Texas Mother’s Reasoning for Allegedly Boiling Her Baby Will Make You Cry
After Dissing Black Americans For Years, African Immigrants Want Us To Care As Trump Tries to Deport Them. A Professor Explains What We should Do
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
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UN Report: 100 Villagers Massacred in Congo
The Lord’s Resistance Army of the Congo is responsible for a series of massacres of villagers in the region. The latest to be reported claims that over 100 were killed by the rebel force: U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said he learned of the killings on Saturday when he visited Niangara, the nearest town which…
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In Mourning Coal Miners, A Glimpse of What America Can Be
Last Sunday’s funeral service for the 29 coal miners in West Virginia was, for Dr. William Turner, a glimpse into the American spirit. President Barack Obama, the eulogist, put our shared ideas and aims best when he said, “We are all family. We are Americans. We have to look out for one another.” To me…
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Authorities Look for Culprits of Failed Times Square Bomb
NYC officials and federal authorities are searching for clues following the failed Times Square bombing over the weekend. They have taken a particular interest in a man seen near the explosives-laden vehicle in footage taken by a nearby security camera. The hunt was on Monday for a middle-aged man who was videotaped shedding his shirt…
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King James Rules Again
LeBron James, currently in the hunt for his first NBA championship, has picked up a little personal hardware along the way. Scanning an audience which came to celebrate his second straight runaway NBA MVP award, James pointed out his former high school coaches and best friends. He praised his mom, Gloria, who somehow raised him…
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Wal-Mart Greeter Becomes Face of Class Action History
Wal-Mart greeter Betty Dukes is good for a smile and a warm greeting. She’s also a woman willing to take a stand against what she believes to be discrimination. As the first “named plaintiff” in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the ordained Baptist minister also is the face of the largest gender bias class action lawsuit in…
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NEWS STAND: Obama Takes On Gulf Spill; Taliban Claim NY Car Bomb, Usher, Mariah and Nick (again) and more..
President Obama to do everything `humanly possible’ on spillhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hIfwUDeBxbANKX2GATS6YOiMTnJQD9FEVEB01 As if we needed to hear this. We think it’s interesting that folks are trying to lay this disaster at his feet. The Obama administration should have responded more quickly to the spill? Which is it? More government or less government? Oversight on this but no…
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Celebrating Two Women Who Were Doers
As most should know, we recently lost Dorothy Height and Evelyn Cunningham. Both women were in their 90s, but neither would ever have accepted the idea that publicity equals the truth of importance or the truth of important effort. Since the world of public relations has become as influential as fact, people who read little do…
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Malcolm X's Complex Legacy
Thomas Hagan, the only man to ever admit his role in the assassination of Malcolm X, was freed on parole last week, providing an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of the slain civil rights hero. Reports on Hagan’s release have remained on the fringes of media attention, a sign of the complexity…
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VIDEO: Watch Obama at White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Barack Obama brought it at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last night in Washington, DC. All bets are off in the roast-like atmosphere of the annual black-tie shindig attended by thousands of political and media elites. Watch the video in two parts, below: PART 1 PART 2 To watch the entire address at…
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AZ Immigration Law Fuels Protests in 80 Cities
Today thousands of demonstrators in 80 cities across the U.S. protested Arizona’s draconian new law targeting illegal immigration, and called for federal reform. It was the fifth year in a row that nationwide immigration rallies were held on May 1, but this year — in the wake of Arizona’s passage of a controversial state law…