About Desire Thompson

Desire is contributing writer for NewsOne.com and GlobalGrind.com

Since announcing their new “Race Together” initiative to combat race relations, Starbucks has been met with mixed reactions. Many believe the company is using the topic of race as a prop, while others slammed them over a lack of people of color in the accompanying campaign. In an op-ed for Medium, Starbucks’ Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Corey duBrowa, explained how […]

Two of the biggest companies in the food industry have issued recalls for their popular items. Trader Joe’s recalled five different brands of walnuts after discovering the batches may have traces of salmonella. The company announced Tuesday that the bags, which have a best buy date of December 2015, were potentially exposed to the deadly […]

A family is mourning the loss of 45-year-old Simone Jones, who died during a plastic surgery procedure in New York last month. The family is seeking a full refund for the botched job that caused Jones to lose her life, the Daily Mail reports. Jones went into cardiac arrest while getting liposuction at Lexington Plastic Surgeons in […]

RAW VIDEO: #Denver cop uses “inappropriate force,” pins woman’s neck with his knee in a jail cell: http://t.co/vp2aAv7hZB via @DPTV — Daniel Boniface (@danielboniface) March 11, 2015 The Denver Police Department has terminated an officer for using excessive force during an arrest last year. According to the Daily Mail, Officer James Medina was fired last Wednesday […]

A group of basketball players from Wisconsin were praised by classmates for defending a bullied cheerleader with down syndrome during a recent game. According to Bleacher Report, the teens were playing at Lincoln Middle School on Monday when they noticed Desiree Andrews being teased during her routine. Quickly taking action, the teens walked off the court to calmly tell […]

National leaders of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are investigating reports that other chapters have used the racist chant sung by University of Oklahoma frat members, according to the Los Angeles Times. The move comes after a video surfaced online of Oklahoma chapter members chanting the song, which contains lyrics that embrace lynching and excluding black people from […]

UPDATE: 3/11/2015 3:11 P.M.  Lil Wayne doesn’t have any worries. The rapper tweeted about the prank call that sent over 20 SWAT members to his Miami home earlier today. Prank kall mane — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) March 11, 2015 He also tossed a quick hint about his upcoming LP, the “Free Weezy Album.” […]

A brother and sister’s cries for help lead to pedestrians stepping in to save a 22-month-old Washington child from an attempted abductor. According to ABC7, surveillance cameras caught a man running with the child he grabbed from a stroller at a Sprague, Washington park on Sunday. Little Owen Wright was playing with his brother and sister […]

Just when April Simpson thought she was done with her viral fame, her colleagues put her face to face with her faux doppelgänger –The Hamburglar. If you’ve been living off the grid, then you might have missed the viral video of the St. Louis reporter giving fellow anchor Tim Ezell an epic side-eye for comparing her black […]

A Philadelphia woman known as the “Black Madam,” thanks to her secret body sculpting parties, has been convicted of murder after she illegally injected silicone into a woman’s buttocks, causing her death. A jury found Padge-Victoria Windslowe guilty of third-degree murder for the 2011 death of Claudia Aderotimi. The mother of one died after the silicone injected […]

With help from the wonderful world of technology, a new domestic violence ad is catching the eyes of onlookers. The interactive ad launched Sunday in light of International Women’s Day. The billboards were posted in London’s biggest areas with the poignant quote, “Look at me.” Using face recognition, the billboard points out onlookers. As more people stare at […]

  A pair of twins has been added to the growing list of people, places, and dresses that have the web buzzing. Maria and Lucy Aylmer, 18, were born to a Caucasian father and half-Jamaican mother in Gloucester, United Kingdom. The biracial butterflies are different in more ways than one. Maria favors her mother with curly hair, […]