During a segment of his show, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly erupted into a rant against the black community while discussing crime in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. “The civil rights industry will not take on the black crime problem because that would require…

A new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll presents more evidence that Americans are deeply divided on issues of race and justice following the trial of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the death of the unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, NBC News reports. The former neighborhood-watch captain’s lawyers argued that the shooting was not racially motivated. In the…

Cornel West continued his attack on the president in the wake of Obama’s speech after the George Zimmerman verdict. This time West went after MSNBC, calling the network a “rent-a-Negro” phenomenon, EURweb reports. The Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the president’s biggest proponents, is a host on the network. Well, West made a visit to…

East Cleveland police on Sunday publicly identified the suspect in the deaths of three women who were discovered wrapped in trash bags, the Associated Press reports. And no more bodies were discovered following a search by officers and volunteers, reports show. [East Cleveland Police Chief Ralph] Spotts says Sunday that 35-year-old registered sex offender Michael Madison…

The Wrap is reporting that the Motion Picture Association of America on Friday overturned an earlier ruling that will permit the Weinstein Company to use the titles Lee Daniels’ The Butler or The White House Butler, following a hard-fought battle with Warner Bros. The Association, however, upheld its decision that the Weinstein Company could not…

Despite the outrage over his Twitter attack on President Obama’s remarks on race in America following George Zimmerman’s acquittal, Black America Web reports that Tavis Smiley defended his comments Sunday during an appearance on Meet the Press. During the interview, he restated his tweet, saying he thought the president’s remarks were too little, too late,…

(The Root) — Best-selling conservative author Brad Thor, who has written thrillers like The Last Patriot, offered to buy a new gun and ammunition for George Zimmerman on Twitter after learning that the Department of Justice has delayed returning his weapon following his acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford,…

In nearly 100 cities across the nation on Saturday, scores of demonstrators gathered to support Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old whose shooting death in Florida last year underscored racial tensions in America and propelled a fiery debate about the profiling of young black males. The point of the rallies, which took place in cities including New…