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When 7-year-old Sacha Marie is not watching her father, New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler, score and rebound on the basketball court, her time is spent playing on a different type of court and watching a different type of athlete. Chandler told the New York Post he brings Sacha Marie to the U.S. Open to watch…

The National Review continues to tell Cory Booker that his stories need more real people. First it was Booker’s imaginary drug-dealer friend, T-Bone; now it turns out the Newark, N.J., mayor, who is running in a special election for U.S. senator, may have created another fictitious tale to boost his superhero profile. According to the…

(The Root) — It’s Fashion Week in New York, where fashion designers are presenting their 2014 spring and summer collections. There’s excitement in the air and a lot of money on the line. And while insiders and laypeople alike have plenty of thoughts about next year’s styles, very few are thinking about activism — in…

Dr. Shiping Bao, a former associate medical examiner in Florida’s Volusia County who testified at George Zimmerman’s second-degree-murder trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, plans to file a $100 million lawsuit in the case, according to WFTV 9. He reportedly will allege that the medical examiner, the state attorney’s office and Sanford Police…

In a piece at Black Enterprise, Sheryl Nance-Nash says it’s important for parents and families to protect their finances from children returning to the nest, especially in today’s economy. She outlines several guidelines for survival. They’re baaaack. Not evil spirits, but your children. In a recent Pew Research survey, 39 percent of all adults ages…

Congressional Republican leaders have finally acquiesced in their fight against President Barack Obama’s health care reform and have even developed a plan of their own that essentially acknowledges they’re powerless to kill it, Jamelle Bouie writes at the Daily Beast. But their conservative Tea Party cohorts continue to rally tirelessly and ineffectively to defund it.…

Dr. Boyce Watkins at Your Black World says it’s hypocritical for the U.S. to employ a military strike against Syria. Instead of going to war with Syria, he urges President Barack Obama to reconsider his foreign policy and shift his focus to domestic affairs. But after thinking about the situation long and hard, I’ve concluded…

While Nelson Mandela is recovering after a lengthy hospital stay in South Africa, his daughter Makaziwe Mandela and granddaughter Tukwini Mandela will be toasting him this weekend thousands of miles away at the two-day Toast of Brooklyn Wine and Food Festival in New York City. But they won’t have to raise just any old glass…

African-American supermodel Jessica White is used to sticking out wherever she goes. She is a model, after all, who has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition and walks the runways for some of the world’s top designers. She is also one of a select few black women in her position, and in…

The Washington Post is reporting that with 97 percent of precincts recorded in Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for New York City mayor, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio captured about 40.2 percent of the total vote, which puts him slightly above the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid triggering a runoff on Oct. 1. The swirling, chaotic…