culture
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Hey, Media: White People Are Poor, Too
Fact: Most poor people in the United States are white. According to Census figures in 2013, 18.9 million whites are poor. That’s 8 million more poor white people than poor black people, and more than 5 million more than those who identify as Latino. A majority of those benefiting from programs like food stamps and…
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Bob Dylan Charged With Racism
Bob Dylan is being sued by a Croatian community group in France on charges of racism for remarks that appeared in Rolling Stone, according to Business Insider. Dylan, who was among a coterie of folk-rock artists involved in the civil rights movement, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2012. The medal is the country’s…
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Jonathan Martin Out for the Season
Miami Dolphins’ Jonathan Martin on Saturday was placed on the non-football-injury list, amid a simmering scandal involving teammate Richie Incognito, the Miami Herald reports. That essentially writes him off for the rest of the season. The move comes nearly a month after Martin, the team’s starting right tackle, garnered national headlines with explosive charges of…
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Michael Jordan to Become a Dad Again at 50
Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan is going to be a father again, according to celebrity magazine US Weekly. A due date was not reported. Jordan, 50, and Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto, 34, married in April after a five-year courtship. This is their first child, and they live near Miami. Jordan has three adult children…
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Clintons Rebuild Bonds With Black Voters
Since Hillary R. Clinton left the secretary of state post in February, she and her husband have been quietly working to improve their relationship with African-American voters, after it endured hardship during her first run for president, the New York Times reports. The effort comes five years after Bill Clinton inflamed tensions and created deep…
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Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker Mourned
Paul Walker, star of the wildly popular Fast & Furious films, died Saturday in a fiery crash in Southern California. He was 40 years old. His publicist, Ame van Iden, confirmed his death, but would not elaborate beyond statements posted on Walker’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts. He was a passenger in a friend’s 2005 Porsche Carrera GT,…
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6 Ways Obamacare Can Help End America’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic
With politicians, public health experts and epidemiologists announcing that the United States is at the beginning of ending the AIDS epidemic and that we will soon usher in an AIDS-free generation of youths, each World AIDS Day, on Dec. 1, takes on increasingly special significance, especially for African Americans. Because the nation’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is…
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National Museum of African Art Receives $1,800,000 From Sultanate of Oman
“The sun of Oman shines in this museum,” said National Museum of African Art Director Johnnetta B. Cole on a rainy Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “My colleagues and I at this museum are profoundly grateful to the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center for this amazingly generous funding that will make it possible for us to tell…
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Poll: Americans Do Not Trust Each Other
Have you ever felt a twinge of mistrust as you handed your credit card to a restaurant server? How about the grocery clerk? No worries. They probably feel the same about you. A new poll shows that Americans’ trust in each other has been on the decline for about four decades, the Associated Press reports.…
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Wal-Mart: Arrests Made in Black Friday Wage Protests
Dozens of protesters were arrested at demonstrations around the country on Black Friday as some workers and their supporters tried to shine the spotlight on low wages at the world’s largest retailer, NBC News reports. The protesters want Wal-Mart to raise wages by 42 percent from $8.81 an hour to $12.50 an hour, which would…