Politics

Students from Howard University have found themselves in the midst of a pitched competition designed to help NASCAR reach an entirely new fan base. Entitled “NASCAR Kinetics: Marketing in Motion,” the contest is an underwhelming attempt for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing to reach an audience that has long eluded them, the […]

Dennis Rodman is no stranger to controversy. The former NBA star is a legend in the league for his on-court skill but a deity of sorts in the media for his outlandish antics. While competing in a “USA Legends of Basketball” exhibition game in the small town of Trier, Germany, the man that wore a […]

In five years, there could be a vaccine to defeat AIDS, genital herpes, Alzheimer’s, Malaria, and Tuberculosis among several other common illnesses such as urinary tract infections and grass allergies. That suggestion directly contrasts the former truth of what was once a dying part of the pharmaceutical industry. Investments in the drug industry have allowed […]

An obvious sign of the times, the FBI is looking for an old man that has been robbing banks in broad daylight. Dubbed the “Geezer Bandit,” federal officials say that the senior citizen is responsible for robbing financial institutions in the San Diego area, recently hitting a Bank of America in the township of La […]

An unruly 10-year-old girl was involved in a shocking development after being tased for kicking an officer of the law in his nether region. Ozark police were called to the little girl’s home after her mother complained of not being able to get the minor to take a shower. Vernon McDaniel, mayor of Ozark, Arkansas, […]

The story of South African sprinter Caster Semenya was long and drawn out filled with questions and speculation. As previously reported, Semenya left spectators in an uproar after suddenly breaking her own personal record in July and then dusting her competition in Berlin’s IAAF World Champions weeks later. Rumors swirled that the 18-year-old  was actually […]

Down in good old Mississippi the governor is looking to save the state money and proposing brash and controversial budget cuts. Governor Haley Barbour revealed a new plan Monday to merge eight universities into five and reduce the number of school districts. In particular he’s proposing merging the states’ three Historically Black Colleges into one. […]

Clayton County’s School system is no stranger to scandal, especially with their latest jaunt into lunacy, proving that the ignorance that landed the sub-par school system into hot water only one year ago, is here to stay. In their most recent foray into the ridiculous, county leaders within the school system are investigating allegations that […]

“Apartheid Education” is what the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP, feels is the appropriate example to describe Pittsburgh’s public education system, and furthermore, explain the educational divide that separates the city’s Black and White students like a chasm forged with falling meteors. The famed organization marched in a protest through […]

A 6-foot tall burning cross gave view to a side of one small Pennsylvania community that Joe and Candy Walbeck never knew existed. The couple was shocked to find the charred remains of what was once a staple in the old south upon their doorstep. Residing in a predominately white neighborhood, the Walbecks have been […]

A ground breaking study conducted by researchers at Northwestern, Loyola, and Walden Universities has turned sociologists on their proverbial axis. After studying more than 250 Black adolescents, all of whom hail from stereotypical Black surroundings, researchers discovered that raising youths’ feelings regarding ethnic pride around the 7th and 8th grades, resulted in significantly higher mental […]

As if the Tea Party’ers did not have enough trouble being taken seriously, one of their future leaders was caught red, or better yet white, handed venturing on the wrong side of the law. Ezell Harris, a Florida conservative and staunch Tea Party supporter, is facing serious legal ramifications for his involvement in a Florida […]