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From Elev8 Elev8.com’s Tarvenia Jones writes “I’m so happy that Pastor loves his wife and wants all of us to know it. Especially some of the folks who secretly admire the pastor from afar. Oh, was I not supposed to say that, too? Chile Please. But I wish my pastor would not get up in front of […]

Harold S. Martin writes… The capital punishment debate continues. When dealing with the issue, the media often focuses on cases involving heinous crimes, and as a result, the debates can be very emotional. Humanitarians of whatever.faith (or of no faith) argue that capital punishment has no place in an enlightened society. They say that it […]

Turns out Mom was right yet again. You can scare yourself to death, although not necessarily by watching Halloween horror movies. Dr. Martin A. Samuels, who studies the sudden death phenomenon, says some people do have the potential to suddenly drop dead from fright. “It’s a relatively uncommon thing, but it does happen,” says Samuels, […]

New novel “Nairobi to Shenzhen” is patterned in part on Barack Obama Sr. GUANGZHOU, China – President Barack Obama’s half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir. […]

RETHINK is an occasional series featuring contemporary thought on classic Ebony And Jet photos and articles. We asked ad agency executive Mat Burnett, of Super Genius LLC in Chicago to give some modern perspective on a series of revolutionary ads done by Johnson Publishing in the late 1960s and how far (or not) ethnic advertising […]

Often, the world of advertising and media provide more than enough material for this column. But sometimes I get tired of chasing down all the bad guys because, let’s be honest, little ol’ Indian me (as many of you have so supportively pointed out..) can’t save the world. This whole re-evaluation got me thinking about […]

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If picking up Sasha were an Olympic sport, then President Obama would be a gold medalist: his 8-year-old daughter has perfected the acrobatic ‘run and leap’ greet. Rate the lifts on a scale of 1 to 10 (being a perfect score), as though you were an Olympic judge. Maybe the sport should be considered for […]

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) – Chris Rock‘s documentary “Good Hair” has been given the all clear. A judge has stomped another filmmaker’s bid to prevent the wide release of the actor’s docu-film. As reported by eonline.com, U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fischer said that she watched both Rock’s film and Regina Kimbell’s 2006 offering […]

During the call, Richard tells the operator his 6-year-old boy is in the aircraft and asks, “What do you do in a case like this … how the heck am I gonna get him down?” Heene also admits he called the FAA before calling 911. Source: tmz.com