JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... LaMont Wright, author of "Simony Chiavary 2.5" 11 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm

Written by Joey Pinkney Book Reviews Editor Staff Writer About "Simony Chiavary 2.5": This is the story of how a young Brazilian girl ran away from a child molesting uncle in the poverty stricken Fa...

VIDEO: The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy (documentary) MUST WATCH! 11 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am

Favorite Things Friday: 'The Real' Talkshow! 10 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am

Hey Everyone! It's that time again! This week my favorite things pick is 'The Real' Talkshow! I absolutely love this show! It premiered last month on Fox for a 4 week trial run and each episode has b...

Chris Brown Suffers Seizure At Los Angeles Recording Studio 10 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am

Emergency personnel was reportedly called early this morning in response to r&b star Chris Brown suffering a seizure at a Los Angeles recording studio. According to TMZ: The L.A. City Fire Dep...

JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… RJ Champ, author of A Beautiful Satan II 9 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm

Written by Joey Pinkney Book Reviews Editor Staff Writer About "A Beautiful Satan II": Angel Rising’s psychotic alter ego, Natasha, continues her bloody killing spree without missing a beat. Althoug...

THEROOT.COM: 'Cute for a Black Girl': Should I Be Insulted? 9 Aug 2013 | 07:57 am

"A guy contacted me on a dating site and started off with 'I don't normally date outside my race or my comfort zone, but you're beautiful and caught my eye.' I feel a certain way about that statement....

THEROOT.COM: 3 YEAR OLD CHILD IS DEAD..BECAUSE "FAMILY FRIEND" WAS ON FACEBOOK 9 Aug 2013 | 07:53 am

A Dallas toddler drowned in a pool, and police say it happened while her caretaker sat nearby reading Facebook on her phone. Three-year-old Kanyce Giddings was in the care of a family friend, 37-year...

THEROOT.COM: Matt Damon's Attacks on Obama Hypocritical? 9 Aug 2013 | 07:50 am

By Keli Goff (The Root) -- Like a number of celebrities, Matt Damon has used his role in the public eye to draw attention to various social and political issues. But while some celebrities are dismiss...

BEYONCE...BACK TO THAT CLASSIC "QUICK PONYTAIL" LOOK AGAIN.. 9 Aug 2013 | 07:46 am

Jobs aren't being created because of the $17 TRILLION debt 9 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that he couldn’t support a budget that doesn’t “get our country out of the debt problem.” “That’s the reason why a budget hasn’t passed, because we refuse to.....