The Surprising Tea on the Black Colorado Child Born With Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes
Everything to Know About Trump’s Massive Birthday Military Parade in DC— And Why it’s Stirring Up Chaos
12 Shocking, Barely-Known Secrets and Scandals of Black Hollywood
New York County Ballot Lawsuit Sparks Election Integrity Firestorm on Social Media
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Air France Jet Disappears Over Atlantic
Air France Jet Disappears Over Atlantic USA Today reports that all passengers are feared dead after the Air France jet hit a heavy turbulence and thunderstorms in its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The search area where the plane may have gone down is vast and “Brazil’s military searched for the plane off…
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Video: Oklahoma Cops Might Not Respect Black Public Servants Either
Oklahoma highway patrol pulled over an ambulance on the way to the hospital for reckless driving when it swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid hitting a car that had slowed down in front of it. The OHP claim that after pulling the ambulance over, one of the EMTs assaulted an officer. That assault was not caught…
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GM Bankruptcy is Killing Us Softly
Conventional discourse on the state of the economy appears to veer off the crusty core of the issue: We’re undergoing a significant re-configuration, if not a total transformation of the way we make a living, exist, eat, clothe and house ourselves. All these will change in ways unfathomable during the 1990s age of innocence—reflected in…
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Anita Hill Speaks on Sotomayor
Cynthia Gordy of Essence sits down with Anita Hill, now a professor at Brandeis University and talks shop regarding President Obama’s choice in Sonia Sotomayor as a replace for David Souter and the Senate confirmation testimony that made her a hero for women in some circles and a pariah in others. It’s been nearly twenty…
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Here Comes The Bride, All Dressed In…..What?
Dear Come Correct: I’m getting married about six months from now, to an amazing woman. We agree on many of the important things—whether we want children and when, where we’d like to live, how to save for a home of our own, etc—but there’s been some tension lately. Maybe I’m not getting it because I’m…
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GM Files for Chapter 11
G.M. Files for Chapter 11 in Effort to Save Company The New York Times reports that General Motors will file for bankruptcy today, a move that will temporarily nationalize a former stalwart of American capitalism. After four months of maneuvering between Washington and Detroit, creditors and auto workers, President Obama urging of the decision is…
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Spike Lee Blasts a Hole into Tyler Perry
I’m sure you’ve heard the latest. Spike Lee compared Tyler Perry’s work to Amos n Andy. During an interview at the 14th Annual Black Enterprise Conference Spike Lee had a few things to say about the black consumer and the black image. In so many words Spike told Ed Gordon: Black folks love to see…
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Hope For Haiti, Really
It was hardly noticed recently when the White House issued a statement by President Obama commemorating Haitian Flag Day, a holiday not widely noted by Americans. “The United States and Haiti share a deeply intertwined history and a long-standing friendship,” the statement said, noting the president’s “steadfast commitment to come to the aid of those…
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Poetic Injustice
LONDON—At 79, Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott is recognized as one of the greatest writers in the world. He is also presumably not at the height of his sexual prowess. However, during his recent bid for the prestigious role as poetry professor at Oxford University, 25-year-old allegations of sexual harassment resurfaced and ignited a very public…
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Help! I Don’t Think I Can Do It Alone
For the first time in more than 25 years, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has likely surpassed 9 percent. According to a Bloomberg News Survey – who issued their findings prior to the official report by the Labor Department due June 5 – according to a median of 59 estimates, the jobless rate has…