NBC’s The Wiz Live! was a massive success for the network Thursday night, drawing an estimated 11.5 million viewers for the special live broadcast of the 1974 Tony-winning musical — however, some social media users, apparently unaware of the musical’s history, called the show racist for its use of an all-black cast.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith reacted Thursday on “First Take” to the Miami Hurricanes announcing former Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt to fill their vacant head coach position. Smith went on a long rant calling the hiring of Richt “mediocre” and
The GOP could broaden its appeal among black and Hispanic voters if it embraced legislation to counter “climate change,” says a writer published by the Washington Post.
Monday on Sirius XM radio’s “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” the second Muslim-American to be elected to the House of Representatives, Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN), said the Republican bill to increase the scrutiny for Syrian refugees coming to the Untied States that
In a new interview with the Daily Beast, director Spike Lee compares Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.
Tuesday on MSNBC, host Tamron Hall interviewed filmmaker Spike Lee about his new movie, “Chi-Raq.” Lee explained what he wanted people to take away from that movie and opined about the plight of young Americans in black communities, specific Chicago
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS–At a prayer vigil held Monday night after the indictment of a Chicago police officer for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, an activist leader stood on a podium, gave thanks to God for protest “predecessors” and was supported by the crowd.
The attempts by Black Lives Matter to shut down Black Friday shopping didn’t just happen in Chicago; video released over the weekend by video activist Leo Stratton shows that the group also did a shutdown action at Portland, Oregon’s Lloyd Center Mall.
While showing a highlight of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce dancing on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” anchor Robert Flores questioned the recent coverage on ESPN’s “First Take” of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and the lack of coverage over Kelce for celebratory
A mob of black students at one of Canada’s liberal arts colleges has been caught on camera intimidating white administrators, including an Associate Vice-President, yelling, “You will give us the respect that we ask of you,” and presenting a list of
National director of the Black Youth Project 100 Charlene Carruthers reacted Saturday on MSNBC to the shooting death of a Laquan McDonald. Carruthers wanted to talk about the “goodness of cops,” saying the “root” of how the police began in
Here’s a collection of photos that I shot yesterday at the protests that shut down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue for over five hours,
Chicago news headline after headline detailed the carnage that has consumed dozens of communities in that city where black men kill each other with terrifying regularity.
After last year’s infamous dustup when German Cardinal Walter Kasper dissed the African bishops present in the Vatican synod, the Germans have once again gone after the Church in Africa as poor, ignorant, and socially backward.
MSNBC analyst and Daily Beat columnist Jonathan Alter commented on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s mocking a reporter on MSNBC Saturday, saying the “demagoguery” in the GOP against Mexicans, Muslims and all minorities is “acceptable” within the party. “I think actually this might finally
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) criticized Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Chicago protests as “exploitation of situation” on Friday’s “Varney & Co” on the Fox Business Network. Clarke stated that the rally in Chicago headed by Jackson “highlights, I believe, the
CNN Commentator and Morehouse College Professor Marc Lamont Hill said the Black Friday protests in Chicago were “saying that we’re not going to continue to fund our own genocide” on Friday’s “Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield” on CNN. Hill responded
Friday on the Fox Business Channel, Rainbow Coalition PUSH founder Jesse Jackson said he is protesting Black Friday in downtown Chicago’s shopping district dubbed the Magnificent Mile in order to bring attention to the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and
Demonstrators in Chicago say they will march down the city’s Magnificent Mile to disrupt Black Friday shopping in order to bring attention to the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. After Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder,
Annapolis resident Daniel Hodges has filed a lawsuit claiming that police officers unlawfully stopped him and searched his vehicle several times because he was a white man in a predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhood.
Earlier this week on “Democracy Now,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of Congress, said the House legislation named the “American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act” in which 47 Democrats joined the GOP to tighten the vetting process on
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett was a guest on ESPN Radio’s “Dan Le Batard Show” Wednesday and spoke on the “Black Lives Matter” movement. In September, Bennett said the “Black Lives Matter” movement is “more about the social injustice” of
President Obama commented on the video that was released of the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a police officer in Chicago.
University students in Massachusetts who were upset by an image of a Confederate flag sticker on another student’s laptop were offered counseling services at Framingham State University.
The nation is suffering another spike in racial conflict as the nation heads into another national election with President Barack Obama in the White House, according to a new CNN poll.
