Diddy’s Daughters’ Tearful Exit From Trial Ignites Black America’s Outcry
Black Celebs Showed Out at Paris Fashion Week
A White Waitress at a St. Louis Restaurant Calls a Black Woman Customer the B-Word on Video, and It Only Gets Worse From There…
Mama Duke Just Dropped Another Banger and Fans Say It’s As Good As Her ‘America’s Got Talent’ Hit
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Bobby McFerrin Expands His Vocabulary
It’s hard to believe, but Bobby McFerrin turned 60 earlier this year. Gray streaks his dreadlocks and speckles his beard, but his eyes are just the same. They are avid, and beam with childlike glee; it’s as if they are saying, “I don’t need to hire a band, I have all the music I need…
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Rapper Shyne Living as Orthodox Jew
The New York Times is reporting that former Diddy protégé Shyne is now living as an orthodox Jew in Jerusalem. Shyne, who now goes by the name of Moses Levi, spent time in prison and then was deported to Belize, his birthplace, upon his release. The troubled rapper has surfaced in Jerusalem, shuttling between sessions…
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600 Women Raped on Congo-Angola Border
News One is reporting that more than 600 women and girls were recently raped along the Congo-Angola border during a mass expulsion of illegal immigrants, according to the United Nations. Many of the victims said that they were locked in dungeon-like conditions for several weeks while they were raped repeatedly by security forces. At least…
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Global Chocolate Crisis on the Horizon
If you just heard the collective sigh of women all over the world, the reason may be that AOL’s Dave Thier is reporting that there is a chocolate crisis looming. It seems that the supply cannot keep up with the demand for chocolate, for a variety of reasons. The simple economics of cocoa cultivation is…
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Republicans Angling to Oust Michael Steele
Well, well, well. It looks like the chickens may be coming home to roost. It appears that some senior Republican Party officials are maneuvering to put pressure on Michael Steele, the controversial Republican National Committee chairman, not to seek re-election when his term ends in January — or, failing that, to encourage a challenger to…
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Condom Wars: Kyng Condom vs. Magnum
Did you know that a condom war is being waged as we type? In a billing that is reminiscent of King Kong vs. Godzilla, condom companies Trojan and Lifestyles are doing battle over the market for “plus-size” men. The new LifeStyles Kyng condom is the newest larger offering on the market, and it’s calling out…
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Feels like Cooties
Wug. That’s the best way to describe how I feel. If you say it slowly and mournfully, you know how I’ve been feeling since yesterday evening. I’m pretty sure it isn’t a real word, but I often like to create my own, when the English language fails me. I needed a way to simply state…
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Spelman College Students Win National Mobile App Competition
In his first news conference after his midterm losses, President Obama reminded his audience that the important battle for the U.S. is remaining on top of global competition. If he’s looking for a model, he need look no further than Spelman College in Atlanta — the private, independent, historically black school for women — and…
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Prominent Blacks Who Served
Allen West, a Florida Republican newly elected to the House of Representatives, is a vet of the Iraq War who believes wholeheartedly in the campaign in which he fought. Captions by Lauren Williams Charlie Rangel, a decorated Korean War veteran, has long proposed bringing back the draft, saying in 2006 that President George W. Bush…
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Rapper Wiz Kalifa Arrested
It looks like rapper Wiz Kalifa is following in the footsteps of Lil Wayne, at least when it comes to getting arrested for chronic-related crimes. The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Cameron Thomaz, was arrested early Tuesday morning, along with 10 others, when his tour bus was raided by East Carolina University police after…