SEATTLE — Here’s another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: It’s a great place to find a kidney. SEE ALSO: Why Ron Paul Got A Free Pass Between the kid photos and reminiscences about high school, more and more pleas for help from people with failing kidneys are popping up. Facebook […]
New Destiny Christian Center, the Florida mega-church founded by the late Zachery Tims, has responded to a lawsuit filed by Tims’ ex-wife, who helped found the ministry 15 years ago. In a public statement released Friday, NDCC said it wishes the best for Riva Tims and her ministry, but that she has no legal grounds to […]
Riva Tims, who founded New Destiny Christian Center in Florida with her then-husband, the late Pastor Zachary Tims, said recently she plans to file a lawsuit against the church. “The board has refused to meet with me,” Riva Tims said at a news conference. “They have refused to meet with me with in any capacity, […]
Etta James who was recently diagnosed as terminally ill has been taken off her respirator; she is now breathing on her own! James was put on the respirator on the the 21st after she as having trouble breathing. The “At Last” singer is suffering from terminal leukemia and dementia. Etta James Terminally Ill VIDEO: Brandy […]
Katy Perry WANTED Russell Brand to file the court papers in their divorce … because she didn’t want to upset her religious parents … sources connected to the former couple tell TMZ. Failing to recognize the importance of understanding, respecting, accepting, and dealing with your religious differences in your interfaith marriage may have been the […]
Over 10,000 votes were cast in the first annual Digital Gospel Music Awards presented by Elev8, and the Gospel music fans have spoken! Votes were placed by readers of Elev8.com and Radio One sister sites MyPraiseATL.com, PraiseCharlotte.com, PraiseCleveland.com, MyColumbusJoy.com, Praise1027Detroit.com, PraiseHouston.com, PraiseIndy.com, PraisePhilly.com, TheLightNC.com, PraiseRichmond.com and PraiseDC.com. (One vote per computer was accepted in each […]
Bullying is a national issue and many experts have their own solutions on how to curb it, but none are likely as creative as Nikki Davis‘ approach. For the past few months, Davis has been touring New York City, singing at elementary, middle, and high schools to promote anti-bullying messages that she hopes young people […]
– Renowned Bishop T.D. Jakes joins Roland Martin for the second of a two-part discussion about fatherhood in the Black community and Jakes’ daughter joins to share a personal story about her teenage pregnancy – December 29, 2011, Silver Spring, MD – – A special New Year’s Day edition of WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN concludes […]
Roland Martin and Ron Bonjean join Natalie Allen in the CNN Newsroom to discuss the GOP presidential field shake up.
A movie about a Black teenage girl struggling with her identity, who suffers verbal abuse from her mother and struggles to fit in with her peers, is currently getting a strong Oscar buzz. No, the movie is not “Precious 2” it is “Pariah,” the story of a teenage lesbian coming to grips with her identity. […]
A few months ago, while on the coattails of summer’s craziness, I lived through a strange experience of friendship that left me to the tendency of some friends to take, take, take… and take. Call them what you may, I like to think of these types of relationships as “convenience friendships.” This particular story involves […]
You might think that once you’ve passed your 75th wedding anniversary, it’d be smooth sailing through the golden years of your marriage and then into the great beyond. But unfortunately that’s not the case for one Italian couple who are getting divorced at the ripe old ages of 99 and 96, after an impressive 77 […]