National

Don’t get it twisted. Herman Cain is Black. Pay no attention to him telling the Values Voters Summit audience that he ain’t mad at white America for how blacks were treated in the past, or for his dialing back criticism of Rick Perry when the “niggerhead” controversy emerged. That’s all G from a guy who’s […]

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Star of the stage and screen Chris Tucker has a bit of a financial problem on his hands after years of successful blockbuster films and national stand-up comedy tours. Tucker’s $6 million Florida home has found it’s way into foreclosure according to the Orlando Sentinel’s latest real estate updates. Tucker, 39, reportedly owes about $4.4 […]

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CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien said that she doesn’t believe TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is a racist, but adds that he was not telling the truth when claiming she ambushed him during the taping of “Black America 4,”  in a recent blog post on CNN.com. See Also: Black In America 4 Exclusive Trailer See Also: CNN’s Soledad […]

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s campaign raised more than $70 million combined for his re-election and the Democratic Party during the summer, an amount that gives him a clear financial advantage over his Republican rivals even as faces economic and political headwinds. The fundraising total announced Thursday exceeds a goal set by the campaign of […]

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As interracial families, mixed marriages and biracial children increase in the U.S., so do old stigmas and tensions towards them. One out of every seven new marriages is between a couple of different races, yet interracial couples and children still face tensions. Post-Racial? Black-White Marriages On The Rise Poll Shows That 86% Of Americans Approve […]

Cincy

Yesterday morning, proponents of the Cincinnati Streetcar held a press conference, at city hall, urging Cincinnatians to vote no on issue 48. Some of the people that spoke yesterday, were former Cincinnati NAACP presidents Milton Hilton and Nathaniel Jones. Check out the video below to hear the reasons why the former chapter presidents are supporting […]

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Bill O’Reilly had Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on his show on Tuesday and the group engaged in a heated discussion over the causes of poverty and the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. O’Reilly believes that people bare a personal responsibility for their own poverty, while West and Smiley argued about the government factors that contribute […]

With tons of updates, news headlines and special reports circulating this week about the recent Occupy Wall Street protests, many of us are still wondering to ourselves about what it all means and what impact it will have longterm. Is this really a movement? A phase? Or only a moment in time? CNN correspondent John […]

Ohio

The debate over issue 2 has been heating up as we approach election day. You’ve probably heard and seen all of the commercials from both sides of the issue. Recently there’s been an uproar about how “Building A Better Ohio”, a group in favor of issue 2, edited the testimony of a Northside woman speaking […]