WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department opened a record number of more than 100 new investigations into possible voting rights discrimination across the country last year. SEE ALSO:Â Gingrich: Latinos, Blacks Don’t Understand Keys To Wealth During an appearance at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Holder […]
Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, served as lead researcher for a study that had some not so surprising results. According to his team’s findings, there is a significant positive correlation between prejudice, low intelligence, and social conservative ideology, reports LiveScience. SEE ALSO: How GOP Racism Has Become The […]
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt banned at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, hiking tensions with Washington over a campaign by Egypt’s military against groups promoting democracy and human rights. SEE ALSO:Â Has GOP Racism Become The Norm? The United States warned Thursday that the […]
If you ask former NFL playing legend Terrell Owens, aka T.O., how he is doing these days, his response would be, “I’m in hell!” In a profile story in GQ’s February issue, Owens admits that he is almost penniless, has no friends, and is in the throes of child support battles. SEE ALSO: Aftershave Designed […]
Controversial rapper DMX is expected to make a full recovery, after being diagnosed at a North Carolina hospital with food poisoning Wednesday night. SEE ALSO: French Magazine Calls the Obamas’ Style “Black-geoisie” The bad boy MC had spent the majority of his flight time from Miami to North Carolina throwing up nonstop. Upon landing in […]
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.– President Barack Obama is courting Hispanics in politically important states, setting himself up as a champion of the crucial Latino voting bloc and as a foil to Republican candidates fighting for a share of support from the same groups. RELATED: Why Obama’s Economy Is Built To Last With Latino voters […]
Former Los Angeles traffic cop John Dancler is trying to get his job back. SEE ALSO: How GOP Racism Became The Norm He was fired in July 2011 after he and another traffic cop appeared in a porn movie while on duty and in uniform. Dancler made his appeal Wednesday to the Los Angeles Civil […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Pirates moved an American hostage at least three times in 24 hours and threatened Thursday to kill him after U.S. Navy SEALs rescued an American and a Dane in a bold, dark-of-night raid that raises questions about whether other Western captives are now in greater danger. SEE ALSO: How GOP Racism […]
PHOENIX — An attorney for one of two white supremacist brothers charged in Arizona with bombing a black city official in Scottsdale is trying to paint a government informant as a temptress who led one of the brothers to believe that she would have sex with him so he would admit to the crime. Attorney […]
By Chris Witherspoon As if launching her ‘OWN’ network is not enough, Oprah can add another prestigious title to her legacy. She has been chosen to be the godmother to Jay-Z and BeyoncĂ©‘s newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. SEE ALSO: How GOP Racism Became The Norm According to RadarOnline, the couple has chosen the iconic […]
NEW YORK — Ne-Yo has a dream: He believes the record industry is segregated, and has hopes of changing that as the new senior vice president of artists and repertoire for Motown Records. Even though Motown’s legend is rooted in black music, it was music that appealed to everyone, helping to unite a nation in […]
When Rev. Al Sharpton attempted to get Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) to truthfully examine fairness in our tax code in a heated exchange on his MSNBC show, PoliticsNation, he clumsily dodged the issue at each opportunity, reports HuffingtonPost.com. SEE ALSO: How GOP Racism Has Become The Norm Building on President Barack Obama‘s State of the […]
