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Dr. Bernard Harris is the first African-American to travel to outer space. This week he will be honored with the FBI’s Director’s Community Leadership Award for his continuing philanthropic efforts. ALSO READ: Kim Kardashian Goes Wild Dr. Harris started the Harris Foundation to provide education and crime-prevention programs for students in Houston. READ MORE AT […]

WASHINGTON — Latino and immigrant advocacy groups delivered more than 54,000 signatures to the Kansas capitol on Friday calling for state Rep. Virgil Peck (R) to resign after he said unauthorized immigrants should be shot from helicopters. Partner Links: Khloe Kardashian: “Not in a rush to have a baby” Peck made the controversial comment last […]

New York — It seems like everyone is leaving the New York Times Op-Ed page as Bob Herbert has become the latest columnist to say bye to the daily paper. Partner Links: Kirstie Alley fires back at George Lopez Herbert, who’s been with the Times for 20 years, is following in the footsteps of Frank […]

This Sunday is the ninth annual Black Marriage Day, and activists in hundreds of communities around the country will gather to “strengthen and promote marriage in the black community,” which has been in sharp decline. ALSO READ: Kim Kardashian Goes Wild Alarming data from the Pew Research Center shows that 72 percent of black women […]

A new ad campaign for the non-profit organization Keep A Child Alive focuses on the AIDS epidemic in Africa. ALSO READ: Kirstie Allen Fires Back At George Lopez For Calling Her A Pig A number of prominent celebrities are included in the “I Am African” ads, which are featured on billboards across the nation. With […]

New York —  A female NYPD commander was allegedly brutally beaten by her estranged husband on the front lawn of their home in Long Island, the New York Daily News reported. Partner Links: Kirstie Alley fires back at George Lopez for calling her a “pig” Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes suffered broken ribs after her husband, […]

Atlanta — The Tea Party’s resident queen Michele Bachmann is said to be forming a presidential exploratory committee in early June, according to a published report. Partner Links: Kirstie Alley fires back at George Lopez Sources told CNN that she is looking forward to participating in the early Republican presidential debates in New Hampshire this […]

Data from the 2010 Census shows that the Latino population has nearly doubled in several states over the past decade, a change that could dramatically effect the political landscape in the 2012 elections. ALSO READ: Kirstie Allen Fires Back At George Lopez For Calling Her A Pig The states that are reported to have seen […]

Panama City Beach, FLA — The employees of a Florida Burger King were the victims of an attack by a disgruntled beach-goer. ALSO READ: Kirstie Allen Fires Back At George Lopez For Calling Her A Pig Although it’s not immediately clear what set off the patron’s rage, cell-phone video shows the bikini-clad woman launching napkins, […]

KENTUCKY – A sign that read “How Do You Spell N-Word? OBAMA” was found near the University Of Kentucky campus shortly after another racist sign was found. Partner Links: Rose McGowan Photos Kentucky.com reports: Early Thursday morning, third year law student Ches Clark said he found a sign affixed to a bus shelter on South […]

Miami — Family members of 7 men killed in the last seven months by Miami Police are outraged and calling for the firing of Police Chief Miguel Esposito. PARTNER LINKS: Rose McGowan Photos Two of the men killed were unarmed and residents are saying that local police is too trigger-happy. Rev. Al Sharpton has joined […]

TEXAS-Lakita Evans has started her own restaurant in Texas called “Fat Ho Burgers.” Parent Links: Kim Kardashian Wild Photos Fox Dallas reports: “It’s not calling people a ho. It’s just like they say, ‘Oooh that ho is big,’ or, ‘That ho is tight!’” said Lakita Evans, the restaurant’s owner. The 23-year-old worked her way through […]