Ebony magazine has announced that this September issue will showcase four different covers dedicated to the impact of the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The covers will feature famous celebrities Boris Kodjoe, Spike Lee and Dwayne Wade along with their sons and Trayvon’s family. Each cover will have the words “We Are Trayvon” displayed in red. Alternet […]
“Hotter than a middle eastern climate, find it 20 mataran dutty whine it, while it, Nicki on a pit while I sign it, how these niggas so one-track minded but really really I don’t give a F-U-C-K” – NICKI MINAJ, “MONSTER” On May 19th, 2013, Nicki Minaj performed on stage at the 2013 Billboard awards. This […]
Teacher Buys Student ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ for Reading Class I could remember getting in trouble after being caught with one of my favorite porn mags in school. I was doing what all pre-teen boys would do at the time, but my teacher didn’t see it that way. As my luck would have it, apparently […]
Apparently, as a rapper, it’s tough getting a record contract these days. I don’t know whether this can be attributed to the commercial decline of the industry as evidenced by the lack of platinum artists. But apparently, walking across bridges to fetch cheesecake or even producing a demo just doesn’t cut it anymore. Which when […]
Board of Directors, Pacifica Foundation: I’m writing in response to the recent announcement that the Pacifica Foundation has appointed it’s own chairman, Summer Reese, as Executive Director. Admittedly, at this point I know very little about Director Reese, but I intend to address that issue immediately so as to gain a better understanding of what’s going on […]
Yeah I know, black people like me should be forever grateful to O.J. Simpson. Once upon a time we were told by Conservatives like Ann Coulter that we should be grateful to Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party. Yes, because it if wasn’t for such righteous men line Lincoln, black folks would be picking cotton, […]
There’s something ironic about Ann Coulter saying that racism would be dead if it wasn’t for the mainstream media and Democrats, while peddling a book on Fox & Friends about how racist Democrats are. Yep, this from the woman who not too long ago in defense of Herman Cain said that, “Our blacks are better […]
Dear Ms. Constance White, The 2012 Olympic Games have come to a close and we are in complete and utter awe of the magnificent Black women, American and international, who have competed in an array of sporting events, and in many instances, won medals. We did enjoy the article feature in the June issue on […]
“Like rats to cheese, folks in Koontown are drawn to yellow police tape. It’s utterly irresistible. ESPN, BET, not even sex can break the hold that thin, plastic strip has on them. And they come. I don’t understand it. I grew up in the suburbs. But I’d seen it all throughout my police career, and […]
While browsing the internet for current events, I happened upon some buzz of the “WTF?” variety regarding an independently published YA novel written by Victoria Foyt called, “Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden.” A quick Google search led me to an interesting list of results; which included dismay from bloggers, Amazon stats [the book […]
Its my understanding that one of the occupational hazards of being Black is that one is more familiar with the Baptist church then they are with the teachings of the Roman Catholic church. Luckily, I was raised Roman Catholic and the Vatican is part of my vocabulary, so I don’t feel left out this time around. While […]
On Friday, President Barack Obama made it perfectly clear that Edward Snowden is no patriot in response to a question from MSNBC’s Chuck Todd. And you know what? As I’ve written before, Snowden is most definitely not a patriot. So yeah, I’m with Obama on this one all the way. And yes, Snowden should be […]
I have heard of people doing or saying things on Facebook that eventually lands them in trouble with the law. But what 31-year-old Derek Medina of Miami did the other day takes the cake. I’m not sure if his actions are a first on the popular social network site. However, I doubt whether boyhood wunderkind, Mark […]
Ebony magazine has announced that this September issue will showcase four different covers dedicated to the impact of the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The covers will feature famous celebrities Boris Kodjoe, Spike Lee and Dwayne Wade along with their sons and Trayvon’s family. Each cover will have the words “We Are Trayvon” displayed in red. Alternet […]
Oh look: A 40-year-old innocent black man is shot and killed in Florida and “stand your ground” cleared the 16-year-old shooter! How could that be? Surely it has nothing to do with the fact that he attempted to run the kids over while they were walking down the street. Oh no, him having an ongoing […]
Internet flaming—or trolling—has been a … thing for as long as the World Wide Web has been in existence. In fact trolls and the internet go together like Chipotle and explosive diarrhea. And lest you’re a person susceptible to bubble guts, sometimes it’s best not to feed that kind of hunger. As technology and social […]
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