Waheeda

Waheeda : Talented and driven, this young woman is well known for her celebrity interviews and warm smile. Waheeda has interviewed many professionals in music, fashion and the business world. Along with being up to date with current trends in fashion and music, she places a high value on education, human rights and the power of the individual’s voice to ignite social change. She attended Columbia University, studying social work and public policy. Her commitment to activism and human rights lead her to gain extensive experience working with the United Nations. "Love beyond Borders" is an international LGBT rights campaign, she co-founded which helps provides educational services to the LGBT population within the African sub-continent. "Cardise Social Engineering" is a non profit organization, she co-founded which works to implement STEM based education programs for inner city youths in the New York City and Los Angeles area. www.cardise.org www.waheedatv.com Follow @1waheeda

The LEGO Movie Is #Awesome

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  The Lego Movie made $69.1 million when it debuted this weekend, thats the second-largest February debut of all-time after the $83 million grossed by The Passion of the Christ ten years ago. Warner Bros. chose the release date this weekend because they knew that word-of-mouth would carry into next weekend, and since everyone is off from school, that would give […]

New Music: Piper Cain “Born of Fire”

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  Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Driven and passionate about music and dance from an early age, Piper Cain has a unique sound. Influenced by the likes of Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Rihanna, the German-Persian beauty has dreams of forging a dance-pop career in the mainstream. Advertisement Listen to her debut album, Born of Fire, which has […]

Iconic Black Women: Coretta Scott King

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“I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information  Coretta Scott King Advertisement April 27, […]

R.I.P To NYC Legend BIG PUN

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(November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000) Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Christopher Lee Rios who many know as Big Pun will always remain a beloved figures in the New York hip-hop scene. The rapper who was of Puerto Rican descent, was 28 years old and nearly 700 pounds when he died in White Plains, New […]

#Dope #NYFashion Week Looks

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information   #Fashion week is always a very exciting time for #NYC. I really liked what I saw from the Nicholas K collection which displayed a dark color palette. The collection is tough, each look is loose and layered. Advertisement        

Music: Lil’ Durk “More Bars”

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Lil Durk recently dropped some heat for his fans. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Listen to “More Bars” above. Read more here. Advertisement Follow him @lildurk_

Miley Cyrus #Topless for German Vogue March Issue

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  Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Check out the latest pictures of the pop star in her revealing appearance on the upcoming cover of Vogue Germany‘s March issue. Miley went all out for the Marilyn Monroe’s look with the platinum blond hair and red lips. Advertisement I honestly love it!  What do you guys think? Other #MileyCyrus […]

Michael Bloomberg: UN Special Envoy For Climate Change

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his special envoy for cities and climate change, to build momentum for the U.N. summit meeting taking place in September. This appointment as U.N. special envoy is for two years. Congrats Mr. Bloomberg. Advertisement       […]

Black History Month Event: The Shabazz Center

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information   Starting Feburary 8 – March 30, the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center will open the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas” focusing on the seldom-viewed history and complex lives of people of dual African American and Native American ancestry.  Admission is FREE , […]

Iconic Black Women: Betty Shabazz

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“I wish you power that equals your intelligence and your strength. I wish you success that equals your talent and determination. And I wish you faith.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.”   […]

Is Chipotle Raising Their Prices?

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has become very popular. The chain is known for it’s high quality ingredients and customers appreciate that they can customize the toppings they put on their burritos, bowls or tacos. Advertisement Although Chipotle did see a 9.3% increase in sales, they are dealing with higher cost for ingredients such as […]

250 Million Primary School Age Children Are Unable To Read

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Talk about a “learning crisis”, at least 250 million of the world’s 650 million primary school age children are unable to read, write or do basic mathematics according to an independent report conducted for UNESCO. “Teachers have the future of this generation in their hands,” UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova said […]

Consumer Spending Helped Boost US Economy

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Consumer spending helped boost the US Economy: According to the Associated Press, there was a 3.2% annual rate growth in Q4 for US Economy, boosted by consumer spending. Great news indeed.    

Syria Peace Talks: “Starvation Should Not Be Used As A Weapon Of War.

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  Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “When you feed people who are starving, it’s not about gain. Starvation should not be used as a weapon of war.” said Louay Safi, a spokesman for the exile coalition representing the opposition in the Syria peace conference held in Geneva. Advertisement Lakhdar Brahimi (United Nations special envoy to Syria) […]

EdX Offers Free “Introduction to Music Business” Online Course

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  Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information I recently discovered a free “Introduction to Music Business” course that is being offered by EdX. Advertisement EdX offers online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, and many other universities. EdX is a non-profit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT. Their Courses are taught by talented professors, designed to […]

Coke Boys 4: French Montana is “Paranoid”

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information French Montana is “Paranoid” or at least so it seems in his new video. The track is off of his Coke Boys 4 mixtape and features Johnny May Cash, produced by Young Chop. Advertisement Be on the lookout for the remix video which features Diddy, Rick Ross, Chinx Drugz, Lil Durk & Jadakiss. […]

Ban Ki-moon: Iran’s invite to join Syria’s peace talks has now been withdrawn

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information So earlier this week, the U.N. secretary-general (Ban Ki-moon) invited Iran to join Syria’s peace talks in Switzerland however that invitation has now been withdrawn. Ban Ki-moon expressed that he was “deeply disappointed” by Iran’s statements about accepting the basic conditions of the talks. The invitation withdrawal came shortly after Iran’s […]

Immigration reform should be a top priority for US lawmakers in 2014

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Human Rights Watch said today in World Report 2014 that Congress should build on the progress made in 2013 and enact immigration reform early in the new year. Last year in June, the Senate passed a bill that would create a path to citizenship for millions of unauthorized immigrants and […]

Central African Republic is facing the risk of Genocide.

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information   The Central African Republic is facing the risk of genocide according to a UN humanitarian official. In addition, over 6,000 child soldiers may now be involved in the conflict as well. Their numbers are growing as clashes between Muslim and Christian communities increase. Advertisement The country has been in turmoil for […]

South Sudan has turned into a horrifying humanitarian and human rights disaster

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  Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information According to United Nations senior human rights officials Ivan Šimonović (Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights), The conflict in South Sudan has turned into a horrifying humanitarian and human rights disaster. Advertisement Mass atrocities have been committed by both sides with thousands of people killed and hundreds of thousands of others displaced. Mr. Šimonović says he has […]