Paris Jackson’s Twitter page is not only a source inside her family’s drama. This weekend she used it as a political platform in support of President Barack Obama.   Michael Jackson’s only daughter voiced her opinion on the presidential race saying she would “move to Africa” if President Obama’s opponent Mitt Romney won the presidency. […]

More women are willing to undergo the knife to improve their sex lives. A new corrective gynecological surgery claims to help women improve the look of their vaginas. Through a process called vaginoplasty doctors can tighten vaginal skin by cutting back the inner and outer lips of the labia and occasionally opening the clitoral hood. […]

New research claims that consuming chocolate can lower the risk of stroke in men. The Swedish study published on Neurology.com recruited over 37,000 men between the ages of 49 and 75. Each participant was asked to answer a food questionnaire about their diet including how often they ate chocolate. Researchers tracked the participants’ health for […]

Captain William Shorey, also known as “The Black Ahab” was a respected entrepreneur and whaling captain in the 19th Century. He was the first African-American captain of a sea vessel on the west coast. A native of Barbados, he was the son of a Scottish sugar planter and a mother who was both African and […]

The legendary 62-year-old musical genius has issued an apology in the wake of comments he made about the sexual orientation of R&B newcomer Frank Ocean, who, not too long ago, told the world that his first love was a man. “I’m sorry that my words about anyone feeling confused about their love were misunderstood,” said […]

The celebrity divorce drama continues. Klum is saying that ex-husband Seal made outrageous property settlement demands when she filed for divorce, despite the couple’s post-nuptial agreement. She goes on to say that Seal asked for a large portion of her $70 million fortune and she believes it was all rooted in blind jealously. However, word […]

"People need to know before I’m associated with any party, I am an American and that’s what I want to drive home at the RNC.” – BeBe Winans, Gospel/R&B singer BeBe Winans knew some African-Americans would have a problem with the fact that he sang for Mitt Romney and his party at the RNC, but […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying areas under water. Most of those were in Louisiana, where utilities reported more than 100,000 people without power. Thousands also […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Elfega Cazares isn't taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the immigrant parents in the city's Pilsen neighborhood, she knows her children stand to lose the most if teachers walk off the job next Monday. "It is very important […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama says Republicans are creating a "fictional Barack Obama" during the White House campaign by misrepresenting his positions and words. Obama says GOP rival Mitt Romney has made disputed allegations the "centerpieces" of his campaign. The president singled out Romney's claim that he stripped a work requirement out of […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the flooded Louisiana coast on Monday and vowed government officials would find out "what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again." At times like these, "nobody's a Democrat or a Republican, […]

After more than a decade of law enforcement agencies systematically underreporting minority arrest figures, the city of San Francisco is now handcuffed and encumbered by a police department that has no accurate representation of actual incarceration numbers. All that can be assured is that blacks are jailed at a much higher rate than even the […]