USA Today is reporting that the black population is declining in a number of major cities, including Chicago; Oakland, Calif.; Atlanta; Cleveland; and St. Louis, Mo., according to 2010 census data. Twenty of 25 cities that have populations of at least 250,000 people and black populations of 20 percent either lost more blacks or gained…

Gawker is reporting that disco legend and R&B singer Loleatta Holloway has died of heart failure. Holloway is best known for her disco hits “Love Sensation” and “Hit and Run,” which were heavily sampled. “Love Sensation” was most famously sampled by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch on their ’90s hit “Good Vibrations,” for which…

The Associated Press is reporting that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor decided Tuesday to review medical records from Michael Jackson’s longtime dermatologist Arnold Klein. Pastor is reviewing the records before deciding whether they should be turned over to defense attorneys seeking to show that the singer was addicted to a powerful painkiller at…

Former NPR employee Juan Williams has done it again. This time while guest-hosting on The O’Reilly Factor last night, Williams said that he gets nervous when walking past black guy. He was interviewing Dr. Caroline Helmand, professor at Occidental College, at the time. The two were initially discussing the most recent “rant” of New York…

Fresh from our “Blame a black man” file, Thomas Haynesworth of Richmond, Va., has finally been freed to come home after serving 27 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Haynesworth was 18 years old when he was arrested as he walked to the market to buy sweet potatoes and bread for Sunday…

The blogosphere is buzzing about a letter penned by Jaclyn Fujita, the wife of Cleveland Brown’s linebacker Scott Fujita. Dave Zirin of The Nation helped bring the letter, which was originally written for catharsis, to the attention of the masses, to give people an idea of what NFL players go through. Jaclyn Fujita was prodded…

BV Newswire is reporting that Boris Kodjoe may get another crack at network television. Kodjoe has been cast in the ABC pilot Georgetown as a “fiercely intelligent senior adviser.” The hourlong project, written by Will Fetters, is described as a sexy soap centered around the young people behind the power brokers of Washington, D.C. It centers…

Susie Madrak of Crooks and Liars is reporting that the Minnesota GOP is pushing legislation that would make it a crime for people on public assistance to have more than $20 in cash in their pockets any given month. Get this — this is a change from their initial proposal, which banned them from having…