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  • Obama Issues Sanctions, Orders 35 Suspected Russian Spies Out of US for Hacking

    President Barack Obama issued sanctions against Russian intelligence services and ordered 35 Russian intelligence operatives to leave the country within 72 hours for what U.S. officials say was the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails and Moscow’s efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. “I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian…

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  • Hotep Hoedown: How Umar Johnson Lost His Hotep Mind

    It was a Hotep hoedown, or a Hotep smackdown—straight WWE-style—when Dr. Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, waded deep in the petty waters and posted a full 45-minute video rant against former conscious comrade General Seti. Who knows how it all started? And truthfully, who cares, because Hotep logic and philosophy live outside the…

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  • Report: Former Heisman Trophy Winner Rashaan Salaam Committed Suicide

    Former Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam committed suicide, ESPN reports. Salaam’s body was found Dec. 5 in Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder, Colo., less than a few blocks from the stadium where he starred as a running back for the University of Colorado. Salaam died from a gunshot wound to the head that the…

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  • Which Top 5 NBA Player Doesn't Want to Be on Shaqtin' a Fool?

    An elite NBA player does not want to be taken for a fool, so much so that the player’s agent reportedly reached out to Shaquille O’Neal’s agent to demand that his player be left off of O’Neal’s popular blooper reel Shaqtin’ a Fool. Yep, that’s right; the player wants no parts of the blooper reel…

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  • Delusional Trump at It Again; Takes Credit for Creating Jobs He Didn't Help Create

    On Wednesday, standing outside one of his Florida resorts, President-elect Donald Trump took credit for a Sprint deal that had been well within the works before he got elected. In October, OneWeb, a Florida startup geared to provide internet access to everyone by using small satellites orbiting the Earth, was part of a $100 million investment deal meant…

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  • Trump Claims He’ll Rebuild the Inner Cities, but How Committed Is He?

    President-elect Donald Trump, in the first version of his 100-day action plan to make America great again, promised to spend $1 trillion in infrastructure investment over 10 years. He said that the plan would involve leveraging public-private partnerships and private investments through tax incentives, adding that the program would be revenue-neutral. A few days later…

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  • Gentrification and Food Deserts Got You Down? There’s an App for That

    There are a number of social-justice movements, but urban-planning movements are starting to catch up. With that comes the next generation of “new urbanists” and creative designers of public spaces who are falling in love with big social terms like “equity” while scrambling to create technology that can visualize it. And if neighborhoods are the…

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  • Man Charged With Murdering His Ex-Teacher and Their Son in NYC

    Isaac Infante, 23, of Bethlehem, Pa., was arrested and charged with two counts of first- and second-degree murder Tuesday in the deaths of his son, Miguel Barahona, 4, and the boy’s mother, Felicia Barahona, 36, in New York City, Reuters reports. Felicia Barahona was once Infante’s high school teacher. On Monday, police, responding to an emergency…

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  • Maybe Cam 'All Lives Matter' Newton Isn't All Bad

    Maybe Cam “All Lives Matter” Newton isn’t all bad. I’ve written about his flamboyant clothing and subtle shift from the Black Lives Matter movement to the dark side, but as the year comes to a close I can’t deny that Cam Newton just might be a good dude. On Tuesday, the reigning NFL MVP and…

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  • SC State Rep. Who Defended Confederate Flag After Dylann Roof Killings Beat, Pointed Gun at Wife: Report

    Republican South Carolina state Rep. Chris Corley, a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and the Confederate flag, was arrested and charged with domestic violence after reportedly pointing a gun at his wife, according to the Post and Courier. Corley, 36, was arrested Monday after an incident in which he reportedly punched his wife in…

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