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Donald Trump appeared on the Today Show this morning to talk to Meredith Vieira, and continued to express his doubt of Obama’s nationality, blasting the President on his foreign affairs policy and affiliating himself “with the tea party.” WATCH THE INTERVIEW BELOW RELATED: Trump Banks On “Birtherism” For 2012 Race Whoopi Goldberg Slams Trump For […]

NEW YORK — Robert Whitfield, a prison guard at Rikers Island, was arrested for allegedly plotting to spring a drug kingpin from jail in exchange for three kilos of cocaine and $20,000. Authorities learned of the unfolding scheme between Whitfield and an inmate, and caught him by posing an agent as an intermediary. READ MORE […]

Elected in January, California’s first female and minority attorney general, Kamala Harris, has become a rising star of the Democratic Party. The daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, Harris has made quite a name for herself in politics, and comparisons are being made between her and President Obama. READ MORE AND WATCH […]

Five-time NBA champion and two-time defensive player of the year, Dennis Rodman, will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for 2011. “I thought it was a joke,” the five-times NBA champion and defensive wizard told a news conference on Monday when asked about his initial reaction to learning of his selection. […]

Dr. David M. French was a former Howard University professor of pediatric surgery who treated the injuries of civil rights protesters in the 1960s and fought to stop the segregation of health-care facilities. He passed away on March 31 at the age of 86. Dr. French was also a founding member of the Medical Committee […]

The man accused of being behind the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X by the late author Manning Marable in his new biography “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention denies any involvement. In his major new biography “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” author Manning Marable, claims William Bradley, who many people over the years have […]

LOS ANGELES — John Floyd Thomas, Jr., the 74-year-old man accused of raping and killing seven different older women in the seventies and eighties, pleaded guilty on Friday to the California murders. Investigators believe Thomas may be connected with as many as 30 different murders and sexual assaults across Inglewood, Lenox, Los Angeles, and the […]

The results of a study conducted at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research show one in five of all American moms have kids who have different birth fathers. The study, headed by postdoctoral fellow Cassandra Dorius, found that a multiple-father type of family structure was more common among minority women, with 59 percent […]

BOSTON — A recent article in The Boston Globe discusses the city’s rising number of African-American playwrights, actors, and performances that are hitting the stage at an increasing rate. ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women To Know BOSTONGLOBE.COM REPORTS: When “Broke-ology’’ opened last week at Lyric Stage Company, with an all-black cast performing a work by […]

CHICAGO — Anti-abortion billboard organization Life Always have installed their most recent questionable display in Black communities in Chicago. The latest billboards show an image of Barack Obama next to the words, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.” ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women To Know ChicagoNow reports: “The sponsors of these billboards […]

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — The 2011 International Conference on Women in Physics takes place in South Africa this week. ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women To Know The guest list includes some of the world’s smartest women including the world’s first black female astronaut, the woman who discovered neutron stars, and a former head of the […]

ALABAMA — The Birmingham, Alabama police department has placed two of its officers on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into the brutal beating of a black man that was caught on video. ALSO READ: Rutgers Pays Snooki “Jersey Shore” Star More Than Toni Morrison To Appear The assault occurred on March 20 outside a […]