Commentary

Dr. Dre, the world renowned hip hop mogul, raised eyebrows among African Americans in the early part of 2013 by announcing his $35 million gift to the University of Southern California, which boasts an endowment of nearly $4 billion. Forbes Magazine has estimated his net worth at upwards of $250 million, much of which has […]

There are some White people who put the interests of animals above those of other human beings — specifically the darker ones. Normally, I’d try to…

Well, we should’ve seen this coming. Steve Wilson is kicking NBA player and new father, Dwayne Wade out of the community. Listen to the audio…

Florida State beat Auburn to win the BCS national championship game. Listen to the audio player to hear Rock-T and Rickey Smiley break down why Auburn was…

Beauty shops — and even some barber shops — are buzzing about Dwyane Wade’s newest baby mama drama. Wade has a new baby who was born on November 10, 2013 – about six weeks before Wade proposed to actress Gabrielle Union, who he’s been dating since 2009. Wade says the child was born during a […]

Melissa Harris-Perry, who apologized for a provocative segment on her MSNBC show about Mitt Romney’s adopted grandson, who is black, does not deserve to be fired as some critics have suggested. Just let it go. And here’s another thought: I question whether Harris-Perry actually needed to apologize in the first place. After noting that both […]

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Have you ever wondered what Kwanzaa was really about? This morning on “NewsOne Now,”  Jessica Smith of Culture Kingdom Kids discussed the true meaning of the holiday…

The new Jordan’s are out, which means hundreds of Black people standing in line to pay $200 for a pair of sneakers when they can…

Sixteen-year-old Ethan Couch is a rich brat who should be sitting in a Texas prison for driving drunk and killing four pedestrians. But he’s not. Today, Couch is free to walk the streets, perhaps drink alcohol if he feels like it – and maybe  even drive a car again one day. Poor Ethan Couch suffers […]

President Obama may be struggling with his approval ratings this year, but Beyonce sure isn’t. She dropped a “visual album” on the public last Thursday (an hour after Scandal’s winter finale went off) and the world lost their collective minds. There were more blog posts, tweets, comments, debates and folks lined up to hate or […]

I guess I should be shocked that a judge and a psychologist in Texas would see a rich white kid as a victim of his privilege before seeing the people he killed as victims of his drunkenness. But I’m not. That’s the thing about privilege; it extends to being able to rewrite rules and to […]