Brown will be arraigned today at 3.30pm Posted in crimes, current news analysis, health issues, international issues, messed up stuff, Race, Social issues Tagged: african american males and violence, black men, black superstars, chris brown and rihana, chris brown and rihanna, chris brown charged, d...

An American tabloid is claiming that Rihanna and Brown got married at Puffy’s (I just can’t call him Diddy..sorry) Miami mansion. If this story is indeed true and giving all the drama that’s transpired between these two in the past few weeks, it’s entirely possible, this stor...

When was the last time you sent or received a hand-written letter?  And cards don’t count.   A LETTER , written by hand on paper preferably go on think about it? Hmmm..I bet you can’t remember the last time you got one? I can’t remember when I last got one either so don’t ...

Kanye West has lost his damn mind! He must have in trying to suggest we should cut Chris Brown some slack after he beat up Rihanna but he’s not the first black star to suggest that we ease up on Brown. First it was Terrence Howard and his insane comment that beating up women is “ ju...

 It’s 2am, I think, and like most other nights I can’t sleep. So what do I decide to do? I decide to surf the web..hmm. What to read? What to read? Obama and his budget plans..nah too heavy. Watch past American Idol reject videos on You Tube..nah too funny. Read about Rihanna and Chris ...

So  Rihanna doesn’t know if she wants to pursue charges against Chris Brown for beating her up and is suffering from depression and conflicting emotions after watching the implosion of his career over the last few days. Hopefully her wavering demonstrates, for the world to see, how tough...

Given some of the discussion generated by Jake’s comment on David’s Breaking The Seals post, I thought people here might be interested to know about (if you don’t already) the work of Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad. I wrote about her second book of poetry, Zaatar Diva , and a littl...

 IF you grow up black in the Caribbean you grow up as a member of the majority and you enjoy all its accompanying rights and priviledges. In history class kids are taught that their country, the region and by extension most of the North American continents was built on the backs of African slaves...

    Barack Obama is doing his ’presidential thing’ today. He’s out there selling himself, his party and his recovery and reinvestment plan.  Remember it’s no longer the economic stimulus package . They’ve dropped that loser name for a more uplifting one- recovery ...

First, congratulations are in order for Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who today became the 38th Prime Minister of Iceland, and the first openly gay head of government in world history. Jóhanna,1 of course, is getting the opportunity primarily because Iceland has imploded, and the Icelandic people are ...