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Boris Kodjoe Resists Sex-Symbol Status
It’s not easy being ridiculously good looking. Just ask Boris Kodjoe, who recently admitted that he’s had to fight to overcome the stigma of his celebrated appearance. “Over the past few years, it’s been more of a hindrance in that I had to really work 10 times as hard to establish myself and prove to…
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Sigma Gamma Rho Gets Attention for Hazing Scandals
Sigma Gamma Rho has been getting national attention lately, but probably not the kind the sorority wants for its organization. In January, six Sigma Gamma Rho members from Rutgers University were arrested after a pledge accused them of striking her 200 times with a wooden paddle, sending her to the hospital. And in August, a…
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Pennsylvania Judge Rejects Plea Deal for 'White Boy'
Judge Joseph K. Williams is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore! The Allegheny County, Pa., judge made headlines Tuesday when he denied a plea deal for a white defendant accused of trying to fight with cops after a traffic stop because he said the prosecutor who offered it negotiates plea deals…
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Kanye West Reportedly Snubs Oprah Winfrey
It’s not as if Kanye West hasn’t warned everyone with his actions, words and even his latest song, “Runaway,” that he’s really more interested in Kanye than in anyone else. So if it’s true that he canceled a performance on Oprah Winfrey’s show, along with the follow-up — a tell-all interview with the talk-show queen…
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Glenn Beck to Ride in on a White Horse?
Ever wonder why cable TV show host Glenn Beck gets so emotional when he talks about the Founding Fathers and the Constitution? Patriotism aside, the key to his fervor may be found in the “White Horse” prophecy of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith Jr. Some have theorized that when Beck, who is Mormon, says the Constitution is…
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Are Black Employees and Black Bosses a Bad Mix?
An inappropriate sense of familiarity? Entitlement? Disrespect? These are all issues that plague many African Americans who manage fellow African Americans in the workplace, according to a recent article in The Atlanta Post. There are few concrete examples of this behavior given, but one anonymous nonprofit executive reportedly confided, “An African-American manager asked his black…
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'Queen of Gospel' Dies at 81
Albertina Walker, a songstress so legendary she’s known as the Queen of Gospel Music, died Friday morning at 4:30 at the age of 81. The Chicago native began her amateur career singing in her church choir at the young age of 4 and, after being urged into the music business by her mentor, Mahalia Jackson,…
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Bloomberg: No Food Stamps for Soda
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has long made it one of his goals to clear his city of unhealthy foods — the banning of trans fats was a notable move — and this week he asked the federal government if he could forbid the city’s food-stamp recipients from using stamps to buy soda. Some…
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Rangel and Waters Hearings to Happen After Elections
It turns out that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who made an impassioned plea in August not to be left “swinging in the wind until November” while awaiting his ethics hearings, will indeed be doing exactly that. The ethics trials for both Rangel, who is up for re-election, and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) have been officially…
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Why This FAMU Freshman Chose an HBCU Over Harvard
By Lauren Williams When a boy enters first grade at the age of 4 and high school at the age of 12, it’s a foregone conclusion that the child will end up at a Harvard or a Stanford or a Cornell. Right? Not if the boy is Ralph Jones Jr., a 16-year-old freshman at Florida…
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