The singer officially entered his plea this morning.

R. Kelly spent the weekend in jail after failing to pay in bond for release. He appeared in court again on Monday, February 25, for the second time in two days. The singer entered a not guilty plea to all charges in his criminal sexual abuse case via his lawyer, Steve Greenberg.

The R&B icon is facing 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. His bond was set at $1 million, ten percent of which he is required to pay in order to secure his release.

 Until further notice, Kelly is set to travel back and forth between the Cook County jail and the courtroom since he has yet to hand in the full sum of $100,000 to legal authorities. 

"This is someone who should be wealthy at this stage of his career," Kelly's attorney Steve Greenberg said, citing "bad deals" hangers-on" and "bad deals" as the source of his financial woes. 

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During the hearing, the judge also upheld a previous ruling that relieves Kelly 

from having to pay $161,663 in back child support prior to posting bond. 

This decision may help Kelly and his team's efforts to put together the cash required to post bail. Some of his female fans are reportedly raising funds to offer further assistance.

CHICAGO — R&B star R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Monday to a series of sexual-abuse charges involving minors, and after posting bond in the afternoon was expected to be released shortly, authorities said.

Kelly, 52, wore an orange jumpsuit with DOC on the back for his brief court appearance.

The singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, surrendered to police Friday. Hours earlier, prosecutors unsealed his indictment on 10 counts of felony aggravated sexual abuse involving four alleged victims, three of whom were younger than 17.

Each count carries a prison sentence of three to seven years if convicted.

Kelly's bond was set at $1 million Saturday, meaning he had to come up with 10 percent in cash before being released.

There had been a question if Kelly needed to make good on $161,663 in child support dues before posting bail, but lawyers agreed he could post bond even with that debt looming over him.

Kelly has been held in the hospital area of the jail.

"He's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances," Steve Greenberg, his lawyer, said. "The jail staff has been great; they got him at the hospital unit, not because he's sick or anything like that but because that’s the most secure place for him to be, and he's certainly hoping to get out of jail."

California attorney Michael Avenatti on Friday claimed that his office gave prosecutors video recordings of Kelly having sex with one of the victims, a 14-year-old girl.

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I can confirm that we will be providing a second video showing R. Kelly engaged in sexual assault of a minor to prosecutors this morning. This tape was recently uncovered in connection with our ongoing nationwide investigation on behalf of victims. Justice must be done.

Avenatti, who was in court for the hearing Monday, told reporters afterward that he had handed over to prosecutors another tape uncovered by his investigators of Kelly allegedly "engaged in sexual assault of a minor." This recording is 55 minutes, was shot around 1999 or 2000 and shows the defendant having sex with the girl, according to Avenatti.

It wasn't immediately clear if this new footage is of the same alleged victim or another one from Friday's indictment.

Avenatti did not explain how he came to have the recordings, saying only: "We're getting our hands on these tapes through the 10-month investigation that we've undertaken on a pro-bono basis around the country."

"This man deserves to be locked up for the rest of his life," Avenatti said. "This reign of abuse and assault by Mr. Kelly is about to come to an abrupt and permanent end."

What Do Nonprofits Need More Than Funding?

It’s no secret that nonprofits, particularly those that are primarily funded by state and local government, are increasingly starved for cash needed to carry out their missions. But another deficit is less apparent — finding new and effective leaders for thousands of nonprofits at all levels: national, regional and local.

The problem, according to research from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and others, affects the nonprofit sector as a whole. But solutions — particularly for resource-starved community-based nonprofits — may also be found at the local and regional levels, and involve other nonprofits as well as academic institutions and professional organizations.

Perhaps we can draw a lesson from the ways that successful corporations address this issue. I know from my background as a senior manager and marketing executive at consumer companies that leadership training is considered critical to the career path of the manager as well as the success of the organization.

But what can nonprofits — particularly local and regional organizations — do to provide training for their future leadership teams? How can they develop their existing volunteers and donors as leaders? How can they also leverage the energy, commitment and expertise of community members as future leaders through independent, community-based training programs? And how can experienced volunteers — particularly women — use the training to help to make the transition to nonprofit careers, utilizing the experience gained both as volunteers and in their professional lives?

Sometimes the answer lies in tapping the resources provided by other local and regional nonprofits. Within The Junior League, for example, there are a number of training programs that illustrate the opportunity:

The Junior League of Austin participates in a program called Leadership Austin that has provided training to community and non-profit leaders from all walks of life for more than 30 years. Program components include: exploring critical community issues, developing the leadership skills to address those issues, and fostering relationships to work collaboratively for positive change.

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina prompted the Junior League of New Orleans to create its Get on Board program, a five-week course that provides intensive training for community members for nonprofit board leadership in New Orleans, including placement opportunities. For more than 20 years, the New York Junior League’s Nonprofit Boards Clearinghouse has trained men and women to be effective board members and introduces them to dynamic New York City nonprofit agencies through a structured placement process.

The Junior League of Los Angeles’ Public Policy Institute engages both JLLA members and non-members in a hands-on program to understand and influence public policy issues at the city and state levels. Another JLLA leadership program called the Appointments to Boards and Commissions Institute (ABCI) helps League members qualify for an appointment to one of California’s many public boards and commissions at the local, county, and state governmental levels.

Other training opportunities can be found at academic institutions, professional organizations and advocacy groups looking to professionalize non-profit management. For example:

• The New School for Public Engagement, along with other colleges and universities, offers a master’s degrees in nonprofit management.
• The New York Association for Volunteer Administration serves the volunteer resources management profession in the New York City area.
• The Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration provides certification for volunteer administration.
• The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance partners with colleges and universities to prepare, certify and connect young people to careers with our nonprofit partners, including the Boy Scouts of America, the YMCA of the USA, Girl Scouts of the USA and the National Urban League.
• The University of Kansas’ Community Tool Box is a global online resource for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities.

While there is unquestionably more that can be done, enormous strides have been made since I entered nonprofit management to increase training at all levels, from volunteers to executive directors. And this is a good trend!

A Coast Guard lieutenant arrested last Friday on gun and drug charges allegedly wanted to conduct a mass killing.

Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, of Silver Spring, Maryland, is alleged to be a white supremacist who had a hit list that included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC. Hasson's case was first circulated by counterterrorism expert Seamus Hughes and the George Washington Program on Extremism.

Hasson's hit list includes Democratic politicians -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Kamala Harris of California, as well as former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas -- as well as CNN journalists Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones and MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Ari Melber and Joe Scarborough.

Court documents say Hasson espoused extremist and white supremacist views and allege that he relied on the manifesto of Anders Breivik, a Norwegian who was convicted in 2011 of two terror attacks that killed 77 people.

The government says Hasson also stockpiled steroids and human growth hormone "to increase his ability to conduct attacks," consistent with the directions in Breivik's manifesto.

"The defendant is a domestic terrorist, bent on committing acts dangerous to human life that are intended to affect governmental conduct," prosecutors wrote.

Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Barry Lane, spokesman for US Coast Guard Headquarters, said in a statement that the arrest was part of an investigation led by the Coast Guard.

"An active duty Coast Guard member, stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, was arrested last week on illegal weapons and drug charges as a result of an ongoing investigation led by the Coast Guard Investigative Service, in cooperation with the FBI and Department of Justice. Because this is an open investigation, the Coast Guard has no further details at this time," Lane said.

Musing in a draft email acquired by prosecutors, Hasson allegedly wrote, "I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth."

In another draft email, apparently written to a known American neo-Nazi leader, Hasson allegedly wrote, "We need a white homeland as Europe seems lost."

When law enforcement agents searched his house they found 15 guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, according to the documents.

Hasson, who is assigned to Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, is a former Marine. He will appear Thursday in US District Court for the District of Maryland for a hearing.

In a statement, Blumenthal spokeswoman Maria McElwain said he was thankful for the FBI's intervention.

"Senator Blumenthal is grateful to the FBI and federal prosecutors for their work on this case and their ongoing efforts to combat violent and hateful extremism," McElwain said.

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Can HBCUs Solve Their Athletic Recruiting Crisis?

The symptoms are well-known, well-documented and persistent over the last few generations – historically black athletic programs, once a bright jewel in the crown of thorns atop the societal ills of segregation and discrimination, can no longer compete. They can’t compete for quality athletes, for corporate support, for fan attention, for media coverage, for championships beyond non-revenue sports like track and bowling.

Flat out, HBCUs can’t compete – but our pride forces our heads to the sky and shoulders to the plow to continue our efforts in building these programs to some level of mid-major respectability, while the rest of college sports mutates within a growing billion-dollar industry of television rights, apparel contracts and corporate synergy.

But behind all of that, there is a dark HBCU secret which never really finds voice in mainstream media – the secret that HBCU athletes of 20 years ago now have athletically gifted children who may be interested in attending HBCUs.

But when they tell coaches and coordinators about their kids, they rarely receive a response, and almost never a formal offer.

Such is the case with Howard University football alumnus Tim Watson, who took to Facebook yesterday to exorcise his frustrations with the lack of recruiting engagement with two of his children, whom he says have now accepted, or are in the process of accepting, scholarships from predominantly white Division I programs.

The post, which drew a response from Howard University President Wayne Frederick, is way too common among HBCU alumni, who seemingly do all they can to funnel their children to HBCUs for sports and academics, only to be turned away by non-response, bad customer service, or flat out rejection without explanation.

There’s no easy way to break down why this happens. Every student who wants to go to a specific HBCU may not be scholastically qualified for that specific campus, and every parent with HBCU wishes for their child may not have met every deadline, paid every fee and followed every step to make it a reality.

Conversely, there are too many coaches and recruiters who are just flat-out lazy, and use the excuse of low-resources as a way to limit their own creativity in reaching out to potential students and athletes, even those inside of their home states.

Given the gray area in between both of those realities, and the unique differences in resources and culture at every school, it’s impossible to suggest that there is a one-stop solution that can work for every campus. But some things are just apparently necessary to close the gap between the athletic assessment of a proud parent, and the limitations of a coach or recruiter exacerbated by a lack of money, general laziness, a lack of oversight, or a combination of all three.

Are coaches and alumni working together to put on football camps in major cities outside of the typical recruiting area? Are we seeking levels of community or corporate support to subsidize camps to make them more affordable for all kinds of families? Are athletic directors and national alumni officers working together to meld budgets for travel, digital recruiting services?

Are high school coaches in talent rich areas being invited to our campuses to tour facilities, to be engaged for advice on how to recruit from their areas? Are we sending those same coaches back with bags of branded equipment or keepsake for student athletes to have during the season? Are we hiring coaches from talent rich areas to give them a shot at Division I or II coaching experience?

Some campuses may have these recommendations checked off. Some may have none. And depending on where you live and where your HBCU is, there’s little that can be done to get a coach from Delaware State to scout a kid in Atlanta when the head coach believes in the talent pipeline he’s built in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania corridor – all of which can be covered without airfare or extended lodging costs.

There’s little that can be done to convince a parent to send his child to football camp in DC when he lives in Houston, hasn’t donated to the athletic program since graduating, and hasn’t spoken of the program until he wanted his child to play for them on a full scholarship.

Of course, that’s not every coach or parent, but maybe there’s enough of both living and acting that way that have contributed to this secret undercurrent of HBCU athletics being stuck in neutral across many schools, conferences and geographic regions. And while the rich are getting richer, everyone outside of our communities is beginning to grow impatient with how long the death of HBCU sports is actually taking. From Vice Sports:

Grambling State, Southern, and other HBCU football programs are technically in Division I’s Football Championship Subdivision, along with other smaller schools, but even then they don’t compete in the FCS playoffs. Rather, due to lack of overall competitiveness, the winners of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) meet in their own “bowl game” at the end of the season. “They want to still have that aura of being a Division I school, but they don’t have the Division I resources,” Polite said.

In short, the black schools are struggling, and essentially segregated from the rest of Division I athletics. And that raises a thorny question: Is it time for them to drop out of Division I altogether?

Is it time for us to drop out? Or is it time for us to step up and move in unison to do something we haven’t done in more than 30 years – compete for our own respect?

Actor Jussie Smollett faked a threatening letter and then, a week later, staged a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago because he was “dissatisfied with his salary” on the “Empire” television show, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday morning.

Smollett paid two brothers he knew $3,500 to fake the attack in the 300 block of East North Water Street around 2 a.m. Jan. 29, Johnson said, striking him a few times and putting a noose around his neck in front of a camera they erroneously thought caught the act. The superintendent called the scheme “shameful” and wondered how an African-American could set up a racist attack for a “publicity stunt.”

“First, Smollett attempted to gain attention by sending a false letter that relied on racial, homophobic and political language,” Johnson said. “When that didn’t work, Smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and drag Chicago’s reputation through the mud in the process. … This stunt was orchestrated by Smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. So he concocted a story about being attacked.”

What led to the arrest

Area Central Cmdr. Edward Wodnicki, who led the investigation, said police and private surveillance cameras were critical to tracing the movements of the brothers and giving detectives a break in the case. He said the brothers’ use of a taxi and a ride-share service were also tracked by detectives. Wodnicki said about 50 subpoenas and search warrants were issued, and social media and video were reviewed.

Detectives learned the brothers had left for Nigeria after the reported attack and that they were coming back Feb. 13. They were then arrested and the probe began to “spin” in a new direction, he said. The two testified before a Cook County grand jury Wednesday, hours before charges against Smollett were announced. “I’m told they did an excellent job,” Wodnicki said.

The brothers’ attorney, Gloria Schmidt, declined to give much detail about the evidence presented to grand jurors. She did say her clients got money from Smollett and that she believes they were in contact with the actor at least once since the attack was reported. The Tribune is not identifying the brothers because they have not been charged with a crime.

Schmidt urged Smollett to come clean.

“I think that Jussie’s conscience is probably not letting him sleep right now, so I think that he should unload that conscience and just come out and tell the American people what actually happened,” the attorney said.

Smollett’s attorneys released a statement saying that “like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked. Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense.”

Smollett is represented by local attorneys Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson as well as high-profile Los Angeles-based lawyer Mark Geragos, who has represented celebrities including pop star Michael Jackson, R&B singer Chris Brown and actress Winona Ryder

Early doubts

Smollett, who is African-American and openly gay, has said he was walking from a Subway sandwich shop to his apartment in the 300 block of East North Water Street around 2 a.m. Jan. 29 when two men walked up, yelled racial and homophobic slurs, hit him and wrapped a noose around his neck. Smollett said they also yelled, “This is MAGA country!” referring to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan.

Chicago police initially launched a hate crime investigation, but as it progressed, some police sources privately expressed doubts after finding little, if any, corroborating evidence or video of a crime. Police did release an image of two men seen in the area of Smollett’s building around the same time, but it was blurry and dark. Smollett said his music manager was on the phone with him at the time and would support his story, but the actor refused to turn over his full phone records, instead handing police redacted records.

Police say the case began to close in on Smollett last week when detectives took the two brothers, 25 and 27, into custody after they were captured by surveillance cameras in the area around the time of the incident. The brothers were arrested at O’Hare International Airport, and police raided their North Side town home.

Last Friday, police called them “potential suspects” but then released them 12 hours later.

The shift in the investigation’s focus came amid often bitter public debate and stinging skepticism on social media — doubts that Smollett addressed in a national TV interview and in a strongly worded statement after the brothers were released.

Days after Smollett reported the attack, President Trump told reporters at the White House that he had seen a story about it and “it doesn’t get worse, as far as I'm concerned.” But the day after Smollett was charged with making it up, Trump complained the actor had used his MAGA slogan to cast his attackers as racist. “What about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!?” he tweeted.

Meanwhile, there is also a federal investigation into the letter that is still pending, though Johnson indicated the letter was fake too.

A week before the alleged attack, Smollett told police he received the threatening letter at work. Witnesses told police a postal worker dropped off the letter at the Chicago studio where “Empire” is filmed. It was postmarked in southwest suburban Bedford Park on Jan. 18 and bore two American flag stamps. The letters “MAGA” were written in the upper-left corner of the envelope.

At the end of his news conference, Johnson was asked what justice would mean in this case.

“Absolute justice would be an apology to the city he smeared,” the superintendent said. “Now, our city has problems. We know that. But to put the national spotlight on Chicago for something that is both egregious and untrue is simply shameful.”

Johnson told reporters Smollett’s actions were particularly harmful to legitimate hate crime victims in the city.

“The Chicago Police Department will continue to investigate all reports of these type of incidents with the same amount of vigor as we did with this one,” the superintendent said. “My concern is that hate crimes will now be publicly met with a level of skepticism that previously didn’t happen.”

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The Drama Continues.....When will it stop

For years now, Mo’Nique has been ripping into anyone who challenged or critique her. She recorded a phone conversation with Tyler Perry and posted it online. 

She accused Kym Whitley of flirting with her husband. She questioned Roland Martin’s long history of activism. Most recently, she attacked Whoopi Goldberg by saying she has “always been the help.”

Whoopi Goldberg

In a recent interview with Vulture, Mo’Nique talked about her exchange with the Hollywood legend on “The View” last year. The “Precious” star said, “When you have a woman saying, ‘I could have schooled you,’ someone would say, ‘What was the schooling going to be?’ When I look at this woman you say is our icon and our legend — she is.”

She continued, “But, how many things has Whoopi Goldberg executive produced? Whoopi Goldberg has always been the help, and I say that humbly. So what is it that you’re going to school me on? I’ve been doing it for almost 30 years.” She also added, Whoopi “didn’t give a damn about me,”

Mo’Nique also dug into Goldberg’s past, “This is a woman who says ‘I could have schooled you,’ and this is a woman who accepted Ted Danson in blackface, and our community praises this woman. So often times, we do it to ourselves. But, I just can’t. Understand, I love my sister. However, when you know you’re being fed the wrong food, you must say, ‘I can’t chew this, y’all.’”

Doesn’t sound much like love.

Mo’Nique appeared on The Breakfast Club  to defend her Netflix boycott. As expected, the 40-minute interview was extremely tense with Mo upset that Charlamagne labeled her the Donkey of the Day. After the interview, Mo’Nique compared him to a slave master who allows his wife to be raped by the master.

While on Sway’s morning show on Sirius XM, Mo’Nique revealed that the lead actors of 2016’s Almost Christmas were paid less than one million dollars combined to appear in the film. She called out Will Packer, who was a producer on the film. Mo’Nique claimed that she (along with her husband) met with Packer and “that man looks us in our eyes and he says, ‘I would like to offer you a three-picture deal and a sitcom, but I need you to do me this solid.’ That’s why I did it.” She described Packer as a Black producer who walked her to a “slave ship.”

However, Jawn Murray reported that Will Packer tried to work with Mo’nique, but she and her husband were extremely demanding. Jawn even claims that Packer alleges Mo’Nique’s husband tried to “swindle” more money out of a studio producer. You can watch a clip of Jawn’s video here.

Sheryl Underwood and Steve Harvey

In the same Sway interview above, Mo’Nique claims Sheryl Underwood told her to take low offers. Sheryl quickly responded on The Talk, “I do not recollect ever asking her to take less money, especially if she felt she was violated. What I asked her to do and what I was hoping that she would do was talk to Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels… Now, she may not agree with me but what I do commend her for now is having the discussion that will hopefully open the door to solving this racial and gender inequity problem that we see.”

Mo’Nique clapped back in a podcast rant, “I watched my sister Sheryl Underwood sit on that stage on The Talk and she said, ‘Let me be clear about something. I never told Mo’Nique to take low offers. I told Mo’Nique if she asked for forgiveness from Oprah, Lee Daniels and Tyler Perry then things would be okay.’ Sheryl Underwood is telling a lie. I can’t call my sister a liar but I will say she’s lying. I have the proof of the conversation.”

She also called out Steve Harvey for saying on his radio show that she has burned a lot of bridges, but won’t have her on the show to explain her side. Mo’Nique said, “Someone put in the room, it’s a damn shame Steve Harvey would meet with Donald Trump, but now with our sister.” She also added, “I remember when he came out with the meeting with Donald Trump, he said, ‘He a good man!’ … But you on your radio show, saying that this woman is messing it up.”

Kym Whitley was asked about Mo’Nique blasting Tyler Perry, Oprah and Lee Daniels on The Real back in May. Whitley was fairly diplomatic by explaining comedians express their frustrations on stage so she understood Mo’Nique’s anger. She also joked Mo’Nique was starting to sound like the “old auntie at a table.”

Mo’Nique has been blasting Oprah for years. Reportedly, it all started when Oprah asked Mo’Nique why she wasn’t doing more press for 2009’s Precious. Then, Oprah allegedly had Mo’Nique’s abusive family on The Oprah Winfrey Show — it’s unclear if Mo’Nique gave her permission. Now, Mo’Nique is calling out Oprah for being “complicit” in the way she has been treated, in the same Sway interview referenced above, she stressed, “My family is hurting because these low offers keep coming in … When those four entities, Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels, Tyler Perry and Lionsgate, allowed that lie to go on and simply because I would not work for free.”

Most recently, she took more shots at Oprah, especially at the idea of her running for president. She questions why Black women would support Oprah. “See, everybody talking Oprah Winfrey for president and we are rallying behind her. The Black women are saying, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah’ — but let me ask y’all a question, when does she ever rally behind us? What award show does she get up on the stage and say, ‘hashtag me too’?”

Lee Daniels

Mo has been ripping into Lee Daniels ever since he said in 2015 that she needs to “play ball” in Hollywood. Allegedly, Mo’Nique was originally supposed to play Cookie in Empire, but Fox was weary of her so-called reputation — Daniels has denied this. Here is one of many clips of Mo calling out Lee Daniels, Tyler and Oprah, where she famously said, “Y’all could suck my d*ck if I had one!”

Mo’Nique’s call-out list also includes The Talk‘s Julie Chen, The Real‘s Adrienne Bailon, Tony Rock and  probably more than we can count.

Well, no one can say Mo’Nique doesn’t fight for what she believes is right.

The Craziness Continues and People are Clapping back at Mo'Nique