Young African-American Male Film Director Gets Major Recognition
Unless you’re an “industry insider” within the entertainment industry, you’ve probably never heard of Ryan Coogler before. He’s a 26-year-old film director who has acquired recognition at the reputable Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. His first feature movie, “Fruitvale Station”, featuring in Cannes’ “Un Certain Regard” competition, touches on a tragic true-life story that [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Strong Evidence Supports Exercise May Keep Cancer From Returning [VIDEO]
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ATLANTA — A cancer diagnosis often inspires people to exercise and eat healthier. Now the experts say there’s strong evidence that both habits may help prevent the disease from coming back. New guidelines issued Thursday by the American Cancer Society urge doctors to talk to their cancer patients about eating right, exercising and slimming down [...]
Home schooling becoming more popular among black US families
Until recently, home schooling in the US was mostly practised by white families, but a growing number in the black community are now also turning their back on the public school system and educating their children at home. Why? “There were lots of fights and people getting shot,” says Sonya Barbee. “It was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What The h**l Was Willow Smith Thinking!
Aspiring pop star Willow Smith will certainly not be whipping her hair any time soon. For the 11-year-old singer made the bold decision to shave her head and post a picture of the results on the internet. Bald new look: Willow Smith revealed her newly shaved head – a bold new look for the 11-year-old [...]
2 Years After Earthquake In Haiti And The Country Still In Ruins
The flattened presidential palace and Port-au-Prince’s hollowed-out cathedral offered striking symbols of the failure of an international aid effort that never lived up to its promise, despite billions of pledged dollars. By the ruins of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, whose roof and towers collapsed after the 7.0-magnitude quake, Jean Wilbert, a [...]
Shani K. Collins: Let’s End Health Disparities in the US and Around the World
by Shani K. Collins, Your Black World Opportunities to help others are all around us, we only need to open our eyes to see them. In 2008, I was a second-semester social work doctoral student at the University of Alabama. Under the tutelage of Dr. Karen Starks, I studied Advanced Social Work Policy [...]
President Obama Officially Ends the War in Iraq
Your Black World reports. President Obama has officially ended the Iraq War. Unlike the “Mission Accomplished” message from President Bush back in 2003, the president seems poised to see this war truly come to an end. The finish is a mixed victory for the United States, as the US military has been unable [...]
Police: Man viewed child p**n on US flight
BOSTON — Police say a man who was viewing child p*********y on a domestic airline flight from Salt Lake City to Boston has been arrested. Massachusetts State Police say 47-year-old Grant Smith was sitting in first class Saturday afternoon when a fellow passenger saw the pornographic images on Smith’s laptop and alerted the flight crew. [...]
Tiger Woods Clinches Victory for the US in the Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – The Americans returned Down Under and this time wound up on top in the Presidents Cup. Jim Furyk became the fourth player to win all five of his matches, and the bottom half of the lineup was strong enough Sunday to give the Americans their fourth straight win in [...]
Idris Elba Makes People’s Sexiest Man Alive List
David Beckham, Simon Cowell, and Idris Elba are among the 15 male British celebrities to feature in People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue. Hangover star Bradley Cooper may have topped the annual hot list, but he faced stiff competition from UK hunks such as Luther star Idris Elba, who the US magazine calls [...]
‘Salvage The Bones’ A Novel About A Family Surviving Hurricane Katrina Wins National Book Award
The story of a poor black family struggling to weather the horrors of Hurricane Katrina has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jesmyn Ward’s second novel Salvage the Bones beat books including Téa Obrecht’s Orange prize-winning title The Tiger’s Wife to win the prestigious US prize, worth $10,000. Set in Mississippi, in [...]