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By Joy-Ann Reid Responding to criticism over his statement that he doesn’t “want to make black people’s lives better with other people’s money,” Rick Santorum said that far from holding negative views about African-Americans, he worked closely with black former congressman J.C. Watts and former RNC chairman Michael Steele, and was a champion of black […]
It’s a good day for Reds fans as Barry Larkin finally gets the call he has been waiting on. Check out all the details HERE! RELATED: 28 Black Heisman Trophy Winners RELATED: Ex-Canadian Football Players Fight at Hall of Fame Ceremony
More and more states are saying yes to medical marijuana. But local governments are increasingly using their laws to just say no, not in our backyard. SEE ALSO: Romney Takes Huge Lead Tucson Shooting One Year Later In California, with the nation’s most permissive medical marijuana laws, 185 cities and counties have banned pot dispensaries […]
NEW YORK — Through a rap verse, Jay-Z has confirmed the birth of “the most beautiful girl in the world” – his newborn daughter. SEE ALSO: Scotch In A Can To Hit Shelves Barkley: N.B.A.’s Crap Since He Left The song “Glory” made its debut on his social website Life and Times on Monday – […]
Black Eyed Peas front man Will.i.am revealed recently to “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, that he has launched his own car company called “IAMAUTO.” SEE ALSO: The Real Thelma And Louise The vehicle is being put into production at a site that will be built in the old Los Angeles neighborhood, where the musician was raised. On the show, Leno discussed how he was well aware that Will is a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his chief of staff William Daley is resigning after a year on the job to return to his native Chicago and spend more time with his family. SEE ALSO: Cordray Appointment Vital For Minorities Has No Child Left Behind Failed? Obama says Daley will be replaced by Budget […]
Tavis Smiley was set to deliver the keynote address at an MLK luncheon hosted by the Peoria Civic Center next week in central Illinois until a group of Obama supporters demanded that he be replaced or face a boycott, Politico reports. SEE ALSO: School Used Slavery Theme For Math Lesson Has No Child Left Behind […]
Across the nation, Black men are killing each other at an alarming rates and the problem is only getting worse, Annette John-Hall of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. SEE ALSO: Terrence Howard’s Nasty Divorce Teen Beaten Unconscious Over Bus Seat While John-Hall reports that black males killing black males are a national issue, she uses her […]
A man whose wife delivered premature twins at the very same hospital where power pair Beyonce and Jay-Z had their girl is outraged that the couple’s security team kept him from seeing his ailing baby. SEE ALSO: Teen Beaten Unconscious Over Bus Seat Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby Blue Ivy Carter was delivered via C-section Saturday evening at […]
By Rep. Andre Carson, (D-Indiana). Representative Carson is a member of the congressional black caucus. Earlier this week, President Barack Obama stood before an excited crowd in Shaker Heights, Ohio to boldly announce his appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This announcement […]
The old saying: “A bullet has no name,” isn’t really true. The boy whose eye the bullet ripped through before exiting through the back of his skull in New Orleans was named Keian Ester. He was 11 and playing Xbox and never regained consciousness. If that story isn’t sad enough, know that Keian wasn’t the […]
ATLANTA-Third grade students in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework with references to slavery and beatings. A spokesman for Gwinnett County, Ga. claims that the questions were made to incorporate social studies into the math curriculum. One math problem was “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much […]
