THE STAR ACTOR WILL PLAY WALTER LEE YOUNGER IN A 2014 BROADWAY REVIVAL OF LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S PLAY The New York Post is reporting that Denzel Washington will play Walter Lee Younger in a 2014 Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, to be directed by Kenny Leon, who, by the way, also directed Washington in Fences (2010), for which he won a Tony Award. Scott Rudin will [...]

Real Health There have been many changes in the United States the past decade: health care reform, the housing crisis, and high unemployment rates. But the view from black America, especially in terms of health care and positive financial attitudes, seems to actually be improving, said new survey results from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [...]

by Nathan Hale Williams, Essence We have all heard some version of the Chinese proverb, that goes something like, “If you love someone, let them go. If they really belong to you, they’ll come back. If they doesn’t, they were never yours.” I agree with this, for the most part, but I totally support the [...]

Compiled by MCJ Staff Funeral services were held Friday, May 17, for Malcolm Lateef Shabazz, the grandson of human rights leader Malcolm X. He was 28 years old. According to reports by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Shabazz died of blunt-force injuries he suffered during a May 9 fight at the Palace Bar in the [...]

Each year, a group of select entrepreneurs bring their best 60-second pitch and go head-to-head at the Black Enterprise Elevator Pitch. by Carolyn M. Brown, Black Enterprise  Anyone who has ever delivered an elevator pitch knows how important it is to have a commanding presence when presenting. You’re judged on your command of the room. [...]

  Veteran Journalist Keith Clinkscales has launched a new online initiative, TheShadowLeague.com, an independent sports news organization. Clinkscales is  the former Senior Vice President of Content Development at ESPN, he is cited for his development of the Body Issue for ESPN The Magazine and as the architect for Vibe Magazine. His work in the field have won him numerous [...]

by Associated Press AJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using “smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear” weapons, while the U.S. said it was strengthening protection in the region and seeking to defuse the situation. Despite the intense rhetoric, analysts do not expect a [...]