In a classic case of voting blindly, a white republican won a local election by pretending to be Black. Dave Wilson, a White conservative from Texas, won majority of the black votes for a seat on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees by deceiving black voters. His campaign merchandise featured faces of African Americans and other […]
Happy Veterans Day to all the past, present and future soldiers. We appreciate all that you do for this country. Veterans Day is about honoring those American soldiers both living and dead thanking them for their sacrifices they have made for this country. So when you see a service member walk up to them and simply say, “Thank you” […]
Before her life changing surgery Deborah Cohan an OB/Gyn held a dance party with her medical team in the operating room of Mt.ZionHospital in San Francisco. The 6minute video that was posted on youtube shows Cohan and her team getting down to the tunes of Beyonce’s “Get Me Bodied.” Deborah encouraged her family and friends to […]
The Reid clan is not too happy on how their matriarch Pebbles was portrayed in the TLC biopic. This time it’s Pebbles’ daughter Ashley Reid who’s speaking out against the film and the producers Chilli and T-Boz. She recently went on her Ustream radio show “Reid All About It” and explained what she thought […]
There are some crucial elections happening today and all eyes will be on the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. However here in Maryland some of us will be going to the polls as well. In this off year election there are a handful of municipal seats up for grabs along with some ballot […]
If they did will you still shop there? According to law suit against the company that alleges that the chain looks to make up to five arrests of minorities a week and has a racial code to do so. The suit filed by Muslim women claims that she was detained because of the code system […]
Love, art and good music are some of my favorite things. I experienced all three at the Baltimore Love Project fundraiser in Fells Point. The Love + Art event held at the Broom Corn Building this past Tuesday, was presented by, Ciroc Vodka and Sonje’ Productions. The Baltimore Love Project organization uses themed murals to spread […]
In the very near future supermarkets shelves will be able to track your age and gender. Monddelez International is now in a testing stage where they have linked up with Microsoft to collect your data to help companies tailor their marketing strategies. In addition there are other new technologies, such as embedded weight sensors that detects […]
The whole country has been waiting for this moment to find out when this Government shut down will be over. At day 16th talks will begin to happen at 12 noon today. The negotiations between the Democrats and the Republican’s could provide the basis of a breakthrough. The two parties are trying to work […]
Black buying power is projected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015. However many of us will only be consumer instead of producers of these goods according to The State of the African-American Consumer Report. The spending habits within the Black community has much power and can change and improve the conditions of Black communities. Here are some interesting findings: With […]