In an unusual display of poor taste, The Onion’s people decided it was okay to come for 9 year old Best Actress nominee, Quvenzhané Wallis. Like most little brown boys and girls of color, Quvenzhané now has to experience more of the trauma that comes with the Black existence, amplified by fame and an unforgiving media space.

    My brother was dead. I was fully convinced that my brother was dead. Growing up in sunny central Florida, I felt removed from the grim realities of society. Though I knew crime happened, I understood it more in theoretical sense. In my world of palm trees, rollercoasters, and sunshine, it was hard to imagine crime in any tangible ...

Caroline Wozniacki's Serena Williams impersonation is making waves. Is she a racist? Would she have done the same thing in Williams’ presence? Would Williams’ have been okay with people laughing at her expense? I don’t have those answers, but one thing is for sure: it’s clear the Dutch athlete is either unaware of the painful history regarding the degradation and dehumanization of Black women’s bodies or, she doesn’t care and may have just wanted to garner a few laughs. Whatever the case may be, we cannot critique or dismiss this weekend’s prank without first considering context.

Shaming, silence, and lack of education are leading to higher and more disproportionate instances of HIV in our communities amoung young people. When will it become a more serious issue on Black America's agenda?

By Courtney Herring The results are in and Americans have spoken. After a tight race, President Barack Obama has been re-elected for another term. Although the President won the biggest race, history was made on a variety of fronts with House Representatives, Senate seats, and gubernatorial races won by quite a diverse group of people, as well as the passage ...

By Courtney Herring With its 90 mph winds and torrential rains, Hurricane Sandy met the East Coast, one of the most densely populated areas in the U.S., with fury Monday, impacting about 17 states and leaving 8.1 million energy customers without power. Sadly, the death toll is at over 100, and the Jersey Shore is all but rearranged. All of this, in addition to a ...

It should come as no surprise that Calvin Broadus, better known as “Snoop Dogg”, was traveling with marijuana in his pocket. What is surprising is that he tried to walk through customs and immigration with it, undetected. Unfortunately for Snoop, it did not work out the way he thought. The rapper was detained by Norway customs officials after a “sniffer ...

NBC has been known to pay it’s stars handsomely as they are fired from the network and the case of  Anne Curry is no different. The 55 year old journalist has reportedly been on a three year contract that was supposed to have paid her $10 million for the final year of her contract. It has been reported that after ...

The Sanford police chief, Bill Lee, who grossly mishandled the Trayvon Martin case has finally been fired. He was fired on Wednesday and sent on his way with a three month severance and one week’s pay. In a news release, Sanford, FL City Manager Norton Bonaparte said that he felt the Police chief  no longer had the trust of the ...

Bobby Brown performed his new single for the first time on Monday morning on a special Memorial Day edition of the “‘Today” show. The singer has been promoting his track “Don’t Let Me Die”, originally thought to be about his ex-wife Whitney Houston. Since then he’s released a music video featuring his fiancée Alicia Etheredge. During his performance, the New ...