The Ebola virus has arrived in America. Two aid workers who worked with patients in Liberia have been infected with the virus and are now being treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. The deadly virus that has spread throughout West Africa has killed 900 people thus far. Here are five things you should know […]
For an upcoming episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” Oprah Winfrey sits down with some of her costars in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” to talk…
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Actor Lance Gross put his frustration with the George Zimmerman verdict to virtual paper. The message, posted from his iPhone “notes” app, is an open letter to the former neighborhood watch captain that points out the potential irony of what his life may be like in the wake of killing unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was found not guilty […]
Father’s Day is this weekend and you still haven’t grabbed a gift for your Dad. Your work schedule is hectic, the malls are a mess, and your old man already owns every hat and toolkit ever sold. He loves and puts all of these gifts to use, but the way to every man’s heart […]
Victoria Jackson, former “Saturday Night Live” comedian turned ultra-conservative gadfly, delivered a rant on Thursday in which she targeted “Black History Month” and suggested that whites ought to create their own annual celebration. “Now, that the white race is becoming a minority in America, perhaps we need to make … say, January, White History month,” she […]
An op-ed appearing on TheGrio today talks about Wikileaks documents and how they reveal that the U.S. has held back Haiti both financially and politically throughout time. The writer, Mycheal Denzel Smith, claims that instead of looking out for the Haitian people and helping to build their interests both structurally and economically, the U.S. has […]
CLICK HERE TO BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER It’s probably no surprise to know that segregation in our cities is alive and well in 2011. Even though we have advanced our technology, our industry and our science, we as Americans/Human Beings, have made very little […]
The good news for President Obama is that this week is likely to be better for him than last week was. The bad news? Last week! A week so bad, as we observed Friday, that the president ended it by clinging to his religion as the media revived the stupid-people-think-he’s-Muslim trope. This, of course, was the […]
