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Leon Jenkins had just one job to do as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP. What was that one job? How about not accepting money from a known racist? Or how about not honoring a known racist with an award? Well, make that two jobs Jenkins had to do, and at which…

Michael Jackson fans around the world are rejoicing in the fact that his new single, “Love Never Felt So Good,” has finally been released. But it’s not exactly “new.” The song was written, recorded and produced in 1983 with Paul Anka, but has been updated to fit present music trends, according to an Epic Records…

D.L. Hughley is now backpedaling and apologizing for recent comments he made about the domestic issues Columbus Short and his estranged wife, Tanee McCall-Short, are facing. Earlier this month, McCall-Short filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order, saying that Short had threatened to kill her, and himself, during an argument. Apparently Hughley was #teamColumbus,…

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice pleaded not guilty to a charge of third-degree aggravated assault and applied for a pretrial intervention program Thursday morning in Mays Landing, N.J. According to CBS Sports, third-degree aggravated assault, a felony, carries a potential sentence of three to five years in prison. In February Rice and his then-fiancee,…

Has social media made people lose their minds when it comes to what should and shouldn’t be posted? Apparently sonogram photos are not off-limits for boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. According to BlackSportsOnline, Mayweather posted and then deleted a sonogram of ex-fiancee Shantel Christine Jackson on his Instagram account. The caption read: “The real reason…

On the heels of a change in NCAA rules that now allows student athletes an unlimited number of meals, Florida State University’s Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was allegedly caught shoplifting crab legs from a Publix supermarket. Crab. Legs. How do you shoplift crab legs? Do you grab them out of the tank and stuff…

Somewhere in a sprawling estate in California Donald Sterling is probably waking up to more news headlines than he ever imagined. Banned for life has to be a hard pill to swallow for anyone. But at least he still has his billions to keep him warm at night. As the news hit yesterday, the Photoshop…

Just a week ago no one knew who V. Stiviano was, but today she will go down in history as the woman who shook up the NBA. On Tuesday afternoon, during a live press conference, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver instituted a lifetime NBA ban against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Silver. The ban was handed down after…

The powerful performances of the women in Broadway’s A Raisin in the Sun, as well as in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, were recognized with nominations as part of the 68th annual Tony Awards, announced this morning in New York City. Top nominations include A Raisin in the Sun (Best Revival of a Play)…

Two weeks ago, more than 200 girls were abducted from a school in Chibok, Nigeria. The group suspected of being responsible for their abduction is Boko Haram, an al-Qaida-linked jihadi group.  The girls were taken at gunpoint and thrown into trucks and vans, and have since disappeared without a trace.  Last week, school principal Asabe…