Hazing: Incidents at UGA and San Jose State Top News
Mike Morris of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that 11 members of the University of Georgia chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. have...
MLK Children at Odds: Sons Want to Sell Nobel Peace Prize and Bible
In "What in the Hell" news, the blogosphere is buzzing with news that the children of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
Zimmerman DMX Boxing Match: Happy Birthday Trayvon?
When I first started seeing articles posted about George Zimmerman’s call for a celebrity boxing match, I thought that I was reading one of...
Iconic 1968 Olympian Tommie Smith: ‘Silence is Golden’
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gold medal sprinter Dr. Tommie Smith and bronze medalist Dr. John Carlos made a “Silent Gesture”...
Is Gay ‘The New Black?’ Award-Winning Filmmaker Yoruba Richen Answers
Yoruba Richen is the delightful, thought-provoking director, producer and writer behind the critically acclaimed documentary, 'The New Black.' Her 75-minute intimate portrait offers cinematic...
Sochi 2014: Sochi Mayor Says No Gay People Here
BBC News is reporting that Anatoly Pakhomov, mayor of Sochi, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has said that no gay people live in...
South Africa: Largest Trade Union in Platinum Sector on Strike
BBC News Africa is reporting that members of the Association of Miners and Construction Trade Union (AMCU) are on strike. AMCU, which is the...
Africa: CAR Appoints Catherine Samba-Panza Interim President
AlJazeera is reporting that the Central African Republic (CAR) has appointed the mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza to be interim president, as the European...
Africa: Kenyan Author Binyavanga Wainaina Comes Out
Tristan McConnell of Globalpost.com is reporting that Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has come out as a gay man amid the increasing anti-gay legislation (Uganda...
Black Florida GOP House Candidate Calls for Obama to be Hanged
Stephen A. Crockett of The Root is reporting that on the national day of reflection for Martin Luther King's birthday, an African-American Republican candidate...
