Rush Limbaugh defended Joseph Kony, Leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
Here is the transcript: Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians. It means God. I was only kidding. Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians. They are fighting the Muslims in Sudan. And Obama has sent troops, United States troops to remove them from the battlefield, which means kill them. That’s what the lingo means, “to help regional forces [...]
Should Obama Stop Kony?
The viral Kony 2012 video has propelled the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, into the world’s spotlight and conscience. On YouTube alone, more than 56 million people viewed it in its first four days. As the video created by Invisible Children shows, the LRA has created an enormous human rights [...]
Charlize Theron Adopts A Black Baby Boy
Charlize Theron is a mom! Us Weekly reports that the Oscar-winning actress, 36, has adopted an African-American baby boy named Jackson. According to a source, little Jackson was born in the United States. “She has always wanted to be a mom,” the source tells Us. “She is glad to be able to do [...]
Cadmium Intake Linked To The Risk of Breast Cancer risk
In a finding that strengthens the link between environmental pollutants and rising rates of breast cancer, new research finds that women whose diets contain higher levels of cadmium are at greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who ingest less of the industrial chemical in their food. Cadmium, a heavy metal long identified [...]
Viral Kony Film Draws Outrage from Ugandans
The 30-minute video, Kony2012, was produced by three US videographers campaigning for greater efforts to capture Kony, the leader of the LRA. The video has been viewed on YouTube alone almost 50 million times in the last five days. Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary, congratulated the “hundreds of thousands of Americans who have [...]
Study Shows Blacks Receive More Drug Charges Than Other Races
The Drug Policy Alliance recently reported on rampant discrimination against people of color when when it comes to drug charges. Studies show that drug use is pretty even among the races, yet minorities are stopped and searched more than any other race. While African-Americans only compose 14 percent of the drug users in the [...]
Farrakhan Says that Racism Could Lead to Obama Assassination
During a speech given in Chicago to the Nation of Islam this week, the Minister Louis Farrakhan gave a stern warning that racism could lead to the assassination of the nation’s first black president. “Do you think they’re wicked enough to be plotting our brother’s assassination as we speak?” he asked the crowd. The speech [...]
Black History Month Community Profile: Imam Siraj Wahhaj
Imam Siraj Wahhaj is an African American Muslim leader and speaker who not only invigorates the community around him, but actively organizes to make positive changes to society. He is resident Imam at Masjid A- Taqwa in Brooklyn, New York and the Amir (Leader) of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA). His words have had [...]
Tisha Campbell-Martin Battles With Life Threatening Disease
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World Forgive me for generalizing, but if you’re black, you probably love Tisha Campbell-Martin. Campbell-Martin is best-known for her role in the hit TV show “Martin” in the 1990s (or pronounced “Mar-innnn” for the ebonically-challenged). Tisha was also the star in movies like House Party and School [...]
The President Grandma In Car Accident
President Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Obama, is recovering at her home in western Kenya after surviving a car accident. “God is with me, because if you could have seen the wreckage that we came out of safe, one would wonder,” Sarah Obama said Monday, according to ABC News. Police in the town of Kisumu say [...]
Roseanne Barr For President of United States
Barr — who has been waging a Twitter and Facebook grassroots, digital campaign — has just made it official. She wants to carry the Green Party banner in the November election. Barr says she’s sick of Democrats and Republicans, whom she believes are not working in the best interests of the American people. [...]
Allen West to President Obama, “Get The h**l Out of The U.S.”
Allen West never fails to amaze us with his over-the-top commentary on anyone or anything dealing with the Democratic Party. His recent jaw-dropper came Saturday night at the Lincoln Day Dinner in West Palm Beach, Florida. Though this is not West’s most outrageous statement to date, it is no less ridiculous, according to reporting by [...]
Atlanta Jewish Times Publisher Calls Obama’s Assassination, Then Resigns
The publisher of a Jewish newspaper has resigned amid intense pressure after writing a column suggesting that Israel consider assassinating President Barack Obama. Andrew Adler, owner and publisher of Atlanta Jewish Times, wrote an editorial January 13th suggesting the assassination would be among Israel’s options in dealing with a hostile Iran equipped with nuclear [...]
Swizz Beatz’s Megaupload Site Shut Down By The Feds
Approximately 24 hours ago producer Swizz Beatz was revealed as the CEO of the popular file-sharing site Megaupload and on Thursday (January 19) the site was officially shut down by the federal government. Megaupload was in the midst of a battle with Universal Music Group over a promotional video (the “Megaupload Mega Song”), [...]
The Number of Missing Black Women Across the U.S. Is Astounding
A renewed campaign to highlight hundreds of missing African-American women has been launched amid ongoing criticism that less attention is given to their cases by authorities and the media. According to the National Crime Information Center, nearly 40 per cent of those who have disappeared, often in suspicious circumstances, are black. However critics [...]