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Stefun Darts, 24, of Houston, is a full-time college student who holds down a full-time job and runs a small nonprofit. In the second grade, he made a promise to God that he would pay off his grandparents’ Texas home and help them retire. “A promise I would never break,” Darts, 24, wrote on Facebook. “The…

In a disturbing video made public this week, New York City police officers are shown physically restraining a man by placing him in a head-to-toe enclosed body bag. The video, uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, shows an African-American man with his hands, feet and legs bound, lying facedown on the ground near a subway station…

CNN anchor Don Lemon, never one to back down from controversy or a good confrontation, was in top form Friday as he mixed it up with former The Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault over Donald Trump—or, more precisely, the fact that Omarosa chose not to directly answer a question about Trump’s tweet about Republican presidential candidate…

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders trounced Hillary Clinton in three Democratic presidential contests this Saturday, the New York Times confirms. Former Secretary of State Clinton still maintains a decent delegate lead over the senator, but Sanders is still very much alive in the race, with the contests giving his campaign the momentum and funds necessary to continue…

Tyler Perry is the latest in a throng of celebrity and media voices to condemn Georgia’s recent anti-gay bill. In a statement released Friday, the media mogul and actor’s TP Studios called on the state’s governor to veto it. A spokesperson for the company—whose 200,000-square-foot complex is in Atlanta—encouraged Republican Gov. Nathan Deal to reject a…

Possibly in a quest to stay relevant after his failed presidential bid, or maybe to fend off calls for his resignation, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called on President Barack Obama to demand the extradition of Assata Shakur, a woman who, depending on your perspective, is either an activist hero and political prisoner or a…

Singers Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus will be coaching contestants on the NBC singing competition The Voice, according to a Twitter announcement Friday. “RT to welcome #AliciaAndMiley as our coaches for season 11! #TheVoice,” the official Twitter page for the show wrote. The two will get their very own spinning chairs alongside longtime coaches Adam…

There are only three orders of African-American nuns in the United States, and one in the heart of Harlem will celebrate its centennial next Tuesday, reports the New York Daily News. The nuns of the Motherhouse of the Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary in Central Harlem say they are often called…

On Tuesday three African-American congresswomen announced the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, a body committed to creating public policy that “eliminates significant barriers and disparities experienced by black women,” Huffington Post Black Voices reports. U.S. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.) confirmed the news in a…

After Duke suffered an embarrassing loss to Oregon, 82-68, Thursday evening, star Blue Devils player Grayson Allen refused to shake hands with Oregon’s Dillon Brooks, and it appears that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski lectured Brooks about a last-second shot once the game was over. Brooks, a sophomore guard, had 22 points, six assists and five…