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The Top 5 Lionel Richie Songs of All Time
Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer Lionel Richie has announced the North American dates of his “All the Hits, All Night Long” tour. He just wrapped up the European part of the show, and now he’s headed to Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston and Mexico City. In honor of the “All Night Long” singer, we gathered his…
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Minorities See Homeownership as a Goal
We call America “the melting pot” for its ethnic and cultural diversity. However, when it comes to the American dream, everyone seems to be in agreement. According to a recent study done by Better Homes and Garden Real Estate, polling of 400 African Americans, whites and Hispanics showed that each ethnic group valued homeownership and…
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Black Jobless Rate Spikes in May
Despite the 175,000 nonfarm jobs added to the economy in May, the black unemployment rate jumped from 13.3 percent to 13.5 percent following two months of decline, BET reports. The national unemployment rate increased from 7.5 percent to 7.6 percent. Even more startling? Black Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 have an unemployment…
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Brian Williams Does 'Regulate' and 'Nuthin but a G Thang'
We can’t think of a better thing to do on a Friday during Black Music Month than listen to mashups of Brian Williams doing Warren G’s “Regulate” and Snoop and Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang.” Enjoy. They’re from this week’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Read more at E! Online.
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Is Pocahontas My Ancestor?
(The Root) — Our readers are endlessly fascinated with the possibility of Native American roots. This one wonders if her lineage is legendary. “I have been told that I had great-great-grandparents who were black slaves; that I was a direct descendant of Pocahontas on my mother’s side; and that my father’s family was Dutch, Irish…
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A Latina 'Comes Out' as Black
Elaine Vilorio, a high school senior who is originally from the Dominican Republic, recently wrote a Huffington Post piece titled “Coming Out as Black.” It’s not as if it was a big secret that she had African ancestry. Rather, Vilorio says, she simply wasn’t raised in a way that encouraged focusing on it. When she…
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My Ex Wants to Borrow a Large Sum of Money
(The Root) — “I watch Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, and I saw the episode where there’s a girl whose baby daddy wanted to borrow money. On Twitter, people said she was stupid for giving him money to open a store. My daughter’s father has asked to borrow some money, and now I am thinking…
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Why Was a Video Featuring an Interracial Couple Filmed at Howard?
Writer Jamilah Lemieux is still sorting out her feelings about why a music video featuring the love story of a white girl and black guy gave her pause. The video is filmed at her alma mater, Howard University, which would seem appropriate, given that the singer and lead actress, Jillian Parker, a white girl, is…
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Another Take on NPR's 'Black Men Want a Relationship' Findings
Clutch magazine’s Danielle C. Belton digs a bit deeper into the results of a recent NPR survey indicating that black men are more interested than black women in getting into a committed relationship. First of all, 18 to 49 is a really large swath of people. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know a…
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Deval Patrick Got 'Drunk' After Tsarnaev's Arrest
Sometimes people celebrate and de-stress with alcohol. Sometimes they can get a little … inebriated. We probably don’t imagine our politicians doing that, but most of them don’t go through what Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick went through in April, when the entire city of Boston went on lockdown as authorities searched for marathon-bombing suspect Dzhokar…