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LONDON-Colin Powell, the former Secretary Of State under President George W. Bush has called on the CIA and the Pentagon to answer questions about how they passed false information regarding weapons of mass destruction that was used during his speech to the U.N. The American Foreign Press reports: “It has been known for several years […]
Check out the gallery of photos with today’s top black designers. essence.com Read More
Philadelphia — Authorities arrested 16-year-old Kendall Anderson on Monday after discovering the body of 37-year-old Rashida Anderson in the alley behind their South Philadelphia home. Anderson confessed to killing his mother to authorities. Philly.com reports: When her 16-year-old son got into trouble last November, Rashida Anderson responded with punishment – she took away Kendall’s PlayStation. […]
Crime does pay just ask the IRS. Apparently, inmates have scammed the IRS for millions. usatoday.com Read More
Houston, Texas– A Texas man who was exonerated after serving 18 years in prison has been denied compensation because of a legal glitch. Exonerated Death Row inmate Anthony Graves will be denied compensation because the word “Innocence,” was not used in the document ordering his release, his attorney Katherine Scardino said. RELATED: 25 reasons we […]
New York — On the Sean Hannity show last night, Tucker Carlson chose another target to attack and this time it’s First Lady Michelle Obama. In recent months, Carlson who has come under fire for his “Mike Vick should be executed” comments, along with others pointed at Charles Barkley and President Obama. His comment about […]
Even before Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour announces whether he intends to run for president, he’s facing a run of press scandals just like most confirmed candidates endure on the campaign trail. First there was the flap over the Mississippi-approved vanity license plate heralding a leader of the Ku Klux Klan–and now comes a report that […]
DALLAS-John Wiley Price, the Dallas county commissioner go into a shouting match with a citizen during a Court meeting in which he said: All of you are white. Go to hell! I’m not ashamed! Go to hell! The shouting match occurred after a citizen, Jeff Turner began referring him as the Chief Mullah of Dallas […]
California — Saying Google and Silicon Valley have failed to hire Blacks, Latinos and Asians into the tech industry, the local Black, Latino and Asian coalitions in Northern California protested at Google’s headquarters. The groups are filing a federal complaint claiming that 34 of the groups they requested hiring information from, only 12 provided them […]
Ohio — A conservative think tank has released a study claiming that the University of Miami and Ohio State University discriminate against white students in their admissions process. “They look at your skin color and what country your ancestors came from in deciding who gets in and who doesn’t get in. And it makes a […]
First Lady Michelle Obama recently asked women to breast-feed more as she did with her children as part of her “Let’s Move” campaign. She believes there are health benefits with breast-feeding your children. Only 55 percent of Black women breastfeed their children. Whites and Latinos are both higher than 75 percent. The topic has always […]
Chicago — A new study indicates that the density of liquor stores in Black neighborhoods could pose major risks to Blacks who drink. In the study, researchers recruited 321 African Americans (229 women, 92 men), ages 21 to 65 years of age, during April 2002 through to May 2003 from three community-based healthcare clinics in […]
