If “Boyz N The Hood” should be remembered for anything, let it be for its exposure to a side of Los Angeles few living outside of the area were aware. The streets of South Central, Los Angeles and Compton were already getting a soundtrack due to the success of rap groups like N.W.A, but in […]
Music videos weren’t exactly a new phenomenon when MTV debuted in 1981. French musicians had been making short films to accompany their songs since the invention of the Scopitone visual jukebox in the late 1950s. However, MTV’s launch upped not only the quantity of music videos being produced, but the quality. We racked our brains […]
Ladies, we all have that little black dress that is perfect for any occasion. But just in case you’ve gained a few pounds, and need to lose them, here are 6 dieting tips to help you slip into that sexy black dress again this year! Tip#1: Eat Fruits And Veggies Fruits and vegetables are packed […]
The foods you choose to eat for lunch each day affect your health and wellness. Many of us are busy during the day so we end up eating fast food that are convenient, but are often poor in nutrition. Don’t make the mistake of eating lunches that are high in sodium, fat, and sugar – […]
TUCSON, Ariz. — As the funeral for the youngest victim of the mass shooting in Arizona was set to begin Thursday, the largest flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center was raised by two fire trucks with ladders extended, and several hundred people lined a road near the […]
NEW YORK — The bleakest year in the foreclosure crisis has only just begun. Lenders are poised to take back more homes this year than any other since the U.S. housing meltdown began in 2006. About 5 million borrowers are at least two months behind on their mortgages and more will miss payments as they […]
Cleveland — Whites in the United States die of drug overdoses more often than other ethnic groups. Blacks are hit proportionately harder by AIDS, strokes and heart disease. And American Indians tend to die in car crashes. To shed more light on the ills of America’s poor — and occasionally its rich — the Centers […]
TENNESSEE The Tea Party of Tennessee wants to remove incidents of slavery and genocide from American textbooks for fear they would besmirch the image of the Founding Fathers: The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. As a result, the Tea Party organizations argue, there should be “no portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred […]
NEW YORK — The number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits jumped sharply last week, two weeks after hitting a 2-1/2 year low below 400,000. There were 445,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Jan. 8, the Labor Department said in a weekly report Thursday. That’s up 35,000 from […]
NORTH CAROLINA-After the Wake County School Board voted to end a busing programs that keep school’s integrated in the district, critics are claiming they are re-introducing segregation to North Carolina. The Washington Post reports: And as the board moves toward a system in which students attend neighborhood schools, some members are embracing the provocative idea […]