[AtlantaPost.com]Rashard Mendenhall Offers Contrast to the Apathetic Black Athlete
Like many Americans, professional football player Rashard Mendenhall was moved by the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed by US military personnel. (Read)

[24Wired.tv] Exclusive Interview: Ledisi
Soulstress Ledisi talks hair, dating & her dope new music (Watch)

[StyleBlazer.com] VOGUE Italia Pays Tribute to Black Beauties in May 2011 Issue
In what seems like an annual tribute issue to black beauty, Vogue Italia has done it again, showcasing black beauty in all its diversity in its May 2011 issue. (Read)

[HipHopWired.com] Happy Mother’s Day From T.I.
Although still incarcerated, T.I. has released a special mother’s day message to his fans. (Watch)

[MadameNoire.com] Losing My White Friends
By the time I was a third-grader I had friends of various races, was a Brownie in Troop 266 and of course excelled academically. Then at the beginning of my fourth grade year, my parents told my sister and I we would be transferring to another school. (Read)