DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO: Obama Rejects Money Tied To […]
It seems like the GOP can’t avoid allegations of racism. SEE ALSO: Romney In Danger New Search For Susan Powell U.S. Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich) released an attack ad against U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) during the Super Bowl that showed a Chinese woman speaking broken English and thanking Stabenow for helping China’s economy at […]
23-year-old R&B singer CJ Hilton has a message for the ladies. If the men in your lives are in need of a little direction in the romance department he is here to help. Can You Be More In B-More? “The type of music I do, you have no choice but to be a real gentleman,” […]
By theGrio From Bay Area: Lelia Boroughs, 84, wasn’t known to many. SEE ALSO: Bachmann Says She Was Perfect Candidate Obama’s Grandma Survives Crash At least not outside her apartment building in San Francisco’s lower Pacific Heights. Her neighbors knew her well as an eclectic, kind soul who would offer to pick up their groceries […]
The Mormon Church owns a controversial gun selling website that allows people to buy guns online without passing a background check according to a report by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the website Buzzfeed. The website, KSL.com came under scrutiny after Buzzfeed revealed that it was owned by Deseret Media Companies, the for-profit arm […]
Words by Adisa Banjoko Before becoming a multi-platinum artist, Aubrey “Drake” Graham, dropped out of Forest Hill Collegiate Institute High School. His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his mother, a retired teacher, in Toronto’s wealthy Forest Hill neighborhood. But Drake had some interesting aspirations while he was enrolled. In […]
ATLANTA-Maya Penn, an 11-year-old girl from Canton, Georgia has created her own line of Eco-friendly clothing called Maya’s Ideas which she sells online. Penn, who is home-schooled has already been featured on Forbes.com and donates 10% of her profits to worldwide and Atlanta charities. The Grio reports: The home-schooled seventh-grader from Canton, Georgia, says when […]
Leslie Ranier (pictured), a Black Broward County, Fla., high school teacher who was reportedly accused of pretending to throw holy water on an atheist colleague last May, now faces possible suspension for telling a Haitian student that he “looks [like a] little chocolate boy,” a “chocolate that nobody wanted.” SEE ALSO: Obama’s Grandma Survives Crash Ranier’s […]
By Nakita Austin A transvestite rape suspect named Jeron Winston is accused of tricking a 14-year-old into believing he was a woman. SEE ALSO: Obama Rejects Money Tied To Fugitive Romney In Danger The two initially met online and the teenager claimed to be fooled by Winson’s feminine appearance. Because sex between Winston and the […]
Today, as the Black community recognizes the 12th Annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we stand at the crossroads of heightened awareness, education, and potential eradication. To understand the magnitude of being in such a positive position, it is imperative that we examine how far we’ve come and how close we find ourselves to alleviating […]
