List of States with Worst Student Loan Problems
Student loan debts are a serious problem in the United States. Debt levels have passed the one trillion dollar mark, and most of the debts end up in default. This is a concern for those who worry about the future of the US economy. Many of these young people are going to die in debt. [...]
Conservatives Drop Heat on Al Sharpton Producer for Harmless Boston Bombing Tweets
It seems that conservatives are always looking for any ammunition they can find to attack Al Sharpton and those on the left. If they can’t hit the target directly, the next strategy is to go after the second-in-command. The target for the website Newsbusters was Nida Khan, a respected journalist and blogger for the Huffington [...]
The Washington Post Starts Charging Monthly Fee For Heavy Website Users
The Washington Post has become the latest newspaper in the United States to announce that it will start charging frequent users of its website a monthly fee, joining the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and others in imposing a paywall on consumers. The Post, like its rivals, has been suffering financially as readers have moved [...]
Hackers Post Financial Data of First Lady, Biden, Celebrities
The FBI and Los Angeles Police Department are investigating hackers who posted the personal information of more than a dozen government officials and celebrities including first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, rap entrepreneur Jay-Z and TV personality Kim Kardashian. Information including social security numbers, personal phone numbers and credit reports were posted to [...]
Bottle Thrown At Rihanna By Deranged Fan In London
There are a lot of people not happy with Rihanna’s decision to date Chris Brown again. The frustration is not just in the United States but worldwide. It was very apparent in London, where Rihanna was celebrating the launch of her new fashion line, River Island, during London’s Fashion Week. After debuting her line, Rihanna [...]
Did the Brazilian Government Deliberately Create a Crack Epidemic on Black Citizens? Some Say Yes
Crack addiction is out of control in Brazil. It started in the jungles of the Amazon and is now infesting the streets of the “favelas” (ghettos) of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. In fact, Brazilians are the biggest consumers of crack and cocaine in the whole world. Keep in mind that Brazil has over [...]
Trey Songz Arrested for Hitting a Woman in the Eye with Money
Just drop this in the category of “when making it rain goes wrong.” Trey Songz was arrested recently for assault, according to TMZ. The reason Mr. Songz (whose real name is Tremaine Neverson) was arrested was because he decided to throw money at a woman and didn’t know his own strength. The incident took place [...]
Stevie Wonder Decides Not to Perform for the Israelis After All
The Israeli government has come under fire from international critics who are turned off by their killing of so many innocent women and children. The Israelis say that the attacks on neighboring Palestine are only to protect themselves, but they tend to kill far more Palestinians than the original aggression might suggest. Also, their determination [...]
Chris Brown and Rihanna Could Care Less What You Think about Domestic Violence
*Ponder, if you will, for a moment the countless number of women who could have gained needed strength to flee domestic violence situations if Rihanna would have became an ardent domestic violence advocate after she was assaulted by Chris Brown on February 8, 2009. Think of the abusers that could have been influenced to stop [...]
D.L. Hughley on the Presidential Debate: Romney Talked to Obama ‘Like a Servant’
Comedian D.L. Hughley was interviewed on Current’s “Joy Behar: Say Anything!” to discuss, among other things, his thoughts on the most recent presidential debate. Hughley made his contempt for the GOP known, and then went on to say that he thought Mitt Romney spoke to President Obama like a servant during the debate. Hughley and [...]
TN Woman Who Fell Over Cruise Ship Identified
News Channel 3 in Bartlett, TN has revealed the identity of a Bartlett woman who fell off the side of the cruise ship she was on. The woman fell off the ship on September 16. The woman was seen falling off by other passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of The Seas. The other passengers reported [...]
Jamaica Mandates Study Of Marcus Garvey To Bolster Self-Pride In Children
Marcus Garvey is being resurrected in Jamaican classrooms throughout the entire island. Jamaican school officials have mandated a civics program for students from kindergarten through high school to study Garvey’s values (e.g. self-esteem, respect for others, accountability). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said Garvey is the ”first man on a mass scale and level to give [...]
‘Young Black Thugs Who Won’t Follow the Law Need to Be Put Down’ According To Louisiana School Psychologist
The Jefferson Parish School Board has been put on blast! The civil rights organization Southern Poverty Law Center filed a complaint alleging that the school system “sends a disproportionate number of black and disabled students to alternative schools to languish for months.” Now the group is targeting Jefferson Parish for employing a school psychologist who [...]
Top 5 Diseases That Are Misdiagnosed In African Americans
Millions of Americans spend years suffering from unexplained health problems. Sometimes even the best doctors miss the mark: About 40 percent of all mistakes that doctors make are misdiagnoses, says the National Patient Safety Foundation. Why? That’s because many ailments have similar symptoms or can be detected only with tests that your physician might consider [...]
‘The greatest mistake America made was allowing women to vote’ according to Fox News Guest Jesse Lee Peterson
A frequent Fox News guest has drawn wide condemnation for saying women should have never been given the right to vote. In a sermon that was posted on YouTube in March, Rev Jesse Lee Peterson said women are leading the United States down a path of wickedness because they have too much political power. Fox [...]