Jermaine Dupri will use his platform for social justice during his Super Bowl Live events. The famed producer was accused of selling out when he agreed to curate a week of events leading up to the big game. Despite the backlash, the show will go on, and now Dupri says he plans to provide a […]
Joined by relatives of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, a group of more than 60 authors and investigators have called for a new congressional investigation into the assassinations of the three men and President John F. Kennedy, saying that the four slayings were not resolved and “had a […]
Marie Deary is the Founder of Wealth Management Financial Advisors Inc. Marie specializes in credit restoration, loan modification and packaging, debt consolidation, SBA loan packaging, foreclosure prevention & management, and keeping our personal finance ships afloat in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, AIG, and Merrill Lynch in the ongoing saga of the current financial crisis. Deary […]
Born in Louisiana to Mertis and Lillie John, Mable is the eldest of ten sisters and brothers. A former R&B vocalist, she is the sister of the late-great Little Willie John. When she embarked on her singing career, she received a bit of advice from her already famous brother. “Either be a star or pack […]
New York City has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Kalief Browder, the young Bronx man whose detention on Rikers Island became a symbol of the breakdown in criminal justice in New York and fueled the drive to ban solitary confinement for youths in the city’s […]
A group of young black cyclists participating in the ‘wheels up guns down’ MLK Day protest were threatened with a gun by a white man and called the n-word because a white woman claimed someone rode over her foot. A member of the human rights group Dream Defenders recorded the disturbing video of the exchange in Miami […]
Thabiti has been an herbalist and Certified Iridologist for the past 20 years. Thabiti Umoja was born in Morgan City Louisiana and raised in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. In 1988, Thabiti was involved in a tragic car accident. As he was outside his vehicle attending his Volkswagen (which broke down), another car struck him moving […]
Kimberly Kelly-Rolfe, CBEST Director &Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship USC Marshall School of Business Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial studies you ever sat in the audience when Kimberly was speaking on entrepreneurship, you were immediately captivated by her deep knowledge and passion for helping entrepreneurs accelerate their business growth. Kimberly Kelly-Rolfe is a premier business trainer, professor of entrepreneurship […]
NAIROBI, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Tax systems that put a high burden on the poor mean public services are underfunded, stretching the gap between rich and poor and fuelling global public anger, Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International, said on Monday. The Nairobi-headquartered charity said in a report that a new billionaire was created […]
Chicago (CNN)A judge has found three Chicago police officers not guilty of covering up details in the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager. Former Detective David March, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and Officer Thomas Gaffney had been accused of falsifying police reports to protect Officer Jason Van Dyke, who was found guilty in October of […]