What if I told you that the largest slave rebellion in American history was one no one knows about? Well, we commemorate the successful end of one such rebellion 173 years ago this week… Some of you may have heard of the Black Seminoles, the free blacks and fugitive slaves who allied with Seminole Indians […]

New York– The Secret Service is investigating a data heist that is being called the largest data heist in history.

New York– Rosie O’Donnell said she thinks that Chris Brown is held to a different standard and that there is a racial aspect in people’s judgment of him. During an airing of her XM radio show ‘Rosie Radio’, she also expressed that she was “mildly angry” at Robin Roberts after watching their Good Morning America […]

The man accused of being behind the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X by the late author Manning Marable in his new biography “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention denies any involvement. In his major new biography “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” author Manning Marable, claims William Bradley, who many people over the years have […]

Harlem, New York– President Obama held a fundraiser last night at a recently opened Harlem neighborhood restaurant, Red Rooster;  raising 1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee, and drawing crowds of many neighborhood supporters who hoped to catch a glimpse of the first African-American President. Among the 50 attendees of the $30,800-a-plate fundraiser, Charles Rangel […]

New York– A Northwestern University study found that young adults who are regularly involved in religious activities have  higher chances of becoming obese by middle age. Also read: Model & Single Mother Jourdan Dunn, 20, Reveals Son Has Sickle Cell The research found correlations between the frequency of church-going, and the participants Body Mass Index; […]

Ohio — A tag-team consisting of a pregnant woman and her daughter attacked a 71-year-old man in an Ohio Walmart, according to police. Also Read: Charlie Sheen, Diddy, and Snoop Dogg to make a song? The duo didn’t stop there – they also threatened to bomb the Walmart after attacking the senior citizen. The two […]

ATLANTA — When Wendy Williams started rehearsals for ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” her dance partner, Tony Dovolani, expected the talk-show personality to translate her animated bravado onto the dance floor. ALSO READ: Is Drinking Cold Water Bad For Your Health? But Dovolani didn’t get what he envisioned from Williams, known for her infectious catchphrase, […]

Los Angeles — Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” recently said: “More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began.” Also Read: Chris Brown dyes his hair again The L.A. Progressive reports: […]

Abiodun Oyewole is a founding member of The Last Poets – a group that is widely considered to have inspired the birth of modern hip hop. ALSO READ: Is Drinking Cold Water Bad For Your Health? For more than 30 years, Oyewole hosted”Open House Sundays” for poets and musicians at his Morningside Drive apartment. But […]

Los Angeles –Last week, the troubled daughter of the already controversial duo of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown, announced on her Twitter page that she is in talks to launch her own reality show. Also Read: Chris Brown dyes his hair TheGrio’s writer Ronda Racha Penrice recently wrote a piece about the […]

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA – A video of police responding to a fight on St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah Georgia shows a male police officer grabbing a female by her belt and then throwing her on the ground. Also Read: Chris Brown dyes his hair again Savannah Now reports: The video shows several women fighting outside and […]