Are your kids playing too much video games over the summer? Help your kids get lost in a new book and learn something new. Register them for the 2012 Summer Reading Program at your nearest Houston Public Library. The John P. McGovern Foundation Summer Reading Program (SRP) is a free program that rewards kids with a […]
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous will address NAACP delegates at the First Public Meeting of the 103rd NAACP Annual Convention. President Jealous was elected in 2008 as the youngest person to lead the century-old NAACP. During his tenure, the Association’s online activists have swelled from 175,000 to more than 600,000; its donors have […]
Thursday, the judge  in charge of Trayvon Martin‘s case set $1 million dollar bail on George Zimmerman.Only one day after the bail was set, George Zimmerman posted bail and is out of jail. Zimmerman had to post 10% of the $1 million — or $100,000 — to meet the requirement for release. Read more here! […]
Do you wish to eat delicious food and watch pounds just melt away? Try these secret snacks from Dr. Oz that turns your body into a fat-burning machine! Recent studies prove that snacking on the right food at the right time can burn pounds away. The key to burning fat, highlighted by Dr. Oz, is to […]
The U.S. economy posted its third consecutive month of job growth in June stating that U.S employers had added 80,000 jobs in June  barely passing May’s 77,000 added jobs. The U.S. gained just 225,000 jobs in the past three months combined, fewer than in January alone and the weakest quarter of job growth since 2010. […]
First Lady Michelle Obama challenged the African Methodist Episcopal church in Nashville, Tennessee last week and other Christians to find God in every daily choices we make beside Sunday. “Our faith journey isn’t just about showing up on Sunday for a good sermon and good music, it’s about what we do Monday through Saturday as well, especially in […]
President Obama has launched the “Betting on America” tour. The bus tour started through two battleground states crucial to his re-election; Ohio and Pennsylvania. A Gallup poll this week found President Obama with an increasing lead over republican nominee Mitt Romney to 48 percent to 43. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt states that President Obama will […]
The judge overseeing Trayvon Martin case in Florida set bond for George Zimmerman at $1 million dollars. The judge states that the previous bond set at $150,000 was revoked and the bond set is substantially higher out of concern that Zimmerman might try to leave the country. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin […]
Throughout the daytime Court shows, only one old school judge stands above them all for the Daytime Emmy‘s this year! With his no-nonsense, judicial powerhouse style, Judge Joe Brown is known to put defendant and plaintiff in their place. Congrats to the daytime show and their nomination for the “Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program!” Read More About Judge […]
Kennedi 4 years old Diagnosis: Kennedi was found to suffer from acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September 2010. Kennedi’s story: Kennedi’s parents knew there was something wrong with their precious little girl when she began to slow down in the summer of 2010. She started to run fevers frequently, experience night terrors and didn’t want to […]