New York soda ban will boost Colorado efforts

New York City can do by edict, apparently, what it takes activists decades of work to accomplish in the real world. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s effort to Bash the Big Gulp is a head-turner, and likely...

Disney to banish junk-food ads from kid shows

With growing public and regulatory interest in how not-exactly-healthy foods are advertised and marketed toward children, the Walt Disney Company is announcing today that any foodstuffs advertised during ki...
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Zimmerman is Back In Custody

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Just 48 hours after a judge revoked his bail, George Zimmerman the killer of Florida teen Trayon Martin was back in jail after it was r...
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Trayvoning: New Internet Craze Or Passing Fad?

Every time I think I can no longer be shocked by the insanity that  human beings are capable of I'm proven wrong and left wondering as the late, great American poet Mr. Marvin Gaye once wondered, "What's g...

Infancy Stages of Hip Hop in Europe

Taking the culture beyond the U.S borders, The Hip Hop Democrat brings you another look into the global role of Hip Hop.  Our guest road correspondant the Fly By Coco Latina touches on the early arrival o...