Alexandria Shelton, a 21-year-old senior at Grambling State University, was found dead in a drainage ditch in Girard Park near the school’s campus, reports KNOE.com. Shelton…
On last night’s episode of ‘Oprah Prime’, hit making producer, song writer, Pharrell Williams discussed his writing process, and what it was like writing ‘Happy’. “Do you have to be happy to write ‘Happy?’” Oprah asks Williams. “My best songs come from two different ways,” he says. “Either when I have a really good gut […]
The song “Happy” is just blowing up all over the WORLD. And everyone is recording their version on YouTube. Well an arts school in Detroit put up their rendition on YouTube and it went viral. We even put it on our website, when it came out. You gotta see how Ellen surprised them…
It’s a shameful, shocking statistics. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Indiana ranks as the 8TH WORST STATE for African-American children in the country. The shocking fact was revealed in a new report Race for Results, issued by the Casey Foundation in April. The report analyzed conditions for overall conditions for American children and […]
In a decision that the City of Indianapolis refused to comment about, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana won a case in Federal Court on First Amendment grounds against the City’s attempt to illegally restrict panhandling and begging downtown. The City agreed to drop prosecution of persons who were passively panhandling and begging downtown, […]
For a half century the Rev. Dr. Melvin Girton has been a spiritual and moral force in Indianapolis and its African-American community. From the days of the civil rights era to the 21st century, Rev. Girton has pastored the Christ Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis UNWA neighborhood. For several terms, he served as leader of […]
One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And, according to the…
Serena Williams covers Fitness Magazine and I am reminded of how behind I am on my gym routine! Well, truth is I haven’t really started (yet)…
A Queens, N.Y., man is suing the New York Police Department after surveillance video captures officers pepper-spraying him for apparently no reason and hurling a…
People are still waiting for Lupita Nyong’o to goof up on the red carpet. But you (whoever you are out there) should hang that up because…
In the book, Heaven Is Real,Christian pastor Todd Burpo writes that during the months after his emergency surgery in 2003, his son Colton began…
Repeat after me: yes, you can wear sweatpants and not look like a bum. The best way to do it is to treat them like…
