Obama Invites Poet Elizabeth Alexander To Read at Inauguration
Poet Elizabeth Alexander will recite a specially composed work at Barack Obama’s inauguration next month, becoming only the fourth writer to read...
December 27, 2008 | Read the story »
PETA Picks Oprah Winfrey ‘Person of the Year’
Add another honor to Oprah Winfrey’s mantle: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named her its “Person of the Year.” The...
December 27, 2008 | Read the story »
TRAILER: Obsessed
RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2009 SYNOPSIS:Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy...
December 19, 2008 | Read the story »
For Inauguration Prayer, Obama Splits Ticket
The clergy chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to pray at his inauguration fill separate symbolic roles: One is a nod to the civil rights activists...
December 19, 2008 | Read the story »
COMMENTARY: Why We Need An Obesity Tax
Like many New Yorkers, I remember a time when nearly everyone smoked. In 1950, Collier’s reported that more than three-quarters of adult men smoked....
December 19, 2008 | Read the story »
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Raphael Saadiq Scores Three Grammy NominationsMovies
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OPENING THIS WEEK: The SpiritTelevision
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild NominationsScreen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg, actress...
BET’s ‘106 & PARK PRESENTS: GENERATION GOSPEL’On Sunday, January 11 at 12:00 p.m.*, BET’s hit...
NAACP: TV Still “Grossly” Under-represents MinoritiesHealth
Eligibility Criteria Contribute To Racial Disparities In Hospice UseA new study finds that hospice services—care that...
Study Compares Racial Consciousness of Black and Asian AmericansAsian Americans are less attached to their racial identity...
Health Benefits of Male Circumcision in Black, African MenOther Headlines
Sharpton at 5W PR ‘We’re Close, but We’re Not there Yet’The Civil Rights Activist and radio talk show host Reverend Al Sharpton addressed an audience today at 5W Public Relations monthly...
Lack of Opportunity Needs to Be AddressedThere has been a great deal of talk, justifiably, in recent weeks about the lack of African-American head coaches in Division I-A college...
D.C. Braces For Record Inauguration CrowdThe inauguration of Barack Obama will go down in history as the first time an African American assumes the presidency. It could also...
