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Dick Cheney’s book has caused more backlash from former Bush administration officials. After Colin Powell criticized Dick Cheney for “cheap shots” in his book, another former secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice has taken issue with his book as well. Rice called Cheney’s assertion that Rice misled President Bush about negotiations between the White House and […]

A controversial new book titled “Is Marriage For White People?” suggests that interracial marriage may be a solution for middle-class African-American women who can’t find a “suitable” Black husband. Ralph Richard Banks, a professor at Stanford University who is African-American, addresses the issue of declining marriage rates among African-Americans, and questions why Black women are […]

CONNECTICUT — Many of the 9/11 victims we know and hear about are white. But there are plenty of African Americans ones and a Connecticut station was able tog et a hold of one. Melvin Esdaile of North Haven thinks about that September 11th day every day of his life, but on this day he […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will a deliver rare address to a joint session of Congress next week to introduce a long-awaited plan for jobs and economic growth, but not before being forced to yield in a test of wills with House Speaker John Boehner over not what he would say, but when he would […]

NEW YORK — A woman who had her two children taken away from her resulting in a battle with crack addiction and depression after the 9/11 attacks, has finally shaken off her demons. Marcy Borders, 38, had her life go in a downward spiral on the tragic day of Sept. 11th, 2001. Borders was a […]

In an effort to pass Florida’s new “Pull Your Pants Up”  law, State Senator Gary Siplin showed up to Orlando schools on the first day of classes to hand belts to students whose pants sagged. “We want our kids to believe they’re going to college, and part of that is an attitude, and part of that […]

Critics of the Black middle class have long chastised its members for abandoning urban communities for more affluent suburbs, leaving working class and poor Blacks with few advocates and little political clout to transcend the conditions of the “ghetto.” The Black middle class says otherwise. According to its members, this particular segment of Blacks is not […]

NEW YORK — A federal judge has given the green light to a lawsuit challenging how the New York Police Department carries out its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime. Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan is letting proceed a lawsuit that challenges the city’s policies as biased, particularly toward blacks and Hispanics. The judge said […]

A new sorority aimed at Black women with natural hair has emerged on Facebook and is turning some heads to say the least. The sorority, Pi Nappa Kappa, is aiming to “to educate, inspire and uplift natural hair women, men, boys and girls throughout the entire world (and) to make the word “nappy” into a […]

The Fiscal Policy Institute recently came out with a report detailing estimated percentages of the Black male unemployment crisis in different neighborhoods of New York City. Just last month, billionaires George Soros and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan to help assist minority men; and cut down on some of the factors that result in […]

SYRACUSE, NY — Anthony Stewart, a 15-year-old boy from Onondaga County was sentenced to two years in a juvenile facility for robbing a 73-year-old man for 7 cents with a bb-gun. The judge refused to try Stewart as a youthful offender because Stewart denied the robbery. The Huffington Post reports: Unlike Stewart, his accomplice, Skyler […]

White House spokesman Jay Carney defended President Obama Tuesday against criticism from prominent Black leaders who have said Obama is ignorning the Black community while reaching out to white independents. According to Carney, the issue is not one of race. The president is helping Black people by working to boost the struggling economy and helping […]