culture
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Black America Needs a ‘Let’s Move’ Campaign Against Smoking
In recent years, promoting healthy eating to help prevent a bevy of health woes has become the primary focus for health advocates within the black community. Thanks in part to greater media attention and high-profile representatives, other issues have also finally begun to win much-needed attention, including breast cancer and AIDS. But one of the black…
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DC Arts Patron Helping Student Attend Summer Ivy League Program
When Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a Washington, D.C., arts patron, saw on the news that a local teenager would not be able to attend a prestigious summer Ivy League program because of the price, she was spurred to action. She called the station to say she would help Zach Wood, whose story aired on the station…
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Whoopi Goldberg Debuts as Weed Columnist
Multitalented entertainer and current co-host of The View Whoopi Goldberg debuted her first column for the online publication The Cannabist on Thursday, writing about her first experiences with a vape pen, which allows her to inhale concentrated marijuana “vapor.” Goldberg, who has glaucoma and gets excruciating headaches because of it, affectionally calls her own pen Sippy—it was a…
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Columbus Short: ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Read’
Scandal actor Columbus Short briefly spoke about his wife’s startling allegations of domestic abuse in an exclusive interview with News One Now. When directly asked by Roland Martin about the charges, Short started laughing. “We have some amazing scriptwriters. Life has the best scriptwriters of all time. That’s all I can say about that,” he…
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NJ High School Wrestlers Who Posed for Lynching Photo Won’t Face Criminal Charges
Prosecutors have decided not to press charges against wrestling-team members of New Jersey’s Phillipsburg High School who posed in a picture with a black dummy in a noose, CBS New York reports. “Based upon the evidence obtained and the concurrence of the Attorney General’s Office after reviewing the investigative file, no criminal charges will be…
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Man Free for 13 Years Because of Error Is Now in Prison
A Missouri man who was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 was told to await instructions on when and where to report to begin serving his 13-year prison sentence, but the instructions never arrived, the Associated Press reports. So Cornealious Anderson, 37, remained free for 13 years after his conviction, the report says. And during…
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First Lady Michelle Obama and Bow Wow Surprise Howard
First lady Michelle Obama and cable television host and rapper Bow Wow joined 37 students from Chicago public high schools for a tour of Howard University, the Washington Post reports. The annual college visit is called Escape to the Mecca, a bow (pun intended) to the university’s nickname “the Mecca.” During the visit, Obama encouraged…
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Former NFL Quarterback Donovan McNabb Serves 1 Day in Jail for DUI Arrest
Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, who became the team’s all-time leader in career wins, was released from an Arizona jail Thursday after serving a one-day sentence for a DUI arrest last year, the Daily News reports. The 37-year-old was booked Wednesday into a detention facility by order of the West Mesa Justice Court and…
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20 Years After Illmatic, Nas Says American Gun Culture Needs a Remix
During the 20th-anniversary celebration of Illmatic, Nas has been described as the hip-hop generation’s Angela Davis. Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson declared that Nas’ debut album should be studied alongside Toni Morrison and Ernest Hemingway, and in recognition of his 20-year career, Harvard University established the Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellowship at the prestigious W.E.B.…
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Don’t Like Your BFF’s ‘Ratchet’ Fiance? You Should Still Be a Bridesmaid
My BFF is engaged and so happy. Her fiance is a thug, cheater and liar. I don’t support ratchet, so I hadn’t planned to attend the wedding. I was just going to claim work responsibilities. Now BFF wants me as bridesmaid and for me to pay for my dress. How can I tell her that I…