Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mom, released a video asking parents nationwide to support the Second Chance campaign, a new national campaign working to reform, repeal and prevent passage of new Florida-style “Shoot First” laws around the country. The Second Chance campaign launched after Martin’s death with the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National Action […]

A jury has found William Balfour guilty of murdering actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in 2008. Balfour, 31, was accused of killing…

William Balfour has been found guilty on all counts in the murder of  Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew. Jurors in Chicago reached the verdict after three days of deliberation. Balfour was found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, residential burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle and home invasion. The verdict carries […]

Louisiana rapper Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch, who is currently serving eight years in prison for drug related charges, was found not guilty in his murder…

Emeli Sande is a new name to many in the United States, but she’s a big deal in England, and Alicia Keys and Adele are…

Alice Randall is a New York Times Best Selling Author who recently penned her fourth book, “Ada’s Rules: A Skinny Novel, What she wrote in her “Black Women and Fat” Op-Ed piece in the New York Times is only scratching the surface of how Randall feels about her own journey through living as a fat […]

Joshua Webb, a keyboardist who played on Ledisi’s Grammy-nominated album “Pieces of Me,” was killed in a car wreck Wednesday while driving in rainy weather on I-285 near Langford Parkway. Webb was originally from St. Louis but recently moved to Atlanta, reports the St. Louis Dispatch. He also played organ for Ray of Hope Christian […]