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From Gawker.com: Someone in the White House has finally convinced Barack Obama to do a primetime address about the oil spill. He’ll be in the Oval Office. Fancy! But can we expect to hear anything new? Will he “act angrily” enough?

Roland Martin discusses the fears of America becoming a majority minority country. Thirty-years ago we would often hear that phrase. People said that it was thirty years away but now it is here. In seven states across America, minorities under the age of seven-teen out number whites. In speaking with John Avalon, author of Wingnuts, […]

From DNAinfo.com: CENTRAL HARLEM — Harlem’s main drag, 125th Street, was transformed into a stage for moonwalkers Monday night as the King of Pop and the Queen of Soul were inducted into the Apollo Theater’s Legends Hall of Fame.

From TheRoot.com These artists have changed the face of pop culture by presenting images that commodify black female sexual identity, ironically giving in to the jezebel stereotype in order to gain sexual autonomy. But the road to self-empowerment remains elusive for many black women because of ingrained cultural notions of sexual decency that African Americans […]

From the Examiner: Omarosa shared the spotlight with ‘The Apprentice’ and ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ mogul/personality Donald Trump at the red carpet premiere of her forthcoming reality series ‘The Ultimate Merger’ Monday.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is launching a national challenge for every American to find ways to make life easier for the families of U.S. troops.

NEW YORK — This month’s BET Awards will be a royal affair: Prince is getting a lifetime achievement honor.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fiancee of an unarmed black man fatally shot by a Bay Area transit police officer last year testified Monday that her boyfriend told her he was being beaten by officers moments before he was killed.