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*As the Supreme Court is deciding the fate of same sex marriage federal marriage benefits and state marriage recognition, a discovery has been made that dates the issue of same sex marriage as far back as the 70s. The Queer Museum features a photo from circa 1970 of two African American women posed together in [...]
*Oklahoma saw its first governmental upset with the victory that J.C. Watts experienced as representative for the fourth district of Oklahoma in 1994. When he was elected in 1998, to serve as chairman of the Republican Conference, he provided daily counsel to the Speaker of the House, and participated in bi-weekly meetings with the President [...]
*We just saw Mississippi finally emancipate the enslaved by kicking off this year’s Black History Month with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Now, there is yet another first for a town in the southwest. Since the establishment of Temple, Texas, 130 years ago, there has never been a mayor or mayoral candidate for the [...]
*The city of Detroit has been underwater on their bills for a long time and Kwame Kilpatrick can take a lot of the blame for that. But now, the city is drowning and a life preserver they may not like is set to be thrown to residents. In a press conference Tuesday, Michigan State Treasurer [...]
*Brian Bentley, 49, doesn’t agree with what Christopher Dorner — the ex-cop at center of a massive manhunt for the killings of three people—has done, but he certainly understands it. As a former LAPD officer, Bentley, who is now an author, says that a Dorner-like situation was just a matter of time. “It took longer [...]
*Beyonce’s mom, Tina Knowles, is well known for her House of Dereon clothing line and the beautiful outfits she has made for Destiny’s Child. But, she may not be so famous if her daughter wasn’t a musical phenom. Anyone ever heard of Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes? My point is made. She is the first African [...]
*(Via LA Weekly) – Dennis “D.Anthony” Robertson has moved back and forth between the business and music worlds for years now. An aspiring drummer, he first began promoting acts at B.B. King’s at Universal Studios, working his way into management and eventually ownership of the club. When that venture ended a few years ago, Robertson [...]
*President Barack Obama attracted millions to Washington D.C. when he was first inaugurated in 2009, but observers say that this time around may be a bit different. Although he’s making history for a second time, being the first African American president elected for a second term, fewer people, something around 600,000 to 800,000 visitors are [...]
The African American community is always the poster child or sterotypical forerunner for single parent families, welfare, and child support offenders. But, today we’ve learned that there has to be a retraction to previous thought. The MOST NOTORIOUS child support offender is Robert Sands, 50. He was apprehended in Los Angeles after being on the [...]
*Actor Dulé Hill, star of USA Network’s “Psych,” has filed for legal separation from his wife, actress Nicole Lyn, 34. The couple wed in July 2004 and have apparently been separated since their eight-year anniversary this year. With ’irreconcilable differences’ being cited in the documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the 37-year-old actor and his [...]
*What is Twitter? A social network, a mini-blog site, an information hub, and apparently, now it’s a place where languages are born. According to a recent report, African Americans are leading in the invention of new words on Twitter. Jacob Eisenstein at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, examined 30 million tweets from several U.S. [...]
*The tricks have started all over the country! But we knew they were coming! We only fear the tricks they have prepared that will show up during the tally of the vote. President Obama has seen solid support from the swing states and tea party factions are making their final attempt to pounce on his [...]
*Racial barriers are being broken every day, but not so often in the South. The infamous segregation movement that would allow black students to attend schools and universities only enabled the students to attend, not to be accepted and integrated into the spirit of the schools. Finally, after 50 years, Courtney Roxanne Pearson is the [...]
*The same-sex marriage issue is a hot topic in the U.S. Some are for it and some are not, but no matter what the outcome, we are completely fascinated by the topic for various reasons. Homosexuality in itself is a conversation, now to bring God into the mix with a wedding is revving things back [...]
*The properties owned by residents of every city are required to maintain their property. When they do not, neighbors complain because all properties depreciate when the property is not maintained. In most cases, homeowners have a sense of pride about their property and the community it’s in, so most owners take care of their property. [...]
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