1 in 32 black women will be diagnosed with the disease
Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Memphis, Newark, New Orleans, Hyattsville, Md., and St. Louis are the cities where black women are contracting HIV in alarming rates. These c ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2012 at 2:42AM
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A look at disparities in mental health services
Many in the field would say that the disparities in mental health services for African-Americans are detrimental to the state of black people’s public health.
Back in medical school, Dr. Carl Bell ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2012 at 2:37AM
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Republican Mitt Romney is facing headwinds in his presidential bid and has scant time to regain his footing after two weeks of distractions that have given President Barack Obama an opening to seize the edge in a close contest.
Even as Romney trie ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2012 at 2:33AM
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n a strange twist of events leading up to the "Day Without Mexicans" protest, there was suddenly this overwhelming focus on where African Americans stood on the issue.
Of course, the media is there front and centre, while a few so-called "black ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2012 at 1:49AM
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The biggest reason young, talented workers leave for new jobs? They’re not learning enough, writes Diane Stafford of the Kansas City Star:
“Hirers often complain that their young workers jump ship quickly. A study published this summer in the Harvar ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2012 at 1:33AM
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Here's an NBA rumor that Miami Heat fans probably do not want to read. Dwyane Wade's ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, is claiming that the Heat superstar used to physically abuse her when the two were married.
Funches-Wade recently sat down with Ki ...
Posted Wednesday, September 19th 2012 at 12:30PM
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The Philadelphia Eagles have a ton of great talent on offense, especially at the wide receiver position with DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. However, Jackson and Maclin have found themselves on the injury report early this season which may mean tha ...
Posted Wednesday, September 19th 2012 at 12:24PM
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Clint Eastwood finally admitted what everyone already knew ... the GOP made a HUGE MISTAKE by hiring him to speak at the Republican National Convention -- calling Mitt Romney's people "dumb" to ask him in the first place.
Clint opened up in a rece ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 8:36PM
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Snoop Dogg's eldest son, Corde Broadus, has decided to put his promising athletic career on hold to pursue a rap career like his old man.
According to MediaTakeOut, the 18-year-old has put his football career on ice, despite being head-hunted by num ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 2:40PM
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Wyclef Jean has opened up about being tricked by Lauryn Hill into believing her first-born son was his in his biopic tell-all.
The former Fugees leadman has revealed that he was made to believe that Lauryn Hill's first child was his son when the fat ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 2:35PM
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Another Basketball Wife On The Horizon!
The 26-year-old reality star apparently hit it off with the Knicks player last week after singing to him 'Happy Birthday' at her sold out S.O.B show in New York.
In a series of tweets, the pair revealed tha ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 2:32PM
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Rap legend Tupac Shakur died 16 years ago today from injuries he suffered in a hail of gunfire on the busy Las Vegas strip. To commemorate the anniversary of Shakur’s death, writer Chuck Phillips launched a website today that will focus on the unsolv ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 2:18PM
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Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney defended statements he made at a private fundraiser that was secretly recorded by someone attending (or working at) the fundraiser.
Speaking at the $50,000-per-plate closed door fundraising dinner back in May, Ro ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 2:03PM
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EMBARRASSING .. AND ALL THAT MONEY WASTED , INSTEAD YOU SHOULD SAVE UP AND BUY A BUGHATTI NOT THROW THE MONEY AWAY LOL ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 11:46PM
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" Lawrence Snyder knew something was wrong the second he spotted the child walking down the street. "I (saw) the little boy walking up the street with his hands behind his back and he had no pants on. He had no shoes on," Snyder said. "His hands tape ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 11:32PM
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After running a story about voter access laws last Sunday, the New York Times got some complaints from readers about its he-said-she-said treatment of whether voter fraud is a serious problem. Margaret Sullivan, the Times' public editor, asked the re ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 11:29PM
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ROMNEY ,HAS DUG HIS OWN GRAVE
Another portion of a Mitt Romney fundraiser that was filmed in secrecy has emerged, this time via Mother Jones, filmed at an unstated date and time, although supposedly once the primaries had ended.
This one has a ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 11:19PM
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ESPN NY got Shaquille O’Neal to talk about the Knicks for the upcoming season, not exactly a difficult thing to do, on any topic at any time. And apparently they decided to ask him what they have to do to get past the Heat, or, what they need to do t ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 11:06PM
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Dig if you will the picture ... of Prince engaged in an old school afro.
With his usual Kris Jenner-ish shag cut nowhere in sight, the 54-year-old purple wonder made a rare TV appearance on "The View" today to debut his brand new pimped out retro ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 10:59PM
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