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*When we watch our news anchors on television, we think that most anyone could do their job, right? You just read the teleprompter and walk off the stage. But even those who have been trained to do the job find it hard to pull it off. A.J. Clemente was on his first day on the [...]
*America appears to be behind the times when it comes to same sex marriages. In other countries, they’ve embraced the institution long ago. In South Africa, same sex marriage has been legal for seven years. They are the first country in Africa to legalize it. It’s surprising when the lifestyle is not supported in many [...]
*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 big day is here and everyone is excited, but some are setting real milestones with their vote. A lot of Americans will be casting their vote for the very first time; some that are becoming old enough to vote; some who have just become citizens; and those that are feeling like citizens for the [...]
*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 unbelievable, near impossible, happens nearly every day. We see it as a small miracle, but the hearts of those that may not see a reason to hire minorities in key positions are breaking open more and more every day to make room for us. In case you’re not aware, Conde’ Nast is the publisher [...]
*Florida has had a lot of bad press lately with its Zimmermans, abusive parents, zombies and other foolishness. But the high school sports world is giving them a reprieve with their exhibit of maturity and civility in the face of a major transition in high school football. South Plantation High School has welcomed its first [...]
*In the African American community, there has been some issues with patriotism to a country that has left them disenfranchised throughout history. In various wars throughout history, the military relegated black men to menial labor and wouldn’t allow them to fight for their own country. But, one man has traced his family tree to an [...]
*will.i.am is doing something new. He’s partnered with inventor Dean Kamen, known for creating drug infusion technologies, water purification systems and an all-terrain electric wheel chair. The pair wil be working together to create an hour-long back-to-school television program. It’s called “i.am FIRST: Science is Rock and Roll,” the special, will promote science, education and [...]
*We have always been told that we should do the responsible thing and be organ donors. But that does not mean EVERYONE should be rushing down to help out. The latest news of a recipient not only receiving a new kidney, but also HIV, probably have those that are sitting on these waiting lists really nervous. Many [...]
*He threw a single punch at Derrion Albert. But that punch in the midst of an attack by an angry mob that would kick, punch, stomp and slam Albert over the head with a board before he was dragged away and rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead was enough to convince a jury to [...]
*When you think of someone being sawed in half, the first thing you think of is a magic show. But, a woman in Canada with an aggressive bone cancer was definitely not an audience member as her magician-like doctors rid her body of cancer with a truly death defying procedure. The doctors had only engineered and tried [...]
*South Carolina is nearly the home of the confederate flag, yet the city of Columbia will see its FIRST Black mayor ever. Steve Benjamin is poised to take over at the helm tomorrow. He will soon be in the trenches of the old regime’s policies that will have him more entrenched in the muck than [...]
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