Entries from January 2010

Money well spent- This week’s classic pick

January 29th, 2010 by Nourbese | No Comments

Money well spent- This week’s classic pick

Classic Banger…Stressed Out…


SHOP TALK: In 2010 is the release of a Sextape really a threat?

January 28th, 2010 by "The Bombshell" | 6 Comments

SHOP TALK: In 2010 is the release of a Sextape really a threat?

I’m grown and have been for a while now, so when comes to getting my “freak on” I gets it in, that means, I push my limitations sexually, and in this case electronically. No, not everyone gets the “business” but it does get doled out from time to time. Now with this disclaimer out of [...]


Honors student beaten by plainclothes officers

January 24th, 2010 by Nourbese | No Comments

Honors student beaten by plainclothes officers

Miles’ family and attorney said he was hit with a stun gun and hospitalized after the violent Homewood struggle during which a chunk of his hair was yanked out and a tree branch went through his gums.


On “Negro-Gate” 2010

January 23rd, 2010 by Guest | No Comments

On

We have to understand Reid’s words in context. While the word “Negro” might not be as PC as some like, it should not be thought of as a slur, particularly in the way Reid used it. Keep this in mind: There’s been a move from using the word “colored” to “Negro” to “Black,” and now to “African-American” to describe the descendants of African slaves in America.


Cuban Doctors working in Haiti to help relief efforts

January 21st, 2010 by Nourbese | 1 Comment

Cuban Doctors working in Haiti to help relief efforts

Cuban Doctors working in Haiti to help relief efforts…stories you might of missed


Oldest Black Fraternity in trouble for Hazing

January 17th, 2010 by Nourbese | No Comments

Oldest Black Fraternity in trouble for Hazing

Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc, the nation’s oldest Black Greek-lettered fraternity, recently placed a moratorium on all membership intake. The decision comes after a prospective member was reportedly hazed and critically wounded following an initiation exercise, leading the group’s president to denounce the behavior. But some say the strong rebuke is long overdue for a practice that is far too commonplace within some Greek-lettered organizations.


Is the Minority Interview for the NFL a scam

January 13th, 2010 by Nourbese | No Comments

Is the Minority Interview for the NFL a scam

LOS ANGELES — If I were Dan Rooney about now, I’d be demanding that my name be removed from the so-called Rooney Rule. He was integral in establishing the rule seven years ago in the spirit of diversity, to provide legitimate NFL opportunities for minority candidates who deserved to be considered for head-coaching and executive positions.


Dominating Race

January 13th, 2010 by Mr. Douglas | No Comments

Dominating Race

Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice…If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself,” a quote from author, orator and journalist, William Pickens.


7.0 Earthquake hits Haiti

January 12th, 2010 by Nourbese | No Comments

7.0 Earthquake hits Haiti

The magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince shortly before 5 p.m. Joseph said one official of his government told him houses had crumbled “on the right side of the street and the left side of the street.”


Ugandan Government decides that death penalty for gays is “not necessary”

January 12th, 2010 by Nourbese | No Comments

Ugandan Government decides that death penalty for gays is

A Ugandan government minister has said that a proposed law which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts is “not necessary”.



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