At 33RD street and Wabash Avenue in Chicago lived the first black amusement park called Joyland. Joyland Park was established in 1923 by W.C.S. & S Amusement Company. Joyland was designed to entertain the growing number of African Americans in the Bronzeville neighborhood of south side Chicago. It was “come one, come all” for free […]

After educators, scientists and concerned people on social media spoke out in support of Kiera Wilmot, 16,  the student at Florida’s Bartow High School who…

Sheree Whitfield is a handful. The woman resisted Iyanla Vanzant’s life advice and questioned her motives, offered a few tips to former fellow reality star NeNe Leakes, and updated viewers on Chateau Sheree during a recent appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen. It was an interesting conversation. She totally dismissed Iyanla as […]

Jaden Smith says he has no plans to try to become emancipated from his parents Will and Jada Pinkett Smith after his father claimed he wanted his own house for his 15th birthday in July. Both father and son laughed off recent reports that Will had reluctantly accepted that their son wanted to be freed […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — His leg shackles rattling as he shuffled to the witness stand, a grayer, bulkier O.J. Simpson made his case for a new trial on armed robbery charges Wednesday, saying he was relying on the advice of his trusted attorney when he tried to reclaim mementos from his football glory days. After […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police bomb squad searched an apartment Wednesday afternoon after finding explosive material in a man’s car and potentially explosive devices in his apartment. The bomb squad went to the apartment complex in the Palms neighborhood of an area of the city known as Westside after officers stopped a man for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups. Obama, who has been criticized for appearing passive in his response to the matter, declared, “I am angry about it” and said the American […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Without increased immigration, whites would lose their U.S. majority in 2046, three years beyond official projections, and the nation’s population would not reach 400 million until after 2060, a decade or more later than forecast, according to census estimates Wednesday. In all, immigration will surpass natural increase — births minus deaths — […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held assets last year that were worth between $1.8 million and nearly $7 million, according to federal financial disclosure forms the White House released Wednesday. Required by law, the forms allow public officials to list their assets in broad ranges, such as between $1 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee rebuffed Democratic efforts Wednesday to keep the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor. The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year — or a little more than 3 percent — from the […]

I tend to believe Eric Holder, the embattled U.S. Attorney General, when he says he played no direct role in the Justice Department’s secret probe of the Associated Press’ telephone records. Still, the clandestine infringement of one of the nation’s largest news gathering organizations is a serious violation of civil liberties that Holder must own, […]

  You probably won’t hear Wayne Brady’s improv show being marketed as a hip-hop show, but it very well could be.  The Florida raised Georgia…