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David Stern was a marketing genius when he decided to go opposite the normal marketing thinking when it came to sports. Instead of marketing the team, uniform and logo, he put the players front and center. That saved the NBA from losing a number of teams in the 80’s. At the time the NBA was so low on the totem pole ...

Another show that gives ignorance a platform and exploits women can only mean one thing. It’s boycotting season. As “Basketball Wives, Miami” and “Love & Hip-Hop, ATL”  before it, the new Oxygen series, “All My Babies’ Mamas” featuring self-proclaimed Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo, has garnered an avalanche of criticism, subsequently giving it more publicity than it could have ever purchased. But, as with it’s ...

Django Unchained is Tarantino’s skewed Christmas gift to America — a movie designed to reveal the chains of slavery that continue to haunt America, while introducing the horror with unrelenting violence. Django Unchained is also a cross between spaghetti western, Shaft’s Big Score, and the Mandingo films and books of the 1970s. Tarantino combines all of these elements to create an epic story, emulating the German ...

Can we joke about slavery when this country wants to forget it and banish it to the annals of history, all the while denying its present-day implications upon us all? My take on Django Unchained. **NO SPOILERS!**

(The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 12: Where was the first black town in what is now the United States? As the nation turns its attention to the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, it’s worth noting that decades before the United States was even formed, African Americans lived free in a town of their own — at least for ...

By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III During the 2012 campaign President Obama told the electorate that he would raise taxes on those making over $250K in order to generate much needed revenues and avoid going over the fiscal cliff. President Obama won reelection with a convincing margin; some would say a mandate even though Republicans still control the House. Here ...

By Kirsten West-Savali My father loved the holidays, especially Christmas. He would pull out a long, yellow legal pad and make lists weeks in advance so that all of our favorite dishes  – my brothers’, my sister’s and mine – were accounted for and requests were sent out to Ms. Geneva, the best dessert baker this side of the Mississippi. ...

“One of these mothers from Connecticut should do an Emmett Till moment; show the picture of their child dead in the classroom.” That’s a text I received earlier this week from my TV One show producer. When I got it, a chill immediately went through my body just thinking about the possibility of seeing the carnage in such a photo. ...

By Albert Phillips From trendy clothing and expensive cars to popular alcohol and carbonated drinks, rappers have been receiving endorsement deals from major companies for decades. The days of just relying on music alone to make loot are just about over. Just recently, Philadelphia rapper, Cassidy, landed an endorsement deal from Trojan after releasing “Condom Style” a remake of Psy’s ...

By Doshon Farad I thought it would be best if I allowed some time to pass before I gave my perspective on the recent massacre in Newtown, CT. First, I join the country in sending heartfelt condolences to the families of the twenty-seven people who had died in the tragedy. It’s always a rough thing to digest when innocent people, ...