Heavyweight Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival revealed an impressive slate of releases starring black actors, including Idris Elba, Forest Whitaker and Michael B. Jordan, according to New York magazine. Could Weinstein push all three men into the history-making best actor category? We haven’t had more than one black nominee for Best…

First lady Michelle Obama delivered an impassioned commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md., on Friday, encouraging more than 600 graduates to honor the school’s tradition and pass along their commitment to education to future generations, the Associated Press reports. Additionally, during her 15-minute address, she touched on the university’s founding in…

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck issued a scathing rebuke of the NAACP based on the comment of former chairman Julian Bond, who said that he believed the controversial actions of the Internal Revenue Service were “completely legitimate,” according to a report at the Huffington Post. “They are a joke, and an affront to everything that…

The Huffington Post is reporting a heartwarming story about a father and son who are slated to graduate from Morehouse College on Sunday, after spending three years together on campus. The younger Joyner and his father, Dorian Joyner Sr., will both be graduating from Morehouse College this Sunday after spending three years together on campus.…

More than 3,000 job seekers overwhelmed the Municipal Services Building in Center City in Philadelphia for a job fair Friday morning intended for ex-offenders, forcing officials to shut it down with a promise to reschedule, ABC News reports. The 3rd Annual Ex-Offenders Job Fair, sponsored by the City of Philadelphia, was set for today between…

An American Airlines pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger refused to stop singing “I Will Always Love You,” a Dolly Parton song made famous by the late Whitney Houston, the Daily Mail reports. The woman began singing shortly into the flight from Los Angeles to New York, and her crooning…

Actress Angelina Jolie’s decision on Tuesday to go public about her decision to undergo a double mastectomy after learning of her high risk of getting breast cancer has sparked widespread chatter throughout the media world. “Angelina Jolie has done a real service for women around the world,” Arthur Caplan, a New York University professor wrote…

Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien said during a recent talk at Harvard’s Institute of Politics that she is often confronted by whites who want to take issue with her documentaries on race in America, the Washington Examiner reports. Recently removed from her position as anchor of CNN’s Starting point, O’Brien will continue to make documentaries…

The Detroit News is reporting that Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr says the city’s cash-flow crisis makes it “insolvent” and unable to borrow more money to cover its debts. The situation is being made worse by the skipped millions of dollars in payments to retiree pensions and health care plans. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, who, along…

UPDATED Tuesday, May 7, 5:07 p.m. EDT: The Mississippi State Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning, according to the Jackson Free Press. He had been scheduled to be put to death today at 6 p.m. at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Earlier: The state of Mississippi…