Washington, D.C. – Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till) and Advancement Project, a civil and voting rights group, have collaborated for a trilogy of inspiring short films. Telling the stories of everyday people who stood up for the right to vote this year in the face of trying obstacles, […]

How do you not love NeNe Leakes? To quote the cover of Ebony Magazine’s Money & Power issue, she is getting her “Hollywood Hustle“ on. Leakes is working the heck outta her 15 minutes of fame–I love it. She’s now an officially Hollywood actress with her recurring role on “Glee” and “The New Normal” and […]

The free and persistent flow of bogus letters aimed at tricking or intimidating black and other Florida minority voters from showing up at the polls in the upcoming presidential election has become so rampant that a copy of one of the writings even made its way into the hands of the Republican Party chairman.   […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — White South Africans earn six times more than black South Africans nearly two decades after the end of apartheid and much remains to be done to reduce the disparities between rich and poor, the president said after the release of the country's census. "These figures tell us at the bottom of the […]

D.L. Hughley is taking a not-so-funny jab at black women. In his new book, “I Want You to Shut the F*** Up: How the Audacity of Dopes is Ruining America”, the funny man turned political commentator reveals his disdain for black women. In Chapter 17, Hughley admitted that he doesn’t like women including his daughters. […]

Left leaning film producer Michael Moore has created  a new “NSFW” (not safe for work) Moveon.org campaign ad featuring elderly nursing home residents describing what they will do if the Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wins the election. “I was born in 1915 during World War I. My first vote was in 1940 for Franklin […]

Rap’s reigning wizard, The RZA may not be planning any new Wu-Tang albums anytime soon, but he’s still exercising his creative genius. He moves further into movies this fall by directing, acting in and co-writing the new film “The Man With The Iron Fists.” The Wu was formed partly because of the crew’s love for […]

BORN: At Memphis, Tennessee based Stax Records in 1966 – they were the label’s house band, backing folks like Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, Booker T. and The M.G.’s and Otis Redding. BIG BREAK: Their first solo hit, “Soul Finger” which was released in 1966. BACK STORY: The original Bar-Kays were tragically forced to regroup […]

Now what the hell kind of memo is this to get from the boss? In a low-blow attempt to exploit people’s fears about being able to hang onto their jobs in this struggling economy, it seems a few corporate moguls have taken it upon themselves to not only tell their employees what time to come […]

Six days before Election Day, with President Barack Obama returning to the campaign trail after taking a break to oversee relief efforts from Hurricane Sandy, two new polls show that African Americans, young adults, and first-time Latino voters will be critical to Obama’s re-election to the White House. This week, in the final stretch of […]

Any day now, I expect God to make an official announcement endorsing atheism.   How can the Supreme Being pass on endorsing atheism, what with some people contending that such despicable things as rape and murder are “what God intended,” or are “part of his plan”?   And yes, I’m thinking of none other than […]