Showing posts with label african american news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label african american news. Show all posts
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Dr. Boyce: Was Fantasia’s Suicide Attempt a Business Move?

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  When I heard that the singer Fantasia attempted suicide this week, I was saddened and alarmed.  Suicide is the last thing I’d expect f...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Steve Urkel, I mean Jaleel White Accused of Beating His Girlfriend?

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From YourBlackWorld.com Jaleel White, better known as Steve Urkel from the television show, "Family Matters," was accused of b...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

News - Woman Kills her child and eats his brains: Mental Health System on Trial

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins This week, a woman in Texas cut off the head of her three week old baby and ate part of his brain. What’s even more...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Black News Today - 6/21/10

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Obama steps up fatherhood advocacy with new mentoring initiative Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade Mary J. B...
Saturday, June 12, 2010

Brian McKnight Gets the Baby Daddy Blues

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins It appears that the singer Brian McKnight is now a not-so-proud father. Well, the child isn't exactly a baby ...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Julianne Malveaux Questions the Kagan Nomination

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I was among the many who were disappointed that President Barack Obama did not nominate an African American woman to be an Associate Justi...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Bodyguard Part 2: Matt Lauer and Whitney Houston's Sister?

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from AOL Black Voices Popular 'Today' show host Matt Lauer and his wife of 12 years, Annette, have split. Word on the street is...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Elena Kagan's Cultural Competence Questioned - Duchess Harris

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No one is more delighted than I am that esteemed presidential historian, Annette Gordon- Reed will join the faculty at Harvard Law School...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Lola Adesioye: Are Black Women Victims of a Bad Dating Situation?

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by Lola Adesioye, Huffington Post Over the past few months, black women and their relationships - or should I say, lack thereof - have ...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Syracuse Professor Boyce Watkins speaks on ABC News about Love and Money

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Finance Professor - Syracuse University As a Finance Professor, I find it incredibly ironic that many people get m...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Sad Story: Man Accused of Tossing His Child From a Bridge

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A New Jersey man snatched his infant daughter from the arms of the child's grandmother and threw the baby off a bridge into the New J...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Haitian Earthquake: Wyclef Jean’s Charity Being Questioned by Authorities

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Haiti's musician Wyclef Jean, left, arrives at the airport in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, the day after a 7.0-magnitud...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Black News Headlines: Father Accused of locking 7 year old daughter in dryer and turning it on

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Steve McClairin,36, is accused of placing his seven-year-old daughter in the dryer, shutting the door, and turning it on. McClairin was...
Monday, December 21, 2009

News: Tiger Woods’ Wife Now Demanding Half His Fortune

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TIGER Woods' wife Elin Nordegren wants a divorce, sole custody and half his estimated £370 million ($671 million) fortune, according t...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

Some think Whitney Was Snubbed at Grammys

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Of many unexpected admissions and omissions in last night’s Grammy nominee announcement, few are as surprising as the total absence of Whit...
Monday, October 26, 2009

News: More Media Coverage on the Heather Ellis Case

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Racial injustice rears its ugly head again, this time in rural Missouri, where heavy-handed prosecutor Stephen Sokoloff is threatenin...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Dr. Boyce Watkins: The Politics of Attitude: Black Women on Trial

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University , AOL Black Voices , MSNBC’s TheGrio.com   Serena Williams has been listed as a headliner fo...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Your Black News: Did BET Step over the Line with “Skank Robbers”?

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Your Black World   Click here to watch the clip.  Were black women being disrespected by this BET video or was this just good old fash...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Sex Can Be Healthy

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  If you thought that making love was just a gesture of love or for pleasure, think again. Sex has much more to it than most of us thin...
Monday, August 3, 2009

Gabrielle Union's New Gig On Small Screen

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      Actress Gabrielle Union is making another go for the small screen. Union is joining the cast of ABC's new drama "F...