administration official said Friday … “The…

Beyoncé will perform during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, and she won’t be alone. Destiny’s Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will take the stage with the superstar for a few numbers on Feb. 3. On Friday, according to Billboard, the pop trio released their first new song in years, entitled “Nuclear.” The Pharrell…

(The Root) — It’s official. Reality-television executives have lost their minds. The reality-TV shows featuring mostly black casts debuting in 2013 are setting back images of black folks in television at least 60 years. While critics are obsessed with the controversial film Django Unchained, there is a movement taking place in reality television that has…

(The Root) — To some extent, the greatest challenge facing Haiti is not just rebuilding the country after the destruction caused by the earthquake in 2010 — it’s tackling the problems the natural disaster exacerbated. The country’s identity has long been perched between two extremes: Haiti is the first independent black nation in the Western…

The Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson says the environmental issue has already put itself on the agenda — even if no one else has. All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-keeping began? Apparently not. The climate-change denialists —…

CBS Atlanta‘s Mo Ivory argues that the Scandal star’s storyline is neither romantic nor inspiring. And I am going to just say it: Olivia Pope is no different than Joseline from “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” or Kim from “Real Housewives of Atlanta” – she just has more expensive clothes, a higher paying job and tighter security. She…