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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Robert Hicks Passes Away at 81
Robert Hicks, one of the last remaining members of the Deacons of Defense and Justice, has passed away Mr. Hicks died of cancer at his home in Bogalusa on April 13 at the age of 81, his wife said. He was one of the last surviving Deacon leaders. But his role in the civil rights…
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10 Reasons Ann Claire Williams Could Be the Next Supreme Court Justice
From Urban Politico. Ten reasons Ann Claire Williams could don robes in the High Court #10) She is from Chi-Town.Well, actually she’s originally from Detroit, however, she currently lives and works in Chicago and has strong ties there. What does this have to do with being a Supreme Court Justice, you ask? Absolutely nothing. BUT…
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NEWS STAND: Killer Tornado, Pastor Obama
Killer Tornado Takes 10 Lives in MississippiMother Nature is officially pissed. In case you haven’t been paying attention to the mudslides and earthquakes, a tornado ripped through the rural Mississippi countryside killing 10 people. About 100 homes in Yazoo City were leveled. The home of the Blues may be down, but it’s not quite out.…
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Ohio Man Arrested in NC for Wanting to "See" Pres. Obama
An Ohio man was arrested outside Asheville Regional Airport for wanting to see President Obama board Air Force One. Authorities are trying to figure out why he wanted to see the president with formulas for rifle scopes in the car Authorities arrested Joseph Sean McVey, 23, of Coshocton, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon at the Asheville…
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Body Discovered May Be of Missing New Jersey Baby
New Jersey authorities have discovered the body of what may be a missing infant abducted by her father A body was found near a river in New Jersey, which may be that of a 3-month-old girl who was thrown off a nearby bridge by her father. Sgt. Stephen Jones says that the clothes found on…
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Teaching Good Marriages
If courtship in college is a kind of laboratory and apprenticeship for getting hitched somewhere down the road, senior psychology major Tiffany Mattaway knows of few who are making the grade. ”Hmmmm. Meaningful relationships? There aren’t that many on this campus. I know of exactly two,” says Philadelphia native Mattaway, set to graduate from Hampton…
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Imagine If the Tea Party Was Black
Sometimes a smart take on a well-worn issue brings a fresh perspective. Writer Tim Wise accomplished that with this article: Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead…
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Why August Wilson Was No Tyler Perry
The name of the late playwright August Wilson rings like a bell in literary and dramatic circles. Wilson, however, remains an unknown quantity in the world of Hollywood. This giant of the stage and master of dramatic prose has been a non-entity on the silver screen. Why, one might ask, has the work of the…
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Fences: Performances Well-Worth the Price
Nothing defines August Wilson’s 10-play canon more than Fences. Certainly in the public’s view: Fences was—is—the late playwright’s most successful play to date, raking in the most at the box office (lots) and at the awards shows. (Four Tonys and a Pulitzer Prize.) Set in segregated 1957, it perfectly encapsulated the roots of black rage,…
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Confronting Police Misconduct
Police misconduct has been back in the news lately. Two incidents in particular may encourage the Obama administration’s Justice Department to take a more aggressive and comprehensive stance against police brutality and systematic coverups of police misconduct. Parents, college administrators and residents across the state of Maryland have been up in arms since videotape surfaced…