A man who received threatening voice mail messages from debt collectors has just been awarded $1.5 million dollars in punitive damages. Allen Jones was told
The recession is crushing African American communities in major urban centers like Detroit and Memphis. Since the collapse of the auto industry and housing market,
Bill Maher may have really crossed the line of cute commentary to pure racist diatribe on his HBO show, “Real Time with Bill Maher”, when
Julianna Farrait, the 70-year-old wife of the notorious Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, was arrested in Puerto Rico for allegedly selling 2 kilos of cocaine
Renowned civil rights activist, Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga., will relive that nightmarish, bloodbath of a trip through Jackson, Miss. he made a half-century ago when
Putting a presidential seal on a celebration that has been practiced annually in the black community for decades, President Barack Obama officially proclaims June 2010
President Barack Obama visited the Grand Isle, L.A. on Friday to asses the damage and clean up efforts from the catastrophic BP oil spill. During
Deliberately controversial talk show host, Bill O’Reilly, has allowed his lips to flap loosely, yet again. During a conversation with a black professor about immigration,
A vast majority of African Americans are deliberating the fact that we may not need each other anymore. That we might want to erase the
This week, eight individuals accused of illegally accessing the student Loan records of President Obama pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court. They are charged
The recent focus on immigration, whether legal or illegal, has also drawn our attention to the real safety concerns that many have regarding securing our
Money, drugs and intimidation have created a state of emergency in Kingston, Jamaica. Two police officers and four civilians have been killed after the country’s
His is not a Shakespearean tragedy. But when Detroit Judge David Groner slapped former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick with a five-year sentence for violating the terms
A history teacher in rural Georgia was suspended after she allowed four white students to wear Ku Klux Klan outfits in a so-called “historical reenactment”.
“The best way to destroy a people is to take away their ability to reproduce themselves.” –Boyz N the Hood And the best way to
Not only does Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele lack political instinct, common sense and a notable presence, his 6-foot-4 frame, is also devastatingly
The U.S. Congress decided this week to expand the FBI’s DNA database. Last Tuesday, May 18, the House voted 357 to 32 to support legislation
The Texas State Board of Education has finished its revamping and re-writing of the curriculum that will be taught at all levels of primary and
Sunny days seem to come our way, and yet we can’t see life as it really does playThe sun does shine when it’s gray tooBut
HR-40, the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act was first proposed in 1989 by Michigan House of Representative John Conyers. Every year
