Former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Sheree Whitfield was sued by the very legal team who handled her divorce from her ex-husband and former NFL offensive tackle Bob Whitfield. The legal eagles of Weinstock & Scavo wanted to get paid for the services they rendered to Sheree so they sued her in 2010. The reality star has only given the law firm a […]

A petition was recently formed to rid the world of upcoming reality show Shawty Lo’s “All My Babies’ Mamas.” The new Oxygen network series is supposed to document Shawty Lo, as the father who apparently attempts to manage several lives and baby mamas. While the show doesn’t use the mothers’ real names – instead uses […]

The March 2013 issue of Vogue magazine will feature Beyoncé on the cover, according to the New York Daily News. The singer reportedly did a shoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz last week for the fashion magazine. The March issue – which marks her second Vogue cover – will be out in late February, following Beyoncé’s […]

Employers in California and Illinois will no longer be able to force their workers to provide their Facebook passwords. The new law is one of 400 state measures created in 2012 that are expected to take effect in 2013. The social media policy will prohibit bosses from asking for password to personal employee accounts as […]

A Kansas man is fighting against the state for being forced to pay child support after he donated his sperm. William Marotta offered his sperm to a lesbian couple in 2009 after responding to their Craigslist ad requesting a donor. The two women raising the three-year-old little girl, Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner later broke […]

JET Magazine has a long history as Black America’s news magazine. It’s a tradition they take seriously under new editor-in-chief Mitzi Miller. In a sad postscript to 2012, Jet’s first cover story of 2013 is about 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the latest victim of Florida’s notorious “Stand Your Ground” law.  “Standing Our Ground” written by acclaimed […]

JET Magazine has a long history as Black America’s news magazine. It’s a tradition they take seriously under new editor-in-chief Mitzi Miller. In a sad postscript to 2012, Jet’s first cover story of 2013 is about 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the latest victim of Florida’s notorious “Stand Your Ground” law.  “Standing Our Ground” written by acclaimed […]

Written by Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb The most important thing black men can do for themselves, and their lovers, is to get eat right, exercise, get regular checkups and go to the doctor when something seems off-kilter. That latter issue, especially when it affects a man’s sex life, is particularly important. Many men are afraid they […]

Charles Barkley likes controversy. It’s a fact at this point. The sports analyst cracked an inappropriate joke in reference to slavery. When co-host Kenny Smith asked the former NBA star to name his favorite president, you already knew it was going to be a hot mess and he probably did too. In response, Barkley gave […]

Charles Barkley likes controversy. It’s a fact at this point. The sports analyst cracked an inappropriate joke in reference to slavery. When co-host Kenny Smith asked the former NBA star to name his favorite president, you already knew it was going to be a hot mess and he probably did too. In response, Barkley gave […]

Andy Reid is the winningest coach in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles. Lovie Smith led the Chicago Bears to the 2007 Super Bowl. Now they’re looking for work. Seven coaches and five general managers were fired Monday in a flurry of pink slips that were delivered the day after the regular-season ended. Ken Whisenhunt […]

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year’s fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast’s main city, killing 61 people — many of them children and teenagers — and injuring more than 200, rescue workers said. Thousands had gathered at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan’s Plateau district to […]