Romney's New Campaign Targeting African Americans

The Romney campaign has released a new campaign commercial targeting African-American voters. It includes footage from Romney’s polarizing appearance at the NAACP’s annual convention in Houston. Perhaps not surprisingly, the boos the presumptive GOP nominee for president received are edited out. The overarching theme of the commercial is job creation and “getting the economy back on track.” Watch the video below and let me know if you buy the hype....

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On The Record: Meet Soledad O'Brien

Broadcast journalist María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is anchor of CNN's morning news program Starting Point which premiered on January 2, 2012 . O'Brien co-anchored American Morning from July 2003 to April 2007, with Miles O'Brien. Their common surname is coincidental. After leaving the morning anchoring position, O'Brien worked with the...

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Donna Reed is Missing or Dead-Part Two

If you're asking, I'm answering. No folks, I'm not talking about Donna Reed, the television actress who starred in her namesake weekly show of the 1950's and '60's. That Donna Reed passed away January 14, 1986. I hope you took the journey through the television archives and met Donna Stone (The Donna Reed Show), Harriet Nelson (The Adventures of...

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Waging War on Belly Fat

If you're carrying extra pounds, you're not alone. In this case, following the crowd could be risky. While an expanding waistline is sometimes considered the price of getting older, carrying weight around the waist is a greater risk of serious health problems, even death, than accumulating fat in other areas. Belly fat is nothing to joke about. ...

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White Supremacists Convicted of Hate Crimes

Three alleged white supremacists who violently beat an African-American man while he waited at a Houston bus stop have been found guilty of a federal hate crime. On Monday, a federal jury convicted Charles Cannon, 26, Michael McLaughlin, 41, and Brian Kerstetter, 32, of a federal hate crime charge related to the racially motivated assault of 29-year-old...

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Donna Reed is Missing or Dead-Part One

Growing up in the 1950's, I watched vintage television and viewed a bunch of shows that tried to portray just what a "real woman" should be. A present day article in the New York Times focusing on unwed mothers who are causing the rising inequality had me travelling back to the good old days of the 50's T. V. moms. The author...

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Be A Weight Loss Winner

Anyone who's tried to lose weight knows it's not a piece of cake. But, as with everything, we can learn from others and their successes. One of the things I love about attending Weight Watcher meetings is hearing from others who have gone through the process and succeeded. It let's me know I can reach my weight loss goal....

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Swaying Elections: If Felons Could Vote...

According to a Daily Beast report, a record 5.85 million convicted felons aren’t allowed to vote, according to a report out today (PDF) by The Sentencing Project, a criminal justice research and advocacy group. That’s about 500,000 more than were disenfranchised in 2004—and potentially enough to decide this year’s tightly-contested presidential...

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YO-YO: Women and Minorities Going Backward

Comic Jimmie "JJ" Walker slamming President Obama and implying that Blacks vote based on race raises my blood pressure. He must agree with the folks in the Hamptons who paid $30,000 per person to attend a fundraiser for Mitt Romney and managed to get media attention to their views that Blacks are less educated, don't understand our (political)...

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Hear-Act-Learn-Treat (HALT) Tuberculosis

There are many lung diseases out in the world, but few are as deadly to the body as Pulmonary Tuberculosis. This disease on average kills 3 million people every year, and has infected almost a third of the human population. In 2010, it infected almost 9 million people, and was a factor to over 15 million deaths in the U.S alone. If caught soon enough,...

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Media Stars Fight Law Suits

One of the trials and tribulations of the rich and famous is the pesty laws suits filed by fans, friends and foes alike. Take a look at some of the behind the scenes drama your well know on screen personalities have faced. In July 2011,Christian rocker Bradlee  Dean sued MSNBC host Rachael Maddow claiming she mischaracterized his views on...

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Word Police Criticize Black Perspectives on Independence Day

Comedian Chris Rock is no stranger to controversy, especially when it comes to explorations of racism and stereotypes. He sparked a lot of conversation, sending out this tweet to his followers: "Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks." Some took the remarks as unpatriotic and fired on...

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Congressman Barney Frank Weds Same-Sex Partner

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Frank, who has decided not to run for re-election, is the first sitting member of Congress to enter a same-sex marriage. More than 300 guests were in attendance. Frank spokesman Harry Gural says the 72-year-old congressman...

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Why Felons Can’t Vote

While volunteering to get folks registered to vote, I notice that many of the black males I approached declined to register. When I pressed them a bit further, they let me know that they were “felons” and are not allowed to vote. So how, for all these years, I never knew that “felons were not allowed to vote”.  I was surprised and puzzled...

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Florida's Return to Black Codes

Governor Rick Scott has been successful in returning Florida's voting laws to the post-slavery days of the Black Codes. Scott and his Cabinet passed an archaic rule requiring nonviolent felons to wait five years after completing their sentences before applying to have their voting rights restored. This means citizens won't be able to participate...

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Show Me the Money: Highest Paid Actors

Forbes has released its list of the highest paid actors.  The earning period was May 2011 to May 2012. To determine who the highest-paid actors in Hollywood are, Forbes considered upfront pay, profit participation, residuals, endorsements and advertising work. They talked to manager, agents, lawyers and other in-the-know folks to come...

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