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  MK Asante is the author of "Buck: A Memoir" and "It’s Bigger than Hip-Hop," an associate professor of English at Morgan State University, a Sundance Film fellow and a hip-hop arti

Christopher Gray wins $40,000 deal and sets off epic debate between investors by Kandia Johnson   On the latest episode of the hit ABC show Shark Tank, Drexel student Christopher Gray, Co-Foun

Annual Fundraising Eventto Benefit the Fatherhood Support Network           Saturday, April 4, 2015 6pm – 9pmAliante Casino, Hotel & Spa 7300 Aliante P

If you’re seeking to make a difference, advocating for equity within the community, workplace, or the world, we can make it happen. The Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor allows students from under-represented populations to realize their goals, with financial support.

Jaime Prisco (j.prisco@classicalite.com)     Iconic soul singer, Chaka Khan, will open BRIC’s 37th annual Celebrate Brooklyn! Performance Arts Festival. The show, which will take pl

Making meaningful connections with other women can change your life (not to mention the world). Here are 11 tips to improve your connecting skills. BY DR. NANCY D. O'REILLY Women who care e

The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, announced that applications are now being accepted for its 2015 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program. This program, established in 2010, provides support for campus improvement projects at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country. Since the program’s inception, approximately

New Delhi, India, 20 January 2015 - In response to an invitation from the Director Dr Prof HK Kar and members of the faculty, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital today.

Lisa Price began making her line of hair, body and skincare products in her Bedford-Stuyvesant kitchen. The brand is now a favorite of celebs such as Oprah Winfrey, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay Z. BY

by Daniel Berry Yesterday evening, USA Today posted an article on the upcoming animated feature Strange Magic, which just happens to feature a story written by none other than George Lucas himself

By Krissah Thompson and Tim Carman As Michelle Obama enters her seventh year as first lady, she remains focused on her campaign against childhood obesity. Obama’s first official act of the new y

Arnold Donald, Carnival Corporation CEO, and James Gadsden, U.S. Ambassador (retired), will keynote two premiere events during the 43rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, sponsored b

When Mayor Bloomberg announced he was banning big sodas from the NYC area, people passionately protested their right to bubbly drinks in big quantities.  But maybe the mayor was on to

by Emanuel Maiberg on January 11, 2015 Microsoft has updated its Game Content Usage Rules page to explain how people can use its game content to create YouTube videos and Twitch Streams, but the n

Bill Gates is turning human waste into drinkable water with the help of a sewage treatment machine developed using funds from the Gates Foundation. The machine, called the Omniprocessor, has been desi