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05/11/2011 - 9:02 a.m. (EST) -- by Travis 
Osama Bin Laden, the Al Qaeda terror boss who plotted and funded the 9/11 attacks, was killed in a 40-minute gun battle with U.S. troops, President Obama announced.
Nearly a decade later, the mass murderer was caught. Sources say Bin Laden was shot in the side of the head after he and his guards resisted an assault on May 1 by a U.S. special operations team that raided his compound in Pakistan. Just what was Osama Bin Laden's life like before he attained his 'Most Wanted' status? Post your comments below. |
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03/15/2011 - 5:51 p.m. (EST) -- by Ms. Brittany Gray 
Wendy Duren thought she did everything right.
She broke off relationships with men who didn’t want to settle down. She refused to get pregnant out of wedlock. She prayed for a child. Duren’s yearning for motherhood was so palpable that her former fiancé once offered to father a child with her. But he warned her that he wasn’t ready for marriage. “I get bored in relationships after a couple of years,” he told her, she recalls. Those events could have caused some women to give up their dreams of motherhood. But Duren, a pharmaceutical saleswoman, didn’t need a man to be a mom. At 37 years old, she decided to adopt. “It’s the best decision I could have made in my life,” Duren says, two years later. She’s now the mother of Madison, a 1-year-old daughter she raises in Canton, Michigan. “People say I have... |
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03/15/2011 - 5:25 p.m. (EST) -- by Ms. Lakrescia Henson 
A recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that more than 80 percent of black single mothers have completed high school – an achievement that not only can aid them in raising families but one that goes a long way in debunking the stereotypes of single black mothers as welfare queens and drug abusers.
However, he said, a pay gap still exists between black and white women – as do other hurdles that make managing a one-parent household difficult for women of color. “Many [black single mothers] have challenges due to their surroundings,” Rodgers said, adding that more often than not, black single mothers may face an array of problems, ranging f... [Read More] |
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01/11/2011 - 7:38 p.m. (EST) -- by Travis
According to the NY Daily News, Patricia Kirtley raised four daughters alone after Williams split 23 years ago and spiraled into a world of drugs.Kirtley took a baby boy the radioman had with another woman and raised him as her own. Oh, and by the way, she’s partially blind!! Daughter Julia Pullien, 30, said she was 7 when Williams left. “He wasn’t involved,” she said. “Our mom was our sole provider. She is a more than phenomenal person. My father is a nice guy, but he fell victim to the streets. We prayed for him and we worried about him, but we became accustomed to the fact that he just wasn’t there.” |
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09/26/2009 - 10:55 p.m. (EST) -- by Ms. Tawanah Reeves 
Most would agree the annoying part of listening to the radio is tied between the commercials and the talk. With few exceptions, the average listener just wants to ‘crank up their tunes’ and ‘vibe’ while they ride. Yet, a select group of students from the University of South Florida has begun a movement to change the face of radio on their campus, in their community, and, quite soon, possibly the nation. Jamel Marshall, Keaton Brown, Alicia Brathwaite, Jonathan Washington, and their technical director, Gregory Carroll, are the regular personalities of the popular show, The Weekday Slowdown. Each individual brings their own unique spin to the radio broadcast that prides itself on meeting the same motto, “Where real talk meets radio,” every Wednesday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST. In its humble beginnings, the Weekday Slowdown was a mere R&B radio show hosted solely by Marshall, aka DJ Pie, its current producer. A spur of the moment, enterprising collaboration between h... |
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05/14/2009 - 12:14 p.m. (EST) -- by DrFaye 
What victims of abuse want to tell you but are afraid to. Growing up in a home permeated with domestic violence and lately, to find out incest validates this writer as “an expert witness.” Because of the fear of my daddy and the embarrassment to the family, I struggled to keep the family’s secret. Every Sunday we were in Sunday School to “serve “The Lord. My dad serving as deacon, and my mother serving on the usher board. He has the fortitude and bully mentality to hold his head high in the congregation, and pray to GOD for blessing him, and she with the responsibility of creating “the lie.” You know the one. “The Lie,” the thing you tell to cover for the swollen eyes, the scratches and the bruised appendages. My siblings and I learned to cover for our parents. We
wanted desperately to maintain our position within the minds of people in our
church, rather the... |
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11/20/2008 -- by Rozette Lester 
My name is Rozetta M. Lester, I was born April 30, 1979, I have two beautiful children, Markel Murray, Ariana Lester. I’m a single mother who was infected with HIV 5 years ago by my daughter’s father. I was 6 month pregnant when I found out that I was HIV positive. I felt like it was the worst day of my life. I would not go to the doctor; I just did not want to believe that this was happening to me. I hated my daughter’s father, I blamed him for everything. I would not acknowledge the fact that I was positive, I wanted to just die, but the grace of God and love for my children is why I’m still here today. There were days when I would be feeling my lowest and my son would just walk up to me and say mommy its ok I love you! He was only three years old at the time, and there were times my daughter would just jump in lap and look up at me and she would just smile and give me a big hug, it would be those times where I would say I want to live. In 2006 when I lost everyt... |
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11/19/2008 - 1:07 p.m. (EST) -- by Ms. Shana Adams 
Gossip! What a powerful word. I've often wondered if there's someone at home with nothing to do, spinning a wheel creating something awful to say about you. It's true what they say though. Jealousy, and envy will drive a person to do anything. When that dog brings a bone, don't you know they take a bone too? It always seems like the ones you care about the most do it to you every time. What happened to the good ole' days? When you could count on friends, family, and neighbors to stay true to you, and themselves? We are never able to see the demon when we're pouring our hearts out to them. Letting them know our deepest thoughts, and feelings. All they're doing is soaking it all up like a sponge, and releasing only the parts they want. On top of that adding, and subtracting only what they want. So what do you do? What can you do? Not one thing. People are funny characters. A lot of people will run over you just to get the things ... |
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11/16/2008 - 7:46 p.m. (EST) -- by Ms. Shana Adams
Some of you may respond with just a name. Others, being more in tune with themselves would respond in more detail. Well, today this question is for those who are not. By now you all may be wondering who I am to even ask. Having been in your shoes I am aware of your thoughts, and your feelings dealing with self worth. Think back to the time when you first began your journey down self-esteem boulevard. More than likely, it wasn't your situation that caused you to detour, but a particular person. Some of you may feel as though it was family, a spouse, a friend, or even just a person passing through. Reality check! In this thing called life we all go through different situations. And like a child sometimes we learn that the stove it hot, and sometimes we do not. The majority of us end up getting burned over and over again because we just do not get it. Everything does happen for a reason. People are placed into our lives either to show us the way forward, or ... |
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07/22/2008 - 8:57 a.m. (EST) TheFlyJock's Blog: Living Together The old argument against shacking up is, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?” That was before milk was almost $4.50 a gallon. I’m not going to get into the moral or religious issue of whether living together before marriage is right or wrong; I’m just saying that with the rising prices of gasoline, groceries and rent, if you can find someone that shares your bed and your bills, it might not be a bad deal. But you don’t want to enter into any type of potential long-term situation without weighing both sides of the issue. Take the time of year, for example. Depending on your size, you may not want to begin living with someone in the summertime. It’s too hot for thick people to be close to other people for long periods of time. Thick people need lots of space in warm weather months. In fact, if you’re dating a large man or woman in July, and they find exc... |
