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Now that Herman Cain is completely out of the picture, the world knows it  is a two man race. Perry comes off like Yosemite Sam. He’s the “rootin’est tootin’est hombre” from Texas alright. Still, I have never seen him own a truly “Presidential moment”. Bachmann was never too impressive (courageous as the undertaking is) and […]

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Plots to suppress the African American vote date back to the Reconstruction Era. Prior to the Voter Rights Act of 1965, these were some of the more commonly used tactics by conservatives who wanted to keep blacks from voting. SEE ALSO: Why Newt Scares Me Violence In 1873, a gang of whites in Colfax, Louisiana […]

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The recent media attention focused on Professor Michael Eric Dyson’s course on rapper Jay-Z, which he teaches at Georgetown University, has been both gift and curse. On the one hand, the media spotlight from The Today Show to the Washington Post provides those of us scholars who teach hip-hop a continuing platform for public engagement. […]

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A Detroit man is being hailed as a hero after he gave his own life in a robbery so that his wife could be spared. SEE ALSO: Man Stabbed At Airport, Gets On Flight Anyway Tommie Caldwell, 63, was fatally shot when robbers entered the northwest Detroit home he shared with his wife. Caldwell was […]

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Hundreds of American soldiers were cremated and dumped into a Virginia landfill without notifying a majority of the families. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 Biggest Christmas Toy Fads

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As African American unemployment hovers at a dismal 15 percent and voter ID laws threaten to undermine the political power of millions of Blacks and Latinos, Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) in a partnership with the labor union AFSCME, clergy, labor and civil rights leaders from around the nation are staging […]

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Following the announcement of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams that Mumia Abu-Jamal “will no longer be facing the death penalty,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu called for further action. “Now that it is clear that Mumia should never have been on death row in the first place, justice will not be served by relegating him to prison […]

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According to testimony by new to accusers, Jerry Sandusky allegedly molested young boys at his residence even when his wife was home. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 One accuser, who was 11 or 12 when Sandusky  raped or tried to rape him 16 times, testified that he “screamed for help, knowing that Sandusky’s wife […]

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Newt Gingrich criticized President Obama in Iowa recently on the issue of food stamps, saying that the President lavishly gives government aid to people who use the money for vacations. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 Biggest Christmas Toy Fads The presidential candidate compared food stamps to credit cards in his rant at a “slice […]

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Herman Cain’s rise and fall would have been more surprising had he not been a Black politician. From Adam Clayton Powell to Marion Barry, from Charles Rangel to David Patterson, many Black voters expect their leaders to be taken down at some point by the powers that be. With Cain, Black America held its breath, […]

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BELLEFONTE, Pa.– Ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has posted $250,000 bail after spending a night in jail following new child sex abuse charges filed against him. RELATED: Sandusky Accuser: “I Screamed For Help From His Wife” Court records Thursday morning show Sandusky posted bail using $200,000 in real estate holdings and a $50,000 certified […]

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A  Manhattan Supreme Court Justice rejected Beyonce Knowles request to toss out a $100 million lawsuit against her by a video game maker who alleges the superstar singer abandoned its project to make a dance videogame. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 The suit, filed in April, accuses Knowles of a ““bad faith breach of […]