(AP) “Kennyi Aouad, 11, of Terre Haute, Ind., became a crowd favorite after he couldn’t stop laughing when he was given the funky-sounding word “Sardoodledom” (a melodramatic plot). He finally composed himself and asked all sorts of questions about the word — definition, part of speech, alternate pronunciations, use in a sentence — then tried […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(chicagotribune.com) The front side of the Forest Park Mall could belong to any shopping center on Roosevelt Road. Behind a stucco facade, customers hunt for groceries at Ultra Foods, shower curtains at Kmart, phones at a US Cellular store. But enter the mall and follow the beat of a gospel band, and you’ll find yourself […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire/ — BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE) today announced the nation’s top-grossing black-owned businesses as listed in the publication’s 35th annual BE 100s report. The cornerstone of the publication’s June issue, this comprehensive analysis includes a total of 275 businesses: 100 industrial/service companies, 100 auto dealerships, 60 financial services firms, and 15 advertising […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(wilmingtonstar.com) Despite being the first and certainly the largest African-American cable channel, BET has developed few of its own marketable stars and virtually no breakout programs. It relies instead on reruns, movies and music videos for the bulk of its lineup. BET’s chief executive, Debra L. Lee, has tried to reverse that trend, this year […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(denver.yourhub.com) DENVER–The Rocky Mountain Region is growing, and the opportunities were never better for Colorado’s black-owned business owners and professionals. From Denver International Airport to the Fitzsimons Health Sciences City, from Highway 36 to E-470, local business opportunities abound for African Americans. According to the US Small Business Administration, the number of Black-owned firms in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a piece I came across that attempts “explain” the whole snitching thing. Here is part of it, but please read the rest in your free time. Black Press Slaps 60 Minutes On Snitchin’ Bias: “Sloppy Journalism” By Edrea Davis May 27, 2007 For the past few months, mainstream media has hyped the “stop […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Many here south of the border reveled in her disastrous evening: First Miss USA Rachel Smith slipped and fell on her bottom during the Miss Universe evening gown competition. Then she was booed by hundreds in the Mexican audience. The treatment of the Tennessee beauty queen was nothing personal. It had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(chicagotribune.com) D’Angelo Gardner didn’t like it when staff members at Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men started telling him to tuck in his shirt, pull up his pants, straighten his tie. He didn’t like the unfamiliar feeling of having a black man telling him what to do at all. His father had died of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(theconservativevoice.com) Congress, desperate to actually accomplish something, managed to get the mininum wage raised to 7.25 an hour, and they only managed that by tying it in with funding for the Iraq war. Too bad an increase will not help anyone, and will probably cost a lot of mininum wage earners their jobs. Now I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(channel3000.com) MADISON, Wis. — The number of HIV-AIDS cases is on the rise in Dane County, according to local health officials. Dane County public health officials said that gay men and blacks are two segments of the population where they are seeing significant increases in HIV and AIDS cases, WISC-TV reported. “Some people may think […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CINDORA SHANTE BOWLES Case Type: Missing DOB: Mar 6, 1990 Sex: Female Missing Date: May 14, 2007 Race: Black Age Now: 17 Height: 5’3″ (160 cm) Missing City: CHARLOTTESVILLE Weight: 240 lbs (109 kg) Missing State : VA Hair Color: Black Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Brown Case Number: USVAVA07-283 Circumstances: Cindora was last […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whew! This weekend was spent loading and unloading a moving truck. All that is left is to clean up the ol’ apartment and spend the next few days unpacking. After spending 6+ years renting, all the aches and pains I am feeling right now is well worth it. Needless to say that my Internet connection […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(tmz.com) As Jess (Jessica Simpson) walked to her terminal, the pop starlet was hilariously cat-called by a snubbed male autograph hound who yelled, “How do you feel about interracial relationships? Can a n**** stand a chance?” as Simpson could do nothing but laugh. The man’s parting words to Jessica as she disappeared through security — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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