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MICHIGAN — Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill that will cut Welfare benefits to 48 months, beginning Oct. 1. As a result, families at the end of their two years will need to find employment in a state where the unemployment rate catapulted to 10.5 percent. Such measures could dramatically impact children. Read More […]

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SAN FRANCISCO, Cali. —There is a growing concern in San Francisco for the declining African-American population, as it could affect the amount of Black representation in political office. Malia Cohen, for example, is the only African-American on the 11-member San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Although San Francisco once experienced a surge in the Black population […]

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On last night’s episode of Basketball Wives, the ladies’ trip to Italy explodes as Tami’s feud with Meeka reaches its’ boiling point. Watch it below: Basketball Wives – Full Episodes – Reality TV Shows Related Stories: BASKETBALL WIVES RECAP-EVELYN CONFRONTS JENNIFER EVELYN LOZADA MAY BE JOINING “DANCING WITH THE STARS” “BASKETBALL WIVES” TAMI ROMAN SUED […]

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We all already know Mariah Carey is notorious for her designer garb, that amazing voice, chart-topping hits and her glamorous presentations onstage, but what we didn’t know is that wife and mother of two beautiful children might have a hint of diva-tude hidden underneath that phenomenal voice. Check out a recent interview segment on HSN […]

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How often do total strangers touch your hair a day? If you are a Black woman with a natural hairstyle, it may not be too uncommon that your hair will be fondled by a curious stranger a couple times a week. Some Black women welcome the prods and pokes, while others are totally are repulsed […]

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Bill O’Reilly slammed the media describing Anders Behring-Breivik, the man who confessed to committing the massive killings in Norway, as a Christian because such a thing is “impossible.” O’Reilly criticized the New York Times for calling Breivik a “Christian terrorist” in an article. Breivik described himself as a Christian, as did the Norwegian police. Nonetheless, […]

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An interview by RollingOut.com profiles the Emmy Award-winning journalist Mara Schiavocampo. The young, African-American female has become a pioneer in the field of digital reporting. Check out a quick excerpt below: When did you decide that you were going to be a journalist? When I was little, I always loved to write. In high school, […]

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NEW YORK — A New York City man tried to hijack a 5 train with a screwdriver before passengers came to the train conductor’s defense. The conductor, Daryl George, struggled with the man while other passengers tried to keep him off. The New York Daily News reports: “He said, ‘Move the train or I’m going […]

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A recent review of job vacancy postings on sites like Monster.com, CareerBuilder, and Craigslist revealed that hundreds of employers said that they consider, or strongly prefer, people currently employed or recently laid off. This places the 14 million unemployed American in a very dire condition. Unemployment is already scathing the country, and now it could […]

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A new study reveals that Hispanics and not African-Americans have been hit the hardest during the recession. The study, released by the Pew Foundation with data collected from the Census Bureau, indicates that Hispanics have had the largest wealth decline of any group since the country went into a recession. Hispanics households median wealth declined […]

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TENNESSEE — The FBI is investigating a video from a Tennessee police car dashcam that shows police stripping a man naked and then beating and tasing him. Darren Ring, a 34-year-old man from New Johnsonville, suffered a punctured lung and cracked ribs from the brutal beating. Cops descended on Ring’s neighborhood when they heard reports […]