Go ‘head, Tea Party people. You bad. At least some seem to think so, if this recent report by Demos and Common Cause is any indication. According to the study, “Bullies at the Ballot Box: Protecting the Freedom to Vote from Wrongful Challenges and Intimidation,”  True the Vote and other Tea Party groups are apparently […]

First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual awards dinner later this month while President Barack Obama campaigns for re-election to the White House. For the first time ever, Michelle Obama will headline the CBCF’s Phoenix Awards Dinner on Sept. 22, the White House confirmed Tuesday. “We […]

NEW YORK (AP) — While its rivals covered the solemn commemoration of the first plane striking the World Trade Center on Tuesday, NBC's "Today" show aired Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner talking about her breast augmentation. It was an embarrassing moment for the once-dominant morning show, now often beaten by ABC's "Good Morning America" in […]

Honey Boo Boo Child has captured America’s heart through reality television. Now the child pageant star is being asked to join in a duet with another famous queen. RuPaul wants to collaborate with Honey Boo Boo, also known as Alana Thompson for his new record.  “I’m doing a duet record and I’m here to ask […]

Jeff Johnson talks with the crew about the images of black love and why they matter in the black community.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A fan of Muhammad Ali has acquired an important piece of memorabilia: the boxing great's boyhood home. Las Vegas real estate investor Jared Weiss closed on the property earlier this week, a Louisville realtor told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Realtor Dave Lambrechts said Weiss paid $70,000 for the small white […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion. The university maintained that it was Champion, not the school, who bears the […]

ATLANTA (AP) — For decades, Southerners put a firm imprint on national politics from both sides of the aisle, holding the White House for 25 of the past 50 years and producing a legion of Capitol Hill giants during the 20th century. But that kind of obvious power has waned as Democrats and Republicans in […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to causing the death of a man who prosecutors say she gave a fatal dose of silicone during a penile enhancement procedure. Kasia Rivera, 35, pleaded not guilty to reckless manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street. Both are from East Orange, […]

Despite some early stumbles, the OWN Network has slowly been developing some franchise shows with “Oprah’s Next Chapter” “Lifeclass” and Iyanla Vanzant’s upcoming “Iyanla: Fix My Life”, an all but guaranteed hit. But one of the network’s early breakout shows was the reality series “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” starring St. Louis restaurant owner Robbie Montgomery. […]

Keith Clark is today's "Real Father, Real Men" winner. Listen to hear more of his story; including, trying to help people from a burning building. 

Rihanna showed up at the MTV Video Music Awards last week with a new cropped hairstyle that immediately became a trending topic on Twitter. Piers Morgan of CNN got wind of it when she performed during the closing ceremony of the Paralympics Games in London over the weekend, and he wasn’t a fan. The journalist […]