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Black America Needs to Stop Watching Fight Videos & Reality TV (Video)

*Attorney Antonio Moore breaks down the detrimental impact fighting video, and reality television have had on the black community. He also gives praise to one individual Ibn Ali Miller who recently stepped in the middle of a recent fight video between teens to impart a productive message. Miller when questioned about why he took action stated […]

Taraji P. Henson: Actress Says Playing Cookie Lyon ‘Drains Me’

*Playing Cookie Lyon on the hit Fox music drama “Empire” has certainly catapulted Taraji P. Henson into super-stardom, but she’s keeping it real about her future on the series. During a recent interview with Variety, the actress confessed that she now finds playing the loudmouth fashionista quite draining. “I could not do this forever. No. […]

Sanaa Lathan of ‘Shots Fired’ Tells Viewers to ‘Be Patient!’ (WATCH)

*After countless black men have been gunned down by police officers on the street, especially that of Trayvon Martin, there has been one show to mirror the countless tragedies: “Shots Fired.” Most crime shows unveil the “Who done it?” perspective, but this show is unique as it investigates the “Why done it?” Think you know? […]

TN Nail Salon Accused of Charging ‘Overweight People’ More for Pedicures

*Wow… Just wow. The internet is not too happy about a photo of a sign that was posted recently which read, “Sorry, but if you are overweight pedicures will be $45.” Yes. Thinner people pay less for the same service. The message, photographed by an unidentified woman, got thousands of shares after it was posted […]

Fla. Official Suspended After Suggesting a Black State Attorney be ‘Hung from a Tree’

*An assistant finance director at the Seminole County Clerk of Court and Comptroller’s Office has been placed on administrative leave after posting Facebook comments suggesting that black state attorney Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala “be tarred and feathered — if not hung from a tree,” the Orlando Sentinel reported. “Maybe SHE should get the death […]

Baby Born With 4 Legs and 2 Spines Has Successful Reconstructive Surgery

*A baby girl born with four legs and two spines is thriving after undergoing life saving reconstructive surgery at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, reports People.com. Dominique, a 10-month-old from the Ivory Coast of Africa, was born with what is known as a parasitic twin, where the bottom half of her twin’s partially-developed […]

‘Shots Fired’ Was An Agonizing Shoot Says Sanaa Lathan

*Sanaa Lathan talked about how agonizing and heart drenching the “Shots Fired” series was for the cast at The Paley Center for Media in New York. “It was a grueling shoot,” she said “We were all kind of just destroyed from just the bombardment and just the shock and the awe of ‘I can’t believe this […]

Study: Drivers Less Likely to Brake for African American Pedestrians

*A new study appears to double down on evidence that drivers are less likely to brake for African American pedestrians trying to cross the street, a phenomenon known as “walking while black.” Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas also found that the disparity is greater depending on whether the pedestrian is in a […]

Sarah Palin DRAGGED for Criticizing Colin Kaepernick’s $50K Donation to Meals on Wheels

*Sarah Palin had Twitter’s mouth agape over her criticism of Colin Kaepernick for donating $50,000 to Meals on Wheels, a program benefitting seniors and the disabled, which is facing possible funding cuts under Donald Trump’s new budget. Her latest blog post title is, “SERIOUSLY? Colin Kaepernick Just Pulled ANOTHER Political Stunt…” In a tweet linking to […]

My Alternative Life: Lesbian Daughters Long for their Daddy’s Too

*I found my passion as a volunteer for the Gender & Sex Development Program of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. I was anxious as I helped the other volunteers set up for our first play date with transgender youth and their parents. My heart melted as I watched the parents […]