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Businessman and activist, Russell Simmons has criticized hardware company, Lowe’s for pulling their ads from the TLC show, “American Muslim.” Lowes pulled the ads after receiving complaints about the show. “American Muslim” follows five Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan. Entertainment Weekly reports: “This can’t happen in America; [Lowe’s] needs to fix this immediately,” Simmons said, […]
A school in South Carolina is lending belts out to students who arrive to school with saggy pants. SEE ALSO: Ed Lover to NFL Players: Chill With The Celebrating!
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. RELATED: Most Generous Cities In America Come New Year’s Day, he’ll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to […]
LOS ANGELES-A trade that would send point guard, Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Clippers has been submitted to the NBA for approval. A previous trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was nullified by the NBA, which owns the New Orleans Hornets. ESPN reports: […]
Black women are less likely to develop PMDD, the most severe form of PMS, and have less premenstrual symptoms overall, according to a new study. SEE ALSO: It Wasn’t My Fault: Obama’s Re-election Strategy
Oprah Winfrey, having largely geared her brand towards Middle-American white women over the course of her rising career, is now working to regain her Black audience. SEE ALSO: It Wasn’t My Fault: Obama’s Re-election Strategy Struggling to attract a large viewership nearly eleven months since her fledgling OWN network premiered, Winfrey, the network executives, is […]
Former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom was traded to the Dallas Mavericks Saturday. SEE ALSO: Bachmann Tells Girls Not To Ask Boys To Prom
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The warning signs were there for more than a decade, disturbing indicators that Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was breaching boundaries with young boys – or maybe worse. SEE ALSO: Do “Evil” Kids Exist? Yet the university’s top administrators kept allowing, even encouraging, Sandusky to invite some of those […]
Keyshia Cole’s mom Frankie Lons who recently debuted her video “Frankie Leg” is back on the scene with an inspirational new novel. The Best Years I Never Had takes readers through the pains of being a single mother on drugs, and Frankie’s fight to survive day to day. The petite powerhouse shares her personal struggles […]
The potential takeover of the city of Detroit by an “emergency manager” under a controversial Michigan law was the topic of the night on MSNBC Thursday, with the Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz shows tackling the topic. SEE ALSO: 80-Year-Old Faces Criminal Charges For Feeding Ducks?! Maddow, who has covered the takeover of the town […]
The man suspected of fatally shooting an officer Thursday at Virginia Tech University worked to escape by changing his clothes in a campus greenhouse, according to sources close to the investigation. RELATED: Virginia Tech Slain Cop Was Father To Five The suspect’s escape was foiled when another officer spotted him acting funny parking lot. The […]
