From Black Voices – This is one brave dude. Or maybe he’s completely bananas. Either way, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, known on this blog as Soul Brotha No. 1, must be one or both to consider making a run for the RNC’s top spot, especially when the GOP’s favorite black dude right now is Barack Obama. But the…
Internet sensation Antione Dodson’s “Bed Intruder” song caught the Christmas spirit. A group of carolers from Liberty University remixed the popular YouTube hit a cappella style. Watch for the “really dumb” break-down at the end. Pure hilarity! LOL Wednesday courtesy of the CLUTCH team. Happy Holidays!
From The Grio — From the time she was a small child until she was a teenager, Annmarie Spellen chemically straightened her hair — a process that left her nursing burns and scabs on her scalp afterwords. The hospital worker, 37 and mother of two from Hackensack, NJ said she got burned “all the time”…
Some of us have already begun to think about it—the get-back-in-shape regimen that will kick into place after the holidays. Hitting the gym is an alternative form of keeping healthy for many women, but there are often myths that we carry into those gym doors that may be keeping us from reaching our full weight-loss…
Every year Time Magazine names its “Person of the Year,” and this year’s winner is none other than Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. At only 26, Zuckerberg, is the youngest “Person of the Year” since the magazine tapped famed pilot Charles Lindberg in 1927. As one of the world’s youngest billionaires, Zuckerberg has become…
Riding shotgun through the gritty streets of Los Angeles seems like the premise for a new action film, but it’s not. Instead it’s the basis for the new A&E reality show, “The Peacemaker: L.A. Gang Wars.” “The Peacemaker” follows Malik Spellman, a New York-born gang mediator, as he traverses the streets of L.A., squashing beef…
Just when you thought the talk had died down about a possible romance between late-night talk show host Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent, a picture surfaced of the two of them (presumably) in bed. Yesterday, Chelsea Handler tweeted a photo of the pair with the caption, “I don’t know why anyone thinks I would ever…
Ciara arrives at the Gibson Guitar Studio on December 13, 2010 in New York City.
Harpo Productions recently requested that the Dafel Dolls and Bear Shop in Australia pull a “Mamee” golliwog washerwoman doll from its shelves in fear that it might offend Oprah Winfrey, the Herald Sun reports. This request was made right before a private cocktail party for Oprah was hosted in the shop on Friday. The washerwoman…
University of Pennsylvania graduate Joshua Bennett has something to say to all the Black women out there. He loves you. And so should other Black men. His words come at a critical time for Black women, at the end of a year which saw the media jumping on the “single Black woman” syndrome, tensions growing between…
Fifty years after the civil rights movement fought to end racist practices in this county, America’s neighborhoods are becoming increasingly integrated. New findings suggest that many neighborhoods are becoming more racially balanced as Black middle class people are moving into formerly White areas in the South and the West. According to The Associated Press, “Segregation…
The art world can be incredibly subjective and cruel, but when a New York Times critic chastised a ballerina for her weight, many said he had crossed the line. After attending the opening of the New York City Ballet’s production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” critic Alastair Macaulay, of the Times, had some choice words…
Snow and cold weather are staples of winter—and so is that nasty common cold. Colds are caused by viruses, and since there is no cure for colds—except for good old fashioned “time”— pain medicines simply exist to relieve outward symptoms of a cold. Vitamin C, chicken soup, and inhaling systems are all remedies you may…
Last Thursday morning, thousands of Georgia prisoners went on strike, refusing to work, and locking down their cells in a peaceful protest for human rights. The December 9 Strike has now become the biggest prisoner protest in the history of the United States. Male prisoners from Augusta, Hays, Macon, Smith, Baldwin, Hancock, and Telfair State…
Check out the latest video from Indigo Charlie ft Khleo entitled “Never Change RMX (I’ll Never Change):.
