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We recently launched a series titled  “Prisons and Projects” which takes a look at these two monoliths and the affects they’ve had on the African American community. We recently created an Infographic titled: “Prison Facts.” The figures here highlight America’s entirely unique approach to crime and punishment, where race, class, long sentences and industry collide […]

We recently launched a series titled  “Prisons and Projects” which takes a look at these two monoliths and the effects they’ve had on the African American community. The figures here highlight America’s unique approach to crime and punishment, where race, class,and corporate interests collide to make the world’s largest and most expensive prison systems in […]

Occupy Wall Street is coming to Harlem, but don’t expect any Zuccotti Park-style encampments. Instead, a coalition of community groups is meeting in Harlem Friday evening to organize around the same issues that Occupy Wall Street protesters are highlighting, such as the government bailout of the financial system, high unemployment and home foreclosures. See Also:  Top 10 […]

SACRAMENTO-Medro Johnson, African American employee of Sears Home Improvement Products in Natomas, California was awarded $52 million over racial harassment. A co-worked of Johnson’s had said he was Johnson’s “masta” at a company picnic. NYU Pays Worker $210K After Boss Called Him “Monkey, Gorilla” Black Man Suing Burger King Because Employee Spit In Food SacBee […]

Danny Hembree, a man from York County, South Carolina has admitted to killing 17-year-old Heather Catterton in 2009 so she wouldn’t sleep with Black men in exchange for crack cocaine. Hembree admitted to giving Catterton crack cocaine in exchange for sex himself, and says he also dated her sister and mother. He is also charged […]

With all the Occupy Movements rising up across the country, one in particular hasn’t received major media attention because its building up in a neighborhood and not a city. In the historic, African American neighborhood of Harlem, many have taken to the streets to protest economic injustice and launch “Occupy Harlem.” See Also:  Top 10 […]

NEW YORK— A travel agent said Tuesday she was flattered when a debonair journalist approached her in Central Park but the flirtation took a violent turn six months later when he forced her to perform a sex act in the stairwell of her apartment building and then told her she liked it. The woman said […]

Despite the negative stereotypes of athletes and crime, it is rare that athletes are actually charged with murder. Sometimes the issues are domestic, sometimes the charges are false, but all make for disturbing stories. Here are five of numerous professional athletes charged with murder. See Also: See Also: Black Travel: How About Europe And A […]

The detective who fired the first shot in the barrage of 50 that killed Sean Bell testified Wednesday that he used the gun out of fear because he thought Bell’s friend would strike first. “All I saw was his arm coming up,” Det. Gescard Isnora said of Joseph Guzman, a passenger in Bell’s car during the fateful […]

WASHINGTON — Conservative pundit Pat Buchanan proposed a solution to the Black unemployment problem during an interview on WAMU 88.5′s “The Diane Rehm Show.” Buchanan said that regulating immigration, where 13% of the population is foreign born, will help the native born African American population find jobs. Pat Buchanan: Black Voters Bought Liberal Propaganda On […]

TAMPA-Hood-Lynked entertainment a Tampa, Florida entertainment company is promoting “Da First Eva Coon-O-Ween Party.” While the party seems to be from a African American company for African American club-goers, the term “coon” is considered a racial slur. It is not clear why the party is called “Coon-O-Ween” other that the raccoon on the flyer. DeadSpin […]

An HIV/AIDS prevention agency in Harlem has launched a new campaign concentrating on a demographic that is not normally targeted: black heterosexual men. Its campaign posters can be seen throughout Central Harlem, East Harlem and the South Bronx, where its other branches are located. The poster, illustrating a brawn, black male standing poised is currently […]