WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy tumbled in 2008. Numbers released by the Census Bureau Wednesday as part of its annual look at children and families show that one in five children were on food stamp assistance in 2014. The […]

We have all gotten to know Marissa Alexander as a Black mother of two from Florida who fired a warning shot at her abusive husband…

Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith are teaming up for HBO’s latest project. Maya and Smith have signed on to guest star on the cable network’s…

DENVER (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old girl who was shot and killed by Denver police said Wednesday that she wants a second, independent autopsy because she doesn’t trust the official investigation into the death of her daughter. The demand by Laura Sonya Rosales Hernandez came as the Denver Police Department and an independent […]

In 2010, 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was killed in her home in a botched police raid. Despite her death, the police officer who fired the fatal shot will never do time. After two mistrials, Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy announced that the city will not re-try former Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley. Reports The Huffington Post:  […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it misled millions of smartphone customers with promises of unlimited data service. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that TracFone’s advertising promised unlimited data, but the company then drastically slowed down consumers’ data speeds — […]

It’s not secret Seattle Seahawks superstar Marshawn Lynch has nothing to say to the media. At the NFL news conference for Super Bowl XLIX, he answered all questions with another one-liner: “You know why I’m here.” It was his answer to every question except one on Wednesday. Lynch came out to a podium instead of […]

Divorcing couple Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon find themselves together again…as the target of a lawsuit. Their former nanny, Simonette DaCosta, claims the former couple fired her because she showed too much affection toward “dem babies.” According to TMZ, she was the full-time nanny when twins Moroccan and Monroe were just infants. DaCosta claims the singer […]

Being Mary Jane returns to BET on Tuesday, February 3 and fans of the show can’t wait. The supertrailer that’s just been released shows Mary Jane and her family going through a whole host of changes – ones that are entirely too relatable. From work to relationships, to parental squabbling to friendships, it looks like […]

French designer Jean Touitou (pictured) apparently thinks that the repeated use of the N-word will enhance his fall 2015 A.P.C. Timberlands men’s collection.  While the…

Iggy Azalea has been under a lot of criticism from those who question her authenticity. The Australian rapper was under even more scrutiny during a recent…

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