Should Black Americans Care That Trump Is Targeting African Nations For Deportation After Years of Africans Being So Damn Disrespectful To Us?
This Alabama City’s First-Ever Black Councilwoman Receives Letter Calling Her N-Word, and That’s Not All
New Development for White Michigan Karen Who Lied and Said Two Black Men Assaulted Her
Arkansas Deputy Gets His Karma After Racist Video Spreads Online
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Aaron McGruder, Post-Racial Obama Hater?
In any household where small children live, the rules of engagement must be spelled out and clarified as early and often as possible. ”You know this is HOUSE business right?” my husband often says to our elementary-age kids. As in, don’t bring up Mommy’s sibling beef in front of company. Nobody needs to know about…
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Job Hunting Advice for Cows
Yes, I said “cows.” I use it as a term of endearment, mostly; doesn’t matter if you’re fat or thin, young or old. I also use it instead of the “b” word, which I try to never use, but it wants to slip out every now and then, usually while I’m driving (well over the…
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Black People More Fond of Twitter than Whites
Black folks are fond of the Twitternets, more so than their White counterparts. While Business Insider explains why this might be, Black Voices explores another angle. Those are all pretty interesting insights, but I think Business Insider is missing out on the very obvious fact that blacks and Latinos often prefer to stay connected with…
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How the Govt's Complicit in Obesity Epidemic
Agricultural subsidies are making Americans fat, or so sayeth one blogger on Mercola.com I believe many of our society’s chronic health problems could be resolved if attention was paid, at the highest levels of government, to the root problem – our agricultural subsidies. If growers of subsidized fresh vegetables were in a clear majority, you…
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Denzel, Fela! Among Tony Award Nominees
It’s Tony Awards nomination time and the Broadway productions of Fences and Fela! are well-represented among the nominees. Notably, Fences has been nominated for best revival, Fela! for best musical and, individually, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis for their work in Fences. The Tony Awards will be broadcast June 13th Click Here for a complete…
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Sheila Johnson: Not Exactly Proud of BET
Sheila Johnson is ashamed of what’s become of BET, which Johnson once co-owned Black Entertainment Television, which Sheila Crump Johnson and her husband Bob started three decades ago with $15,000 in seed money and a $500,000 investment from media mogul John Malone, made her one of wealthiest women in America. When Viacom bought them out…
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Why Blacks Should Be Outraged at Arizona's Immigration Law
A law that makes people suspects on the basis of their looks should outrage African Americans, even if they are worried about illegal immigration. The immigration law passed in Arizona last week is the kind of reckless act that keeps us minorities paranoid in America. The new law compels local law enforcers to verify immigration…
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Broke? Have a Laugh. There's a Club and Everything.
Two women in Zimbabwe have decided to combat the economic conditions in the country with a good laugh. Shilpa Shah and Celina Stockill believe they will help people cope with the strains of Zimbabwean life. They recently held workshops at the Harare International Festival of the Arts, with a range of exercises to encourage good…
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CT Teen Caught Up in Times Square Bombing Plot
Peggy Colas, a 19-year-old (shown here), wanted to pick up some quick cash and sold off her 1993 Nissan Pathfinder to a soft-spoken man who said he was going to use it to tool around New York and visit friends. It was only later that she found out the Pathfinder was involved in the Times…
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Man Held in Attempted Times Square Bombing
A Connecticut man from Pakistan is being held in connection with the attempted car bombing of Times Square. A U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, where he had a family, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to…