How the smartphone killed the three-day weekend

By Bob Sullivan, Columnist, NBC News Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all it evokes: vacations, slower workweeks, casual dress codes, getting the pool ready and pulling out the outdoor furniture. It would seem an ideal time to take a break, but our ability to unplug and relax is under assault. A [...]

Republicans and their subversive techniques to foster and retain White Supremacy

Republicans and their subversive techniques to foster and retain White Supremacy

Article written by Rod Hope The Anal Retentive Republicans and their subversive techniques to foster and retain White Supremacy remain at an all-time high. Most of the news networks mainly FOX & CNN are very bias; research everything they report, then disseminate and broadcast your findings to your own personal networks. We are living in [...]

Online sales tax set to pass in Senate

By STEPHANIE CONDON / CBS NEWS/ May 6, 2013, 6:00 AM Online shopping is quick, convenient and usually tax-free, but Congress is considering a bill that could change all that. The Senate on Monday is poised to pass an Internet sales tax bill with strong bipartisan support, in spite of opposition from traditionally influential conservative groups and weak public [...]

Has Obama Done Enough for Black Americans?

By George E. Condon Jr. and Jim O’Sullivan Updated: April 4, 2013 | 8:20 p.m. (CHET SUSSLIN) Bernard Anderson, a pathbreaking African-American economist, understands the importance of rhetoric. He was up front at the Lincoln Memorial when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. And he was in the audience on [...]

White Male Executives ‘Not Enamored’ Of ‘Strong, Confident Minorities’

Roland Martin On CNN:   The Huffington Post  |  By Jack Mirkinson Posted: 03/29/2013 12:00 pm EDT  |  Updated: 03/29/2013 12:43 pm EDT Outgoing CNN pundit Roland Martin said on Thursday that executives who were uncomfortable with hiring black people as hosts had held back his rise at the network. There has recently been a good deal of discussion about the diversity [...]

SNL Sketch About ‘The One Black Guy In Every Commercial’ Is Uncomfortably Close To The Truth

Jim Edwards | Feb. 12, 2013, 9:25 AM | 17,588 | 28 This weekend, Saturday Night Live regular Kenan Thompson did a Weekend Update bit as “Corey,” “the one black guy in every commercial.” Corey’s life consists playing drums at Venice Beach, DJing, and partying with “Hispanic girls with bangs and thrift-store outfits, and white guys who dance while wearing [...]

Christopher Dorner’s Manifesto

I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you [...]

For millionaire athletes, states with highest tax rates may not make the cut

By Joshua Rhett Miller Published January 30, 2013  FoxNews.com The Golden State’s new 13.3 percent income tax on top earners prompted golfer Phil Mickelson to say earlier this month he was considering a move, and according to the accountants who advise millionaire athletes, he was just saying what a lot of jocks were already thinking. Federal taxes on [...]

Is Blackface Hollywood’s answer to hiring more blacks

                               A Racist Superbowl Commercial I have a sense of humor and I say it’s a racist commercial, why not hire a Jamaican> too many times white people act like us, so they don’t have to hire us (if that’s the intent) not [...]

The Secret History of Guns

The Ku Klux Klan, Ronald Reagan, and, for most of its history, the NRA all worked to control guns. The Founding Fathers? They required gun ownership—and regulated it. And no group has more fiercely advocated the right to bear loaded weapons in public than the Black Panthers—the true pioneers of the modern pro-gun movement. In [...]

10 ways to Market Online Video

                                            10 ways to Market Online Video  According to data from eMarketer, the U.S. spending on Internet video ads are expected to grow to 4.3 Billion by 2012 and is currently the fastest growing segment at online display advertising, the reason; people choose to consume video more frequently because of the interactivity, engagement, and [...]

Author/ Marcia Alesan Dawkins Ph.D.

Author/ Marcia Alesan Dawkins Ph.D.

Author Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Ph.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles, California. An award-winning writer, speaker, and educator, Dawkins — known to “tweeps” as @drdawkins09 – writes frequently on race, diversity, media, religion, and politics for several outlets, including The Huffington Post, Truthdig, The [...]

Inside Google’s Sci-fi Search Experiments

By Casey Newton  October 13, 2012 4:00 AM PDT What Google’s latest research tells us about where search is going. (Hint: It’s more than just mobile.) The familiar whistle of a smartphone notification told me that Paco was hungry. The dog’s face had appeared on my screen, as it did eight or so times a day, to [...]

Slave Mentality a philosophy a mindset planned and enforced today

Article written by Rod Hope Black people release your inner slave, toil the land, lift up your brothas and sistas; stop the jealousy, stop the negativity> yes we will never have equal rights and opportunities, we just have to circumvent the obstacles, work harder but think more about legacy. What’s going on in our country [...]

Pop Culture T-Shirts

  When you purchase these T-Shirts you will be spreading a message of positivity and growth Description: Cotton: 100% Weight: 4.5 Oz Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL Feature: 100% cotton preshrunk jersey *Free shipping only applies to those customers who order at least a minimum of 2 shirts for the one low price [...]

Funeral Directors Protesting Violence

First time, I’ve ever heard of anything like this (funeral directors protesting); a sign of the times. Just keep hope alive and pray everyday, count your blessing and spend the time you do have on earth in a productive fashion; remember time stands still for no-one….. Original Article (CBS News) Detroit had 344 murders last [...]

5 do’s and don’ts for self-published authors

5 do’s and don’ts for self-published authors

                5  do’s and don’ts for self-publishing authors Don’t get caught up in the excitement of completing the book, you deserve a pat on the back but don’t forget this is a business and it’s time to advertise. Furthermore, unless you plan to invest some extra time writing [...]

7 Ways To Market Your Book

7 Ways To Market Your Book

  1. Market your new book online by creating a website with a shopping cart. 2. Sign up for a PayPal account to compliment your website. This account should be used to receive payments, as well as to make any business transactions that may occur as you market your book online 3. Create a Google [...]

Proof Video Marketing Works

Lately, I’ve really been relentlessly trying to enlighten folks on all the main social media streams specifically small businesses and individuals with projects on a smaller scale; music and or books that I have the tools to market their products a solid concept and a strategy can do wonders for a business. Here’s Proof ↓   How to Get Twitter Followers that [...]

My EBT: is it funny?

The song in question EBT; some individuals may find it offensive thinkin, “ohh just anotha ignorant rapper talkin s**t”, however states are now in the process of  facilitating a tighter enforcement and time limits on cash benefit and food assistance and when state budgets are in the red, programs that assist the poor are the [...]

The president & black issues

Is the president fighting hard enough for Black America? Do we at least deserve some acknowledgement as far as the economic situation of African Americans? Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Welcome to Minoritie Report

This is an Interview by Tish The Dish Robert’s on Black History Month 2012; who is Minoritie Report? The interviewee; the creator of Minoritie Report “Rod Hope” reason why I’m Posting this; it’s an article that personifies what we at Minoritie Report Stand for (hope you enjoy). In respect and acknowledgement of the fact that [...]

Barack Obama’s Morehouse Moment

Posted: 05/19/2013 7:55 pm Jarrett L. Carter Founding Editor, HBCUDigest.com President Barack Obama visited Morehouse College on a rainy Sunday afternoon to give a refrain on the responsibility of Morehouse Men and black America to find dignity and progress in self-reliance, a refrain that has simultaneously proven exciting and excruciating for African Americans over the [...]

Police gunfire kills Hofstra University student, official says

By Chelsea J. Carter and Chris Kokenes, CNN updated 4:11 AM EDT, Sun May 19, 2013 Andrea Rebello, seen here in an image from her Instagram feed, was killed by police gunfire during a confrontation involving a home invasion. New York (CNN) – A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities [...]

Jodi Arias Jury Says Convicted Murderer Should Face Death Penalty

Article by David Lohr Become a fan david.lohr@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 05/15/2013 6:11 pm EDT  |  Updated: 05/15/2013 9:54 pm EDT Jodi Arias, who was convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend last week, reacts to the jury’s aggravation verdict Wednesday. She is now eligible for the death penalty. The same Phoenix jury that convicted Jodi Arias for the 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend, Travis [...]

Woman haunts ex online for years after breakup

Rosa Golijan TODAY May 9, 2013 at 4:55 AM ET Courtesy of Lee David Clayworth Lee David Clayworth has been struggling to gain employment. He suspects that may be due to what potential employers see if they enter his name into a search engine. Ah, romance. Boy meets girl. Boy dates girl. Boy dumps girl. [...]

Early Exposure to TV Violence Predicts Aggression in Adulthood

Huesmann, L. R., Moise-Titus, J., Podolski, C., & Eron, L. D. (2003). Longitudinal relations between children’s exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992. Developmental Psychology, 39, 201-221. What is this study about? There is increasing evidence that early exposure to media violence is a contributing factor to the development [...]

Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy By Pete Williams, John Schoen and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News Despite a serious throat wound preventing him from speaking, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is beginning to respond to questions from investigators, federal officials tell NBC News. Nearly 48 hours after he [...]

Obamacare is giving small companies a headache

They’re grappling with whether to continue offering employee health insurance — and many are saying they won’t. By Aimee Picchi 21 hours ago If you work for a small business and currently have health care insurance, be prepared. You might be in for an unhealthy surprise in 2014. That’s because companies with fewer than 500 employees are [...]