It’s been a decade since the September 11th terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center. Over the last few years, celebrities have banded together to sing songs, both uplifting and straightforward, that pay tribute to the victims and families of the tragedy. Here, we picked our top 5 musical tributes to 9/11. 5. […]
South Carolina representative Tim Scott is emerging as a GOP power broker after he brought presidential candidate Rick Perry to his coastal South Carolina town. Perry saw firsthand the love that Scott’s supporters have for the house freshman. Read an excerpt here: That Mr. Scott is emerging as a power broker in the South Carolina […]
A Chicago man is claiming that he was the victim of a hate crime when he was cut with a knife across his face at an Indiana convenience store. That man, 50-year-old Mark Neal, was arrested and charged with the vicious attack on Elree Jones. “He just slashed my face. I still had my phone […]
American doll and apparel line, American Girl, has recently released their second African American doll in 25 years of business. The first Black doll, known as Addy Walker, was the single African-American character in the company’s Historic Collection, and a former slave. Their latest character, Cécile Rey, “a bold, confident girl from a well-to-do African-American family,” tells […]
A new book titled “Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy,” says that the former first lady didn’t think too highly of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She called him “phony” and “tricky” in a 1964 interview in which she spoke about life in the White House. Former First […]
Writer Mashaun D. Simon wrote an article on TheGrio today focusing on the foreclosures many Black churches are facing as real estate agents don’t see them as lucrative businesses anymore. Read an excerpt of the article below: Gone are the days when a faith-based institution or church could simply walk into a bank and make […]
NEW YORK — While many New Yorkers have seen rats on the the tracks and even on the platforms, one woman was bitten by a rat at the popular Brooklyn Bridge train station in Manhattan. A woman was bitten by a rat in her foot on the J train platform resulting in a hospital visit. […]
NEW YORK — A 36-year-old woman from the Bronx was charged with improper disposal of a body after her 76-year-old boyfriend was found in a suitcase. Monique Exum allegedly murdered her boyfriend John Davis. Exum is also being investigated for cashing and spending Davis’ social security checks. The New York Daily News reports: Police believe Monique […]
The true spirit that lives on from September 11, 2001 is love. I was at work the day the buildings fell victim to hatred. I walked home with people covered in dust and dirt. I helped a man shake the debris from his clothes. I lost friends in those sterling silver towers of light. There […]
Cracked.com recently came up with a list of the 9 most offensive 9/11 references in Pop culture. The list features a variety of 9 different ads and videos which can be seen below. #9 This is an ad for a French newsmagazine. The tagline is “Learn to anticipate.” The visual seems to suggest that the easiest […]