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After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey is calling it quits with her talk show and moving on to her OWN Network which debuts January 1, 2011. In a recent interview with TV Guide, she discusses her last and final season and the secrets to success. Here are a few excerpts: On getting emotional about the end: […]

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Fantasia’s “Behind The Music” episode premiered on VH1 Tuesday night. The episode was already in the can but VH1 re-interviewed Fantasia after her suicide attempt. In addition to her suicide attempt, Fantasia spoke openly about being raped in high school and the trauma she endured as a result. VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | […]

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We can’t believe it, but school has started up again. And that means that the early-morning scramble is about to start.

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Fantasia has been making the rounds for her new album Back to Me and last night the singer paid a visit to “Lopez Tonight.” She did an emotional interview and delivered her first televised performance of her new single “Man of The House.”

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While the “Ground Zero Mosque” site is two blocks away from Ground Zero, rap mogulRussell Simmons‘ apartment is across the street! This week he put various religious symbols in his windows to support religious freedom. Now everyone near Ground Zero can see towering symbols of all the world’s wonderful religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc. Read […]

From the AJC.com: A federal judge on Tuesday emphatically rejected Troy Anthony Davis’ claims that he was wrongly convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989. In a 172-page order, U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. said Davis failed to prove his innocence during an extraordinary hearing in June ordered by the U.S. Supreme […]

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You love his singing and ministering, but now, Pastor Marvin Sapp needs our prayers. Praise 102.5 and EEWMagazine.com are standing in faith with the Sapp family and are requesting that you do the same! Earlier this year, Marvin Sapp was testifying of how his wife, MaLinda, was given a clean bill of health by doctors […]

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From the AJC.com: Georgia will have about $400 million to invest in education reform as a winner of President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top competition. Nine states and the District of Columbia were chosen, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education told The Atlanta Journal Constitution around noon Tuesday. In addition to Georgia, […]

From Savvycherise : In preparation for the Washington D.C. stop of the STAND Campaign, Atlanta’s own Cory “CoCo Brother” Condrey broadcast his show live from our affiliate station, Praise D.C. 104.1. Packed with local pastors, gospel artists, and others from the Christian Community (in support of the STAND Campaign), Praise 104.1 took to the airwaves […]

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Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month, declined Tuesday to return to the agency, though she said it was tempting. Sherrod and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that she may work with the agency in a consulting capacity in the future to help it improve its outreach to minorities. […]

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After breaking her silence about her suicide attempt on “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” yesterday, Fantasia Barrino went on “Good Morning America” and spoke more about what led her to try and take her own life. Watch the interview below: RELATED: Fantasia Breaks Silence (EXCLUSIVE AUDIO) RELATED: Fantasia: “I Wanted It To Be Over With”

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PLEASE JOIN NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK August 28, 2010 | 11:00 am | Dunbar High School | 1301 New Jersey Avenue Northwest | Washington, DC 47 years ago, the March on Washington took place where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his I Have a Dream speech at the March on Washington. 47 years later, Rev. […]