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Our sister site HelloBeautiful.com recently took to the streets of downtown Manhattan to explore and profile the Black female faces of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. See Also: Black Travel In NYC: Head To The Coffee Shop In Union Square See Also: DSK Rape Case To Be Turned Into Porn Film? Here is an excerpt […]

In response to the recent murder of Zurana Horton, a 34-year-old mother of 13 who was killed by a stray bullet last Friday,  Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for an end to gun possession in African-American communities. See Also: Does Kim Kardashian Want To Be Elizabeth Taylor? See Also: Black Travel: Visit Nashville, Tennessee For Some Country

A series of shootings occurred last night in Washington D.C. as the city celebrated Halloween. Various confrontations between area youth sparked the gunfire which started in the Georgetown neighborhood. See Also: Black Travel: Visit Washington D.C. See Also: Heidi Klum, Seal Do Gorillas For Halloween According to WJLA-TV/ABC7, a confrontation started between two groups of […]

The NAACP has recently started a campaign aimed at securing the nomination of a Black judge to a predominantly Black district in North Carolina. Leaders of the state chapter of the NAACP say that there has never been a Black federal judge in the Eastern or Western District court.  Roughly half the state’s African-American population […]

Neilson Report September 2011 WHY IS “BIG BUSINESS” HAWKING BLACK FOLKS? An interactive study of cause and effect Written by: D.N. Shropshire, MA The purpose for this annual report is to target marketing, advertising and purchasing methodologies and practices to maximize profitability. In other words, there are agencies out there specifically watching the spending habits […]

Court trials have become spectacles for the American public. Heroes and villains are made in the media and court trials have a way of dividing America. They serve as entertainment as the public roots for or against defendants. Controversial cases always make for controversial verdicts; and we’ve seen many in the last 20 years. Here’s […]

CNN has admitted that Cornell Belcher, who appeared on Anderson Cooper’s show as a guest actually works with Obama’s 2012 campaign. In February, CNN announced that Belcher would join their team of paid political contributors. See Also: Does Kim Kardashian Want To Be Elizabeth Taylor? See Also: Black Travel: Visit Nashville, Tennessee For Some Country […]

A study released by Yale University found that beverage companies are targeting Black and Latino youth in their sales campaigns for sodas, fruit drinks, energy drinks, and juices. See Also: Does Kim Kardashian Want To Be Elizabeth Taylor? See Also: Black Travel: Visit Nashville, Tennessee For Some Country “There is no doubt that children and […]

Over the next few weeks, NewsOne.com will highlight 3 Black entrepreneurs who are part of the NewMe Accelerator. The NewMe Accelerator is a program for minority led start-ups that will house a handful of visiting start-ups during the summer of 2011 in Silicon Valley. The three entrepreneurs, Pius Uzamere, Tiffani Bell, and Chris Bennett, will […]

NEW YORK — NAACP President Ben Jealous has vowed to fight for a living wage in New York City where the cost of living is higher than most of the rest of the country. Jealous is in support of a city council bill that would raise the minimum wage in New York to $10 an […]