BOOKER TO GIVE COMMENCEMENT AT HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY
RANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is set to give the commencement address at a historically black university in the critical early …
SUPREME COURT TROUBLED BY JURY SELECTION BIAS IN MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor’s pattern of excluding African American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement Wednesday that a …
FLORIDA CITY DISMANTLES, RELOCATES CONFEDERATE STATUE
PHOTO COURTESY OF WUSF.USF.EDU LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – A statue of a Confederate soldier is being removed from a Florida park. The statue had stood …
Strong opening week for CBS, Turner with NCAA hoops tourney
PHOTO COURTESY OF UCONN ATHLETICS NEW YORK (AP) — One week into March Madness, CBS is feeling good. Based on ratings from the nation’s largest …
Dwyane Wade: College basketball needs a makeover
Dwyane Wade says it’s time college basketball got a makeover. Wade sits down with PodcastOne Sports Now to talk about the NCAA Tournament and the …
Mike Cofer, Pro Bowl linebacker for Detroit Lions, passes at 58
DETROIT (AP) – Mike Cofer, a Pro Bowl linebacker who played a decade with the Detroit Lions and is second on the team’s career list …
Respecting elders: Maya Angelou clip sparks courtesy debate
PHOTO COURTESY OF WANTEDONLINE.CO.ZA NEW YORK (AP) – Put a handle on it. If you don’t know what that means, you might not call elders …
SHAQ COMING BACK TO MIAMI TO PLAY: MUSIC
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHOPPE BLACK MIAMI, Fla. – Shaquille O’Neal is coming back to play in Miami. Play music, that is. The former star center …
In ‘Us,’ Jordan Peel holds a dark mirror to America
Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in “Us,” a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director’s astonishing debut, “Get Out,” that despite …
Gary Clark Jr. confronting racism with ‘This Land’
Photo courtesy of http://music.blog.austin360.com/ BURBANK, Calif. – Gary Clark Jr. has created a lot of conversation with “This Land,” the provocative first song off his …