By Maryanne Pope | "The plastic bag is an accepted part of Canada's shopping culture, but it shouldn't be. Every year we use over 9 billion plastic shopping bags in Canada. That's 17,000 bags a minute."
- Greener Footprints
Canadians use 9-15 billion plastic shopping bags every year
To get a feel for just how many bags that actually is, picture this: if we tied 9…
Already a legend in his state, Birmingham J (Jamal Thomas) has already earned his place as southern rap royalty. Coming from a family full of vocalists, he wrote his first rhymes at the early age of 10. A young Birmingham J saw music as an outlet to vent and tell his story during a rough childhood. A few artists that influenced him to pursue music as a career include Rakim & Eric B, N.W.A,…
By Neil Savin | While there undoubtedly has been an increase in the number of black dating sites in recent years, many of the larger dating websites do still seem to cater more for the white, twenty-somethings who looking for a partner.
So, if you have been searching for love and feel let down by dating sites, here is a review of just some of the best black dating…
By Ranches Lee Hall | Sadly, racist behavior and racial prejudice is alive and well throughout America, including within The Church. We cannot simply ignore it; pretend it does not exist and hope it goes away. It has to be spoken about, it has to be…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, November 2, 2016/ — 1. Pursuant to regulation 110(2) of the Regulations of the Registry and rule 97(2) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the Registry of the International Criminal Court hereby launches a call for experts to assist the Court with reparations at the reparations phase of proceedings in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, in compliance with the Decision issued by Trial Chamber VIII on 29 September 2016, in which it set a calendar…
By Ed Kugler | "U.S. Owes Black People Reparations for a History of 'Racial Terrorism,' says U.N. panel. So read the headlines of many newspapers around the world yesterday. The Chairwoman of the United Nations Working Group for People of African Descent, Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France, led the study.…
HHHOF Team Initiates Capital Campaign Planning Discussions for Support Programs by Artists, Individuals, Investment Funds, Foundations, and Corporate Partners on Hip Hop Museum Building & Hotel Partnership and Management.
..Tells Mr. President to stop Wike from usurping the functions of the Security Agencies
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has cried out to the Senate, appealing to it to prevail on the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to allow the rescheduled parliamentary re-run elections in the state to hold in an atmosphere of peace and devoid of bloodshed and…
With the rumour of a possible increase in pump price of petrol getting stronger by the day, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Monday warned of the imminent consequences of any such plan at a time an average Nigerian citizen can hardly afford one good meal a day.
The Conference, which is the umbrella body of all registered political parties and political…
A civil society organization, Save Lagos Group has lauded members of the Lagos State House of Assembly over their call on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to halt further demolition of slums across riverine areas of the state.
In a statement issued by the Convener, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman and the Director, Media, Comrade Olaolu Oladipo, Save Lagos Group urged the Assembly members to expand the resolution to cover other areas…
The media goes on and on about a dirty presidential campaign and the public swallows it hook, line and sinker. This is a distortion and unfair. Trump runs a dirty campaign based on insults, lies and slander. Hillary does not. Hillary is the victim of the dirty campaign. However, that important distinction is never made by the press and is yellow journalism at its worst.
Ordinarily I am not a Hillary supporter, but I am a passionate supporter of fairness and justice. So, when I see…
Augusta, GA; Relay and Lin, collectively known as RDSU, are the latest priority artists with Team Bigga Rankin. Coming from a city racked with negativity, RDSU has risen above it as its premier super rap group releasing self-styled motivational trap music to rally all hustlers. The very name RDSU literally means Run Dat Sack Up but it also is a motto to all workers to do your best and be the best at whatever you do.…