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Correction: Jan. 19, 10:38 EST President Barack Obama cannot “stop” the SOPA internet bill, as originally reported. NewsOne cited a Forbes article saying as much. But another Forbes writer, E.D. Cain, followed-up with this: This isn’t quite right on several levels. The bills wouldn’t give copyright holders the capacity to sue – this is already […]

After Renee Gardner posted a poem on the site RollingOut, which was supposed to be from Jay-Z, in which he claimed he would not use the b-word in his lyrics after the birth of his daughter, Blue Ivy, reports spread across the Internet that Jay-Z had dropped the b-word from his vocabulary. Here are the […]

NBA legend Michael Jordan has set the standard for excellence in the NBA. Ever since Jordan retired from the Wizards in 2003, sports pundits have tried to name an heir to the throne of his airness. SEE ALSO: Kim Zolciak Fires Assistant Jordan told sports writer Roland Lazenby, who is writing a book about Jordan: […]

In December 2007, Mitt Romney was asked by “Meet The Press” host Tim Russert about the history of racism in the Mormon church, which excluded African Americans from participation until 1978. Romney claimed that his father marched with Martin Luther King. Romney would also claim that he “saw his father march with Martin Luther King” […]

WASHINGTON-The White House was on lock down for more than an hour after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown over the fence onto the executive compound. The smoke bomb was thrown while between 1,000 and 1,500 people affiliated with Occupy D.C. were protesting outside the White House. Reuters reports: A majority of […]

TULSA-Deputies on horseback charged into a crowd of people who were celebrating Martin Luther King Day in a parade in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After police tried to break up a fight between two dogs, when the crowd did not move out of the way for the police they charged through the crowd on horses. Fox 23 […]

During last night’s Fox News GOP debate in South Carolina, candidate Newt Gingrich and moderator Juan Williams over issues regarding race and public assistance. Williams asked asked Gingrich if his comments about having 9-year-olds work as janitors were “at a minimum as insulting to all Americans, but particularly to black Americans?” Williams followed up, asking […]

NEW YORK-Police shot and killed Dwayne Browne outside of his home in East New York, Brooklyn after he came outside of his house in his pajamas with a gun to check on a possible break-in. Browne was working installing floors and had attended pharmaceutical school. Browne’s girlfriend says the two were watching a movie together […]

Black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta celebrates its 99th Founder’s Day. Delta today Sigma Theta was founded in 1913 at Howard University by 22 female students. Delta Sigma Theta has a history of political activism dating since the women’s suffrage movement when they marched in the 1918 Women Suffrage March in Washington D.C. The sorority has […]

LOS ANGELES — A community center in L.A.’s notorious Rampart area is helping teenagers stay out of trouble by giving them a creative outlet. A program at the community center, “Sessions LA” use hip-hop and deejay culture to teach them how to make beats using digital technology. CNN reports: Huang eventually moved to Los Angeles, […]

PHILADELPHIA — After a shooting that left three teenagers dead, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter had harsh words for parents of young people in his city, telling them not to act like “idiots and a-holes.” Nutter was angry that the three teenage shooting victims, who were between the ages of 14 and 16, were out a […]

A new PBS documentary series “Have You Heard From Johannesburg” will premiere tonight. The documentary is extensive in both its details and its understanding of the anti-apartheid movement in both South Africa and around the world. The documentary is a five part series that covers the fight against South African apartheid by the South African […]