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In an interview with NPR, Kelley Williams-Bolar speaks about her case.
Chicago — Over the weekend, Carol Moseley Braun won the endorsement of one of the most influential black thinkers in America, while also making controversial remarks likening Rahm Emanuel to Adolf Hitler. “I believe a Rahm Emanuel victory would be a slap in the face,” West said. “I’m here to support poor and working people […]
Detroit Lakes, Minn– A 25 year old woman who was turned away as a tenant because she was African-American will be receiving $25,500 as part of a settlement filed Thursday in federal court in Minneapolis. When Ranesha Halliburton arrived to see the property with her boyfriend and his father, landlord Pearl Beck said it was […]
ST. LOUIS-Benjamin Elliot, an 18-year-old from Missouri is charged with writing n-word-expletive on a sculpture at the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The St. Louis American reports: For the second time in as many years The University of Missouri – Columbia campus has fallen victim to a hate crime during Black History Month. Last […]
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and I know many are trying to figure out if they have what they need for that special person. Then there are those who don’t have to worry about that kind of stuff, because there is no special person to celebrate V-day with anyway. So why do we let […]
Each year on February 14 we peruse the store shelves for the perfect gift or card for a loved one. According to Hallmark, more than 163 million cards—not including packaged kids’ valentines—are exchanged. And it’s not just an American phenomenon. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Italy and Denmark. […]
Banning, CA– Three 13-year-old boys have been arrested after police say they admitted to raping a girl in a park playground as she was walking home from school.
Washington — Shirley Sherrod has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Breitbart over a video released by the conservative personality that lead to her ouster as an official at the USDA. Breitbart was served on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Read more at Huffington Post RELATED: Shirley Sherrod leaves USDA over racism charge […]
New York– A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.
JACKSON, Miss. – A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary […]
Philadelphia cops are searching for a transgender hip-hop singer who goes by “Black Madam” in connection with a British woman’s death following a botched butt-implant procedure. Authorities believe “Black Madam”, whose real name is Padge Victoria Windslowe, 41, gave Claudia Aderotimi, 20, a back-room buttock-enhancement procedure in a Philadelphia hotel on Monday. On Thursday, cops […]
Houston — HIV prevention is one step closer as microbicide researchers have created a prevention method that women can use on their own terms. For close to 15 years, scientists have tried out different forms of microbicides. These tests have failed to stop HIV transmission. But at last summer’s International AIDS Conference, South African researchers […]
