With Black unemployment at 16.2 percent and no solution on the horizon, the Congressional Black Caucus, who have been vocal about the lack of unemployment programs aimed at African Americans, are launching their own cross-country job fair beginning this week. The CBC will hold job fairs, town hall meetings, job readiness programs, and seminars next […]
President Barack Obama turns 50 on Thursday. So what does he want for his birthday? “What I really want right now is to, to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday,” Obama said recently. The months-long debate over the debt ceiling had threatened to force him to skip his own party, a pair of birthday […]
Bounce TV, a new broadcast network geared toward African-American viewers, will debut on Sept. 26, the network announced. Founded by Martin Luther King III, Andrew Young III, television executives Ryan Glover and Jonathan Katz, and filmmakers Rob Hardy and Will Packer, the channel will go live at noon with a 24-hour, daily programming mix of […]
Teen idols come and go. They have the looks, the hits, and the adoring fan base to propel them to super-stardom, but it’s all a man-made illusion. As soon as the music fades and the machine behind them ceases to operate, they quickly die out, their lifespan reduced by the sinking sand on which they’re […]
BET’s Sunday’s Best has selected their final 10 contestants to compete for the grand prize. Mr. William McDowell opened the show with praise and worship singing “I Give Myself Away”. Immediately after he ended the three contestants left from last week competed singing “Yes Jesus Loves Me” acapella. Last week these three ladies were hard […]
Angels & Demons original director Ron Howard has opted to not return to direct the controversial book.The books have made it a point to take unnecessary pointless sucker punches at the Catholic church without solid information. It’s surely, to date, got to go down as one of the most laborious, tedious franchises to date. Kicking […]
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins Sunday July 31,211. with Muslims required to fast from dawn to dusk as well as perform good works.Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 to 30 days. Ramadan starts with the sighting of the new moon on the last day of the Islamic […]
It appears the local churches are suffering from the bells and whistles of the mega-churches. T.D. Jakes, Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar, Charles Blake, and many others are a part of a trend towards Mega Churches. Many African American preachers look toward these churches as models of where they wish to be. But is a Mega […]
This fall a reality series entitled “All American Muslim” will premiere on TLC. The series will follow five Muslim families living in one of the country’s largest Muslim communities, Dearborn, Michigan. The town is also home to the largest mosque in the United States. Why It’s People & Not Places That Matter The show intends […]
Foxy Brown says she is a saved God-fearing woman is now headed on the righteous path. In recent years she has had run ins with the law that have changed her life and slowed down her productivity. How To Change Sibling Rivalry To Sibling Camaraderie The curvy hip-hop star also said she is mulling over […]
Even though it has dismal ratings, the Documentary Club is one thing the Oprah Winfrey Network is doing right. Serving Life, which premiered Thursday at 9pm focuses on four new volunteers in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola’s hospice program. They are all long-term inmates. TV Guide reports, Because the average sentence at the maximum […]
World Premiere: Shirley Murdock New Gospel Video “DREAM” Shirley’s ‘Dream’ single recently premiered on the “CoCo Brother Live.” Dream is written by Shirley along with her husband Dale DeGroat and esteemed evangelist Bishop T.D. Jakes. Check out the video below…