Category: Afro Briefs

On the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic March on Washington, incendiary radio host Glenn Beck plans to lead the “Restoring Honor” rally at the same site where King gave the landmark “I Have a Dream” speech. Joining him will be Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union, which seeks to […]

Following the repeated use of a racial slur on a recent episode of her radio talk show, Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced on Aug. 17 that she will end her radio career at the end of the year. According to The Washington Post, Schlessinger’s decision was made in the face of tremendous criticism she has received […]

South Carolina Democratic Senate hopeful Alvin Greene plans to continue his run for office despite being indicted on obscenity charges related to an alleged incident that took place on the University of South Carolina’s campus last November. According to court records, a Richland County, S.C. grand jury on Aug. 13 indicted Greene on a felony […]

The nation’s stubbornly high unemployment rate during the recent recession is more than a sign of the economy in a tailspin. It is also linked to a state of mind that is reflected in the rate of suicide in the nation, according to mental health professionals. Annie Lowrey, a financial correspondent for The Washington Independent, […]

Shaquan Duley, the mother accused of killing her two young boys and then staging an accident to cover it up, made what her lawyer called a “remorseful” appearance in an Orangeburg, S.C. courtroom on August 18. “She had a solemn attitude and was crying before she entered court,” Duley’s attorney, Carl B. Grant said during […]

Researchers have repeatedly found that multi-tasking actually reduces productivity, but new links are now connecting multi-tasking with memory loss. Retaining information and building memory may require periodic breaks and distractions. Suparna Rajaram, a psychology professor at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y., told USA Today that “distraction may be just a very important factor […]

A high consumption level of red meat greatly increases a person’s risk for heart disease, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. In clinical studies from 1980 to 2006, scientists studied 84,136 women between 30 and 55 years of age. What they found was not surprising, and validated […]

Dr. Marcy Street, a board certified Mayo Clinic-trained dermatologist, is speaking out about the harmful effects of UV radiation emitted from nail dryers used in most American salons. As with tanning beds, the rays from nail dryers can be harmful to skin of all colors and may increase the risk of acquiring cancer, she said. […]

Since 2009, police and concerned members of the community have scoured Malibu, Calif., in search of Mitrice Richardson, a 25-year-old woman suffering from bipolar disorder. But her father, who has led a nationwide search for Richardson and maintained the website bringmitricehome.org, confirmed that human remains found in Malibu were those of his daughter on Aug. […]

On Aug. 14, noted jazz singer and actress Abbey Lincoln died in Manhattan at 80. Her storied career was marked by several best-selling jazz albums, a film role alongside Sidney Poitier and Beau Bridges and receiving the NEA Jazz Masters Award in 2003.  Lincoln, born Anna Marie Woolridge in Chicago, Ill., performed up until her […]

Owners of a boardwalk game in Seaside Heights, N.J. recently removed a caricature of President Obama from a game that requires patrons to throw baseballs at a plate near the character’s head. According to the Associated Press, the game, called “Walkin’ Charlie,” was located at Lucky Leo’s Arcade. Since the removal of the Obama figure, […]

Maryland households own the most flat-panel televisions and smartphones of any state in the U.S. per capita, according to a new survey. The data was gathered in the 2010 Retrevo Gadget Census, the self-proclaimed largest study of people and the electronics they own and use. The census was conducted via an online survey from March […]