Sisters use shea butter to soften recession's rough patch (VIDEO)
VIDEO - Ssanyu Birigwa and her sister Mirembe have two words for the struggling economy:
"Thank you."
Finding spiritual uplift in an economic downturn
OPINION - A connection with an authentic faith experience can help people survive and even defeat the most difficult circumstances.
Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th...
The 'Oprah Effect' felt across the World
LONDON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg...
Atlanta cops try to make amends with scarred neighborhood
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington was jeered when he attended a memorial for Kathryn Johnston days after she was killed. On Monday, Pennington came back and was met with applause...
Caught on tape: Robbery suspect eats evidence
VIDEO - It's a case of a clever crook caught on camera. This time it happened in Streetsboro, Ohio as police were arresting an alleged bank robbery suspect...
Caught on tape: Teenage girls brawl at laundromat
A central Florida teenage girl is recovering after being viciously attacked by another group of teens...and its caught on tape.
Bill Cosby's new rap album in good taste but lacks flavor
Bill Cosby is gangster when it comes to helping black people. Meaning he's ruthless, bold, fearless and will do anything to achieve his objective. Now he's taking his crusade into the lion's den...
Lincoln University shouldn't throw its weight around
OPINION - Predicating students' (most of them black) educational achievement on bodily appearance threatens to undo many of the positive coping skills that blacks (women in particular) have developed in order to maintain positive mental health.
As economy sags, man finds way to support women in need
After Oz du Soleil was laid off in July 2008, it was stories of women who couldn't afford proper undergarments that led him to begin collecting women's bras - for a good cause...
