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Star Style: Tamera Mowry-Housley [PHOTOS]

By Naima Turner Tamera Mowry-Housley is a new mama on a roll. Just this week, the other half of the famous Mowry twins added talk show host to her résumé. In addition to catching her Style Network...

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How Twitter Prevented A Juror From Profiting Off Trayvon Martin’s Death

After George Zimmerman was found NOT GUILTY of murdering Trayvon Martin, something predictably disgusting occurred. The profit vultures started to circle, attempting to find anything or anyone they...

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LoveBrownSugar, Redefining Style on the Web

Courtesy of BlackEnterprise.com Blog: LoveBrownSugar.com Niche: Women’s Fashion/Style/Beauty Founder: Christina Brown Twitter: @LoveBrownSugar Fashion has always pumped through the veins of Queens, New...

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In Defense Of Rolling Stone‘s Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev Cover Story

Courtesy of The Frisky Just a few days ago, my mom mentioned to me that she thought it was odd that we hadn’t read much in the media lately about Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev, the accused Boston Marathon...

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Petition: Justice Department – Open a Civil Rights Case Against George Zimmerman

Fam, Wanted to share with you this petition started by the NAACP/Benjamin Todd Jealous and encourage you to sign/share it.   Thank you for signing my petition, Justice Department: Open a Civil Rights...

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White Girl Calls Out Privileged Whites, Says They’re Not Trayvon Martin [VIDEO]

Youtuber 13emcha, a white teenage girl, has posted a video to her channel in which she takes the “middle class, white, socially concerned activist” to task for saying and wearing on T-shirts the slogan...

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Here’s Florida’s Next Trayvon Martin Case

Courtesy of Mother Jones A white man named Michael Dunn shot and killed an unarmed black teenager named Jordan Davis in Florida last year after a brief dispute. The prosecutor overseeing the case is...

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Hillary Clinton Acknowledges The ‘Deep Heartache’ Of The Zimmerman Verdict

Speaking with Delta Sigma Theta sorority Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C., former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the “deep painful heartache” that the acquittal of George Zimmerman...

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Will Reform Help Black Immigrants?

Courtesy of The Root In 2003 Black Enterprise magazine named Hawthorne’s Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill Inc. one of the top 100 black-owned companies in the United States. And when Hawthorne,...

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AIQ…Beyoncé, Bill Maher, Adrienne Bailon & More

Give celebrities a platform or shove a mic into their faces, and they’ll say anything. This week in celebrity quotes, Beyoncé reads a fan at one of her concerts, Bill Maher gets real about the George...

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Why Do Whites Get Angry When Blacks Lament About Racism?

Seriously, can someone please explain to me what enraged this white woman enough to attack an elderly Black singer who was dedicating a song to a young Black boy who was fatally shot through the heart?...

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Sponsors Pull Out Of Chris Brown Music Festival

This has been quite the week for Breezy … Earlier this week Chris Brown‘s probation, stemming from his sentence in the Rihanna assault, was revoked as a result of his alleged hit-and-run accident in...

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Fruitvale Station Director Ryan Coogler On Trayvon, Oscar and More

As people continue to process George Zimmerman’s “Not Guilty” verdict, Fruitvale Station, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, is making its rounds, reminding many that Trayvon Martin’s senseless...

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Detroit Filed For Bankruptcy

Yesterday, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, making it the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy case ever. The state-led attempts to restructure the city’s debt outside of court have failed, and...

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Pure Comedy: Paula Deen’s Pot Luck

Paula Deen yet again found herself becoming the butt of a trending topic when she asked a question that yielded some hilarious answers. How’s Judy Smith going to spin this one? Last week, Paula thought...

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President Obama Talks Trayvon, Being An African American Man In America...

Remarks by President Obama on July 19  regarding the Trayvon Martin ruling THE PRESIDENT: I wanted to come out here, first of all, to tell you that Jay is prepared for all your questions and is very...

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Rae Dawn Chong on Oprah and the N Word: I Was Complimenting Her

By Colby Carrington Rae Dawn Chong is pained that noone understands that her seemingly anti- Oprah rant was actually PROprah. To address the confusion, she’s posted a response video on YouTube titled,...

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Kanye West Faces Felony Attempted Robbery Charges After Airport Attack on...

Rapper Kanye West is possibly facing felony attempted robbery charges after attacking a photographer in the airport on Friday. After arriving at LAX, the 36-year-old self-proclaimed savior–better...

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Nelson Mandela Biopic Movie Trailer Released

The Weinstein Company has released the trailer for its new biopic of former South African president Nelson Mandela. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is directed by Justin Chadwick and stars Idris Elba as...

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George Zimmerman Can’t Have His Old Gun Back

Courtesy of Huffington Post Black Voices George Zimmerman won’t be getting back the Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm pistol he used to shoot Trayvon Martin anytime soon, but he will be permitted to buy a different...

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