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Soulful Singer Cheryl Pepsii Riley Enjoys Career Resurgence, Performs on The Mo’Nique Show Tuesday, 4/26

April 25, 2011 villagechief 0

Soul singer Cheryl Pepsii Riley is enjoying her day in the sun. The songstress, who achieved popularity in the late ’80s with her hit release, “Thanks for My Child” has been keeping her brand alive these day performing via Tyler Perry’s many blockbuster plays and movie soundtracks, her fresh and compelling independent CD release, “Let […]

Business News

Life Redesign Queen Nekisha-Michelle Bakre Redefines “Happy Hour” With Free Weekly Empowerment Gathering

April 25, 2011 villagechief 0

Los Angeles – Author, life coach and speaker, Nekisha-Michelle Bakre, the Life Redesign Queen, is known for her varied techniques for supersizing happiness as a means to personal development. Her effective life strategies, detailed in her second book release, “Breaking Invisible Chains, Gaining the Confidence to Redesign Your Life” have propelled readers to new joys. […]

News

Blacks’ migration to suburbs will impact congressional redistricting

April 24, 2011 villagechief 0

By Aaron Blake – Louisiana’s newly designed 2nd Congressional District doesn’t look like it makes much sense — one end of it starts in a tip just north of Baton Rouge, and from there it juts and jags its way more than 70 miles south and east past New Orleans, seemingly picking up random communities […]

News

Charlene Muhammad to Interview Iyanla Vanzant on Liberated Sisters

April 23, 2011 villagechief 0

FCN National Correspondent Charlene Muhammad will be interviewing Iyanla Vanzant on her new show “Liberated Sisters”. CALL IN # (818) 985-5735. Saturday, April 23 – 1-1:30 PM PST KPFK 90.7 FM or listen live online at www.kpfk.org .

Entertainment

Music Man Jay King Launches The Jay King Radio Network with Radio Veteran Lynn Tolliver at the Helm

April 22, 2011 villagechief 0

Hollywood, CA – When industry veteran, music producer and on-air personality Jay King broadcast his first internet radio show on the BlogTalkRadio.com network with “The Way I See It” at BlogTalkRadio.com/Jay-King , he had a clear vision. King, never one to run from controversy, had an intention to push the envelope with subject matters that […]

Blogs

President Obama Fights Back

April 22, 2011 villagechief 0

Chuck Hobbs, Esq. – Thank you, Mr. President, for regaining your swagger—perhaps, to you, it was never lost. What pleases me is Mr. Obama’s willingness in recent weeks to bluntly speak about issues regardless of who he ticks off. This new found fight is interesting when one considers that if Republican attacks on his policies […]

Blogs

Social Engineering Gone Wrong

April 22, 2011 villagechief 0

Chuck Hobbs – As a long time supporter of increased diversity based on merit and merit alone, I find the U. S. Justice Department’s decision to recommend that the city of Dayton Ohio lower test passage rates to attract more Black police officers disturbing. Originally, Dayton Police applicants had to score 66% on one segment […]

Commentary

Can Africa Make The Cut

April 22, 2011 villagechief 0

Raynard Jackson – Whenever the U.S. government enters into a state of fiscal austerity, politicians always look for budget cuts from programs they deem to be less important or have little or no constituency. Foreign policy budgets, especially those directed towards Africa seem to always show up near the top of that list. The left […]

Headlines

Russell Simmons: Dear Mr. President, Forget The Poor, Lose Your Soul

April 22, 2011 villagechief 0

Dear Mr. President, I listened to your speech last week at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s 20th anniversary dinner, talking among friends and close supporters. This was an annual African American dinner, a very important one. While I know that any Democrat would have fulfilled their promise to come back if they had won […]