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By Cleo Manago RIGHTEOUSNESS, REALITY, RAGE, & REVENGE On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, when Mr. Christopher Jordan Dorner died, it felt to me like I had lost a kindred son. The beginning of our lives was very parallel. I was also once a bright-eyed child, with a big heart, naively navigating through society, never prepared for the cruel reality of ...

By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses Venus and Serena Williams have chosen to withdraw their support for a movie that chronicles their rise from Compton to their current super stardom as tennis and fashion “it girls”. As is characteristic of the Williams sisters, they have not been vocal about the documentary nor their reasons for not supporting it. It is being reported that ...

By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s  nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2012 election, “casually” mentioned, in an interview, that he dated a Black woman. He also mentioned that he has a Black sister in law.Somehow this brought back memories of when I would be around non-Black people who would try to make me ...

Queen Latifah has reportedly said that she is “not coming out” and she will not disclose her sexual orientation. Recently, Raven Symone also reportedly stated that she was not willing to disclose her sexual orientation. First of all, just to be clear, everyone has the right to “come out” or not or to say that they will not discuss their ...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is celebrating his birthday today and I hope he enjoys it but before he starts popping champagne bottles today, he should do one very important thing; issue a sincere apology to Holly Robinson Peete and all the people who are affected by autism. The rapper made  a very critical error in judgment, in a recent Twitter ...

Today, as we munch on some delicious barbeque ribs, chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers and throw back some cold beers and wine, I can’t help but think about the significance of the day. It is Independence Day. Independence Day is a day that we are supposed to remember and celebrate the day that the United States gained its independence from ...

On Father’s day, a few days ago, I wrote an article appealing to single mothers to be proactive about doing everything that they can to encourage a relationship between their children and their fathers even if they do not necessarily like or respect them. I also shared my views on the ongoing custody battle between Dwayne Wade and his former ...

I just read about the sequence of events that lead to Dwayne Wade’s ex-wife, Siohvaugn Funches-Wade getting arrested. Now it is being reported she may lose her visitation rights. Funches-Wade allegedly failed to bring her children to the airport so that they could fly back to be with their father, Dwayne Wade, on Father’s day. Last year it was widely ...

Adidas has reportedly cancelled its plans to release the “shackle shoe” into the market after it was criticized for advertising it on the Adidas Facebook page. I think that Adidas’ first mistake was releasing the design to begin with. I question whether they used simple marketing tools,such as surveys,  before they decided to launch this new “shackle shoe”. That being ...

Today is the day that we celebrate fathers all over the world. It seems that we so often focus on how challenging it is for modern day mothers who are still expected to attend to all the needs of their children and yet are now also trying to succeed in their careers.  While I have first-hand knowledge of the complexities ...