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AT&T suing MARTA and City of Atlanta over streetcars
After two years of trying to resolve the issue, AT&T Georgia has filed a lawsuit against MARTA and Atlanta for the cost of relocating utilities to make way…
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TOP NEWS
Michelle Obama’s absent headscarf on a visit with President Barack Obama to pay respects to the late Saudi King Abdullah Tuesday has sparked outrage among some…
French designer Jean Touitou (pictured) apparently thinks that the repeated use of the N-word will enhance his fall 2015 A.P.C. Timberlands men’s collection. While the…
AT&T Georgia tried for two years to reconcile millions of dollars in losses when MARTA and the city of Atlanta ordered the company to relocate utilities…
Three consecutive months of seeing the economy adding more than 25,000 jobs has economists optimistic that the black unemployment rate could dip below 10 percent by…
BUSINESS
There’s a common refrain heard whenever a major economic development is announced in Detroit: It benefits some populations, but not all. In the African-American community,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence shot up in January to the highest level since August 2007. The Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence…
SPORTS
Super Bowl XLIX is gearing up to be an all-time classic; it not only features the two most dominant teams of the 2014-15 NFL season, but…
On Friday, January 30th, the 16th Annual Super Bowl GospelCelebration will help kick off Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix, AZ. The concert event and Super…
ENTERTAINMENT
Could Janet Jackson be one step closer to making her return to the stage? Fans just may get their wish! According to the Las Vegas…
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are once again reuniting but not in the romantic sense. It seems the soon-to-be-divorced couple are being sued by a…
Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith are teaming up for HBO’s latest project. Maya and Smith have signed on to guest star on the cable network’s…
I want to be white for a day. For no other reason than I am curious to know what it’s like to be christened a…
POLITICS
Alabama’s only openly gay lawmaker is threatening to expose state politicians who have extramarital affairs but say gay marriage is immoral or bad for children.…
WASHINGTON — A group of mayors led by New York’s Bill de Blasio and Los Angeles’ Eric Garcetti are coming to the defense of…
ATL BLOG
“Love and Hip Hop Atlanta’s” Mimi Faust, who gained national fame — or rather infamy — for producing the “shower-curtain-rod” sex tape, has confirmed that…
Whitney Houston had the voice of gold and the career to show it. Lifetime’s biopic will take us through the rise and plateau of Whitney,…
COMMUNITY
The state of Georgia executed a 54-year-old mentally disabled man Tuesday for killing a fellow inmate after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review his…
“Ain’t no party like an EMANON party because an EMANON party don’t stop.” Each year the brothers of EMANON, that’s no name spelled backwards, invite…
PRAISE
Leaders in nation’s largest Protestant denomination are preaching that integrated churches can be a key driver of racial justice in society. But that could be…
*The 2015 Stellar Awards nominations were announced as well as the hosts for the ceremony David and Tamela Mann, and Rickey Smiley. Erica Campbell and Ricky Dillard lead with 10 nominations a piece. For Campbell, this is a big deal being that she released her first solo effort last year, “Help.” “I am grateful to the Stellar Awards […]
EDITORS PICK
Tue Dec 09, 2014
State Bar of Georgia President Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker has announced the appointment of Attorney Lester B. Johnson III of Savannah to serve on the Georgia…
FEATURES
The Hon. Meng H. Lim became the first elected Asian American Superior Court judge in Georgia on July 22. Judge Lim was sworn in as…
After his departure, America will perhaps not have another attorney general like Eric Holder in a long time. Maybe the standard he set at the…
Last night, in the midst of protests in reaction to the non-indictment of Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island cop responsible for choking and killing Eric…
VIEWPOINTS
Should Black Americans be Liberals? The concept is one of the many deceptions that have been perpetuated against blacks and other minority groups for some…
Sixty years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, education inequalities still exist. What did we really achieve through integration and how do we…
