Two weeks ago, Nicole Flood found her daughter, Aquilla Flood shot dead in her East Orange, NJ bedroom. Her uncle said he looked in on her around 3 a.m and she was found dead around 7:30 a.m. Aquilla’s classmates described her as stylish and friendly and was preparing to attend her prom. Aquilla’s ex boyfriend…
Imagine being able to dine with out the sound of screaming kids, or trying to maneuver past strollers as you make your way to a table. Well that’s reality for restaurant goers in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, Virginia. “Welcome,” reads the black-and-white sign on the door of The Sushi Bar. “This is an adults-only…
Halle Holmes was 10 years old in 2010 when she came home empty-handed and aggravated after a trip to the local mall. As hostess of an upcoming spa party, she had her heart set on finding all-natural beauty products in fun fragrances that her girlfriends would like and her sensitive skin could tolerate. “We didn’t…
George Zimmerman’s father, Robert Zimmerman Sr., recently released a new e-book on Amazon called “Florida v. Zimmerman: Uncovering the Malicious Prosecution of my Son, George”. Everything from the description of the book, “this book describes how and why my son, George Zimmerman, has been charged with the crime of murder”, to the most interesting chapter…
Bullying has become an increasing epidemic, but one town in Wisconsin is going to start hitting the parents of bullies where it hurts the most, their pockets. Monona, Wisconsin parents whose children repeatedly bully others can now be ticketed by police and fined in municipal court. The town didn’t cite any particular incident that led…
A meme featuring a plus size model in a bikini is making the rounds on the internet, alongside offensive captions created by anonymous users. The image in question shows a beautiful smiling plus-size model in a stylish tangerine one-piece suit but some of the accompanying words are filled with anger, prejudice and hate. Here is…
U.S. Postal carrier Iran Becton was recently on the receiving end of a joke masterminded by University of Chicago’s Phi Delta Theta fraternity. “About a week after Memorial Day, I had an order to bring 79 of the boxes. I came to the address and explained to the frat member that I would have a…
Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s first black cabinet member, was the target of a rape “joke”. A member of the Northern League, a right-wing party similar to our very own Tea Party, wrote that Kyenge should be raped so she could understand what a recent victim of an attempted rape in Genoa experienced. Dolores Valandro attempted…
Once seated, the jury will be sequestered in the high-profile murder trial of George Zimmerman, the man accused in the 2012 shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, a judge said Thursday. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson’s ruling came after the fourth day of questioning the jury candidates about what media they had been exposed to…
To draw attention to House Republicans cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 26 members of Congress will live off of a food stamp budget. Labeled the #SNAPChallenge, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 25 participating members must try to live off of under $4.50 per day for food and drink. On Lee’s blog, she wrote about the decisions…
