culture
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Search Intensifies for 8-Year-Old DC-Area Girl
Police continued to search a sprawling park in Washington, D.C., for 8-year-old Relisha Tenau Rudd, saying they could not rule any possibility in the investigation that is now focused on a possible abductor wanted for the murder of his wife, CNN reports. Detectives began searching the aquatic gardens area of Kenilworth Park on Thursday after…
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NJ Teen Suspended for Flying Confederate Flag on Truck
Seventeen-year-old Gregory Vied says he was suspended for flying a Confederate flag on his pickup truck, which was parked in a student lot at Steinert High School in Hamilton Township, N.J., Fox News reports. Vied told News12 he was suspended after many warnings from school administrators to remove it. He said that although he understands the history…
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Marcus Samuelsson Hosts Benefit for Victims of East Harlem Building Collapse
Some residents and business owners in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood are still struggling to recover in the aftermath of a gas explosion that left eight people dead and flattened two 5-story apartment buildings about two weeks ago. At least 100 people were left homeless after the morning blast on Wed., March 12. And…
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A Harlem Church and the Hate That Produced a ‘Hate Crime’
Does God hate fags? According to Pastor James D. Manning, the answer, apparently, is “yes,” because the marque outside Manning’s ATLAH World Missionary Church in Harlem bore these words: “Jesus would stone homos. Stoning is still the law.” It’s the message that a passerby could read outside the otherwise typical-looking entrance to his church a few weeks…
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Gone With the Wind Prequel Gives Mammy Her Say
Mammy’s story will finally be told. On Thursday, Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Publishing announced that it had acquired rights to Ruth’s Journey, a prequel to “Gone With the Wind” that tells Mammy’s version. According to New York’s Daily News, the novel, by Donald McCaig, is set to be published this October. It will be McCaig’s second…
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Condoleezza Rice and Richard Sherman Take a Selfie
Make way for an unlikely duo. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and NFL star Richard Sherman were spotted together at an NCAA game in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday rooting for their favorite team, the Stanford Cardinals. Rice, a professor at the esteemed school since 2009, and Sherman, part of the 2013 Super Bowl-winning Seattle…
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Scandal Recap: Cracks in Glass Houses
Messy. Messy. Messy. Thursday night’s episode, Mama Said Knock You Out, was just one big, hot, messy lasagna. Right out of the gate, we see Olivia stressed to the gills doing her normal run-walk through the White House, trying to get an important live interview going. Frankly, I don’t know how she runs around so…
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The Washington Times Announces Magazine for Black Conservatives
Conservative-leaning newspaper the Washington Times announced on Thursday that it will be launching a magazine specifically targeting black conservatives, FishbowlDC reports. The new magazine, called the American CurrentSee, will bring together big names in the black conservative world, including former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who will be publisher; political commentator Armstrong Williams as executive editor; and…
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Kobe Bryant Defends His Trayvon Martin Remark
Yesterday NBA star Kobe Bryant, in an interview with the New Yorker for the March 31 issue, criticized the Miami Heat’s famous “hoodie” photo that the team took to show solidarity with the slain Florida teen and his family. “I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African American,” he reportedly said.…
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Ray Rice Charged With Assaulting Fiancée
A grand jury indicted Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice on Thursday on a charge of third-degree aggravated assault for allegedly knocking his fiancée unconscious last month during an altercation at a casino in Atlantic City, N.J. According to ESPN, conviction on a third-degree charge in New Jersey carries a potential prison sentence of three…