Looks like the season of giving has got even the filthy f*cking rich ready to make it rain on those who are less fortunate. Another 17 U.S. billionaires, including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, have pledged to give away at least half their fortunes in a philanthropic campaign led by Warren Buffett and [...]

‘Tis the season! And Egypt Sherrod is embracing the meaning of the season: stepping outside of herself to make sure the less fortunate are straight. Here’s how Egypt is giving back. “Egypt’s Give Back Tour” is a coat, toy, and fundraising drive to benefit the Tri-State area’s financially challenged residents. The 5-day tour will be [...]

It seems like “The Closer” star Kyra Sedgwick has decided it’s time to do something else with her life. The TNT show’s 2011 season will be it’s last, according to reports. Which means we can add Corey Reynolds and Robert Gossett to the list of unemployed Black actors. Farewell, Brenda Leigh Johnson! According to TNT, [...]

It’s almost time for that Diddy-Dirty Money Train to head to Paris! We know you’re excited. And we know you really can’t wait til Tuesday. So here’s a preview. This isn’t the full album. But it’s 21 minutes of the album. Plus Diddy commentary, which we’re not sure is all featured on the album. Enjoy! [...]

A professor at the University of Illinois, Deborah McGregor, is the author of a book entitled ‘From Midwives to Medicine: The Birth of American Gynecology’ speaks to the inhumane treatment of slaves by doctors like Dr. James Marion Sims. Dr. Sims is considered the “father of modern gynecology” and performed untested procedures on women without [...]

We’ve all been to the mall this holiday season, and MOST of us smile, maybe say “Merry Christmas”, and go about our business, when we see bell-ringers outside. However in the city of Fort Oglethorpe, GA several unnamed donors dropped what amounted to nearly six-thousand dollars in hundred dollar bills inside of a Salvation Army [...]

Congratulations, brothas! You are now officially living longer than all other Black men in the history of these United States. Too bad you’re still not outliving Black women though. Or White folks. And the rest of us are dying just a little quicker. Life expectancy of Americans fell for the first time in 15 years, [...]

You perfect your cough and sniffle before you call in “sick,” but that little trick doesn’t work on all employers. Some people have found themselves being trailed by private investigators on their “sick” days. According to a CNN report, a man in New York found out that his employer placed a GPS device on his [...]

The government of Nigeria has managed to do what no one in the U.S. of A. was able to do during Dick Cheney’s eight-year White House run: prove that he was doing shiesty sh*t during his tenure at Halliburton. And they want him to pay. Officials from the African nation’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [...]

Angry Haitian citizens rioting in protest of the presidential election results announced yesterday aren’t the only ones calling out the country’s electoral council. Even the American Embassy in Haiti has issued a statement questioning the results. The overwhelming popular opinion in Haiti this morning is that the results were rigged to put candidate Jude Celestin, [...]