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(Washington, DC) — The District government has issued a “hyperthermia alert” because the heat index has begun reaching 95 degrees or higher. Forecasters expect that heat index to climb to 110 degrees or higher by the end of the week. Hyperthermia is when the body can no longer cope with extreme heat, and symptoms include […]
A group of protesters from the NAACP stood outside the U.S. Airways ticket counter at the San Francisco International Airport Monday, demanding justice for Deshon Marman. Marman was arrested in the San Francisco International Airport last month after refusing to exit a U.S. Airways plane over his “saggy” jeans. The charges were later dropped after […]
NewsOne.com blogger Reverend Al Sharpton is reportedly being lined up to host a nightly talkshow on MSNBC. Sharpton has guest-hosted MSNBC’s 6pm hour for the last two weeks while regular anchor Cenk Uygur was on vacation, but insiders now tell TV Newser that Sharpton is being considered to permanently take over the position. A spokeswoman […]
Ask anyone the most uncomfortable part of a relationship and anybody will tell you, being in the doghouse. It’s one of those uncomfortable moments where you’re in sort of a liminal space—you’re right in the middle of being loved yet hated at the same time and you never know what your partner wants you to […]
Every so often a so-called “blue-eyed soul” singer appears out of nowhere accelerating themselves to the top of a Black genre and pushing the music into the mainstream. With their success comes resentment from those who feel Black artists should receive the same sort of profits from their cultural capital. Despite these conversations on race and […]
The Obamas paid a visit to the Lord’s house as a family on Sunday. Although the First Family’s church home is Evergreen Chapel at Camp David they occasionally visit other churches, this time they went worshipped at the 10:30 morning service at the historic St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church in DC’s Lafayette Square. Also popular…
South Africa is celebrating the 93rd birthday today of its most prized national figure, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Close to 12 million students sang “Happy Birthday” to Mandela before school began today. But one of the many things African students — and people all across the world can look towards to for inspiration — are […]
Beyonce’s got insecurities. We know it’s hard to believe, but she’s a woman, and it’s a true. Beyonce was forced to cut short a TV special she was filming in London after she began losing her voice. She managed to sing a few hits before deciding she couldn’t continue and apologizing. She got the audience […]
BROOKLYN — Actor Anthony Mackie, star of the Oscar award winning movie, “The Hurt Locker,” has shown that he is a true renaissance man with the opening of his Crown Heights, Brooklyn Bar, Nobar. Not only did Mackie build the bar with his own hands using his own carpentry skills but last Saturday, he also […]
WASHINGTON DC — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee suggested to members of Congress on Friday that President Obama is being treated unfairly in debt negotiations because of his race. As Jackson and many members of the Black community see it, Republican’s reluctance to raise the debt ceiling when it has been raised numerous times for other […]
Between the “birther” movement attacking President Obama’s citizenship, and The Family Leader’s statement on the condition of the Black family, political myths regarding African-Americans have become an emblematic trend. Here’s a list of eight political myths that continue to handicap the African-American community. Some include claims that Blacks are the biggest benefactors of government assistance […]
D.C. Public Schools let go of hundreds of teachers today, as part of the policy introduced by former education chancellor Michelle Rhee to let go of low-performing educators. The District on Friday fired some 227 teachers and gave raises and bonuses to more than 600 teachers, based on numbers generated by its controversial teacher evaluation […]
