Audio Included in Post. Runs 19 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. They’re on fire in Georgia about this weekend’s Circle City Classic. On Afternoons with Amos, Albany State University President Dr. Everett Freeman and Athletic Director Dr. Richard Williams were pumped about their school being in the annual Classic. Both men talked excitedly about Albany State’s […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 23 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. They are pumped in Kentucky about this weekend’s Circle City Classic. On Afternoons with Amos, Kentucky State University President Dr. Mary Evans Sias and Athletic Director Dr. Denisha Hendricks were fired up about participating in the annual Classic. Both women talked passionately about Kentucky State’s […]
This week, we released the results of a Your Black World Survey in which the majority of Black respondents (56.9 percent) felt that President Obama should have spoken up on behalf of the late Troy Davis. Many throughout the world, including former FBI Director William Sessions and former President Jimmy Carter felt the execution was […]
By Kenneth Mallory Our Place DC has been a source of sustenance and support for thousands of current and formerly incarcerated women in the District. In the year 2010 alone, over 1,500 women were served through the non-profit organization’s programs, and since the organization began in 1999, more than 9,000. It is among several organizations […]
Overcoming Life Fear and Failure I am often asked, “Cathy, how were you able to walk away from a successful corporate job to become a successful entrepreneur? You seem to have no obstacles in life and doing very well!” People are surprised when I reveal my situation. From the outside it appears I am doing […]
By Elesha Barnette Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today alerted residents that the odds of a District of Columbia government shutdown have increased in the last 24 hours because of yet another federal spending fight having nothing to do with the District. Only five months after the District of Columbia government barely avoided a shutdown in […]
By Jeneba Ghatt A recent report revealed that the Washington, DC, metropolitan area has had one of the highest rent hikes in the nation. Bloomberg Business week assessed data from Axiometrics, a company that measures performance in the rental apartment sector, and came up with a list of the top 25 American cities where rents […]
Representative Maxine Waters has fired back at President Obama after his speech at the Congressional Black Caucus this weekend in which he told the audience to “stop complaining.” Waters, who recently told a group of Black voters to “unleash her on Obama,” was shocked by the president’s direct comments at the Black community. “He would […]
Filmmaker Michael Moore is calling for an economic boycott of Georgia over last week’s execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Also read: How Do You Feel About The Execution Of Troy Davis? “I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, [and] to never do business in Georgia,” Moore […]
NEW YORK- Mr. EBT, a rapper who had a viral hit video for his song “Swipe Your EBT,” is defending himself after conservative critics have claimed he is glorifying welfare. Popular conservative blogger Matt Drudge and several other conservative websites have called him someone “leeching off society.” A New Low? “Its Free Swipe Yo EBT” […]
Legendary funk singer Sly Stone is reportedly homeless and living in a van in the Crenshaw section of Los Angeles. The shocking revelation reported by the New York Post talks about the FBI’s hunt for Stone, and the numerous hits out on his life. RELATED: Atlantic City hopes to bus more homeless back home The […]
NEW YORK — A clerk for the ASPCA records department took a photo of a noose in the garage of their offices. The worker, Sanoy Fleming, complained to her superiors when she was told the rope was there for “operational purposes.” Cross With Racial Slurs And “Burn In Hell” Put On Black Man’s Lawn Hate […]
