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Month: January 2016

Entertainment

Whoopi Goldberg Resurrects ‘African-American’ vs. ‘American’ Debate

January 11, 2016 Staff 0

By Adam Howard (MSNBC) Actress Whoopi Goldberg continued the apparent tradition of polarizing racial rhetoric on “The View” this Tuesday, proclaiming she is “American” not “African-American,” while criticizing Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for the presidency. […]

Entertainment

Fox Fights Record Label to Keep ‘Empire’ TV Series Title

January 8, 2016 Staff 0

By Eriq Gardner, billboard.com Empire is the television equivalent of Genghis Khan, but Twentieth Century Fox Television has a little legal problem by way of a record label, Empire Distribution, asserting trademark rights. This record […]

Entertainment

Off The Record: Charlamagne Tha God

January 8, 2016 Staff 0

by Zon’ D’ Amour LA Sentinel Contributing Writer On Being A Husband, Father & Executive Producer Charlamagne Tha God has never been one to be politically correct. As one third of the popular morning show,“The […]

National

Famed Psychiatrist, “Isis Papers” Author Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80

January 8, 2016 Staff 0

By Stacy M. Brown, Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the famed 80-year-old afro-centrist, has died. Welsing’s death was announced by close friends on social media and […]

Local

Visionaries Create Vision Boards for 2016 Goal Setting Success

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

On January 2, 2016 Visionary and Business Strategist Angela Mealer partnered with Life Coach and Event Planner Pam James to host Jacksonville’s Best Vision Board Party! The event was a rendition of the traditional goal-setting […]

Entertainment

Oprah Winfrey Signs Largest Memorial Deal in Recent History

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

by Desire Thompson Prepare to be inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s latest endeavor — a memoir. Deadline reports the media mogul has signed a deal with Flatiron Books publishing, a division of Macmillan, to release The […]

Entertainment

Pillar Sanders Will have To Pay Deion $2.2 Million-And Go Back To Jail

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

Los Angeles – In the never-ending war between Deion Sanders and his ex, Pilar Sanders, Deion has just scored a key victory. Specifically, he won more than a million dollars in his defamation case against […]

Business

Have Hip-Hop and Wall Street Destroyed Soul Music?

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Black people have always had a strong affinity for music. Soon after our forefathers were let off the slave ships and sold to plantations we started singing. […]

National

Young Black Men Killed by US Police at Highest Rate in Year of 1,134 deaths

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

Final total of people killed by US police officers in 2015 shows rate of death for young black men was five times higher than white men of the same age (The Guardian) Young black men […]

Education

Study Warns of Looming Mental Health Crisis for Black College Students

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

Researchers have noted anxiety, depression, thoughts of suicide and “John Henryism.”  The additional mental burdens black college students face can take a toll on their health, according to a new study. By Lauren Camera As […]

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