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Three brothers from Newark, New Jersey created a jeans company that offers jeans with built in boxers that suspend the pants from falling completely down when sagged. The denim company, Sagz, boasts that their consumers can maintain their style and  “SWAG,” without having to keep pulling the jeans during everyday activity. VIDEO: “Our patented concept […]

WASHINGTON D.C. — Recent data acquired from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that African Americans making more than $75,000 a year still live in poorer neighborhoods than white people who make much less money. USA Today reports: The average affluent black and Hispanic household — defined in the study as earning more than $75,000 a […]

BROOKLYN, NY — White firefighters’ criminal pasts are often ignored when it comes to hiring decisions, a former New York Fire Department official said yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court. The sworn deposition by Patricia Kavaler, an assistant commissioner for personnel for the FDNY, was entered as evidence in a case where Black firefighters are trying […]

Despite African-Americans being one of the highest groups in the United States at risk of contracting HIV, Black physicians still find it hard to recommend HIV tests to their patients, a new study reports. According to the study, Black physicians are embarrassed to address the social stigmas that Blacks bring into the office of the […]

WASHINGTON — The total number of votes on the historic debt-limit bill was 430. One vote was more memorable than any of the others. Seven months after she was shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House on Monday to cast her vote. Thunderous applause and emotional hugs from her Republican and […]

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J.— Police say there was more on the menu than Munchkins and lattes during the late shift at a Dunkin’ Donuts in northern New Jersey. A 29-year-old female is facing prostitution charges after police say she took breaks to provide sex in exchange for money. Rockaway Township police launched an investigation known as […]

JACKSON, Mich. — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. A relative escorted Kilpatrick from a Southern Michigan Prison facility in Jackson to a sport utility vehicle waiting outside. Kilpatrick smiled but did not address […]

WASHINGTON — With just hours left before the national debt bumps against its ceiling, emergency bipartisan legislation to allow the government to borrow more faces one final test in the Senate. Expected passage there sends the bill to President Barack Obama, averting a potentially disastrous, first-ever government default and making a down payment toward taming […]

With Black unemployment at 16.2 percent and no solution on the horizon, the Congressional Black Caucus, who have been vocal about the lack of unemployment programs aimed at African Americans, are launching their own cross-country job fair beginning next week. The CBC will hold job fairs, town hall meetings, job readiness programs, and seminars next […]

CBC Chairman and Missouri democrat Emanuel Cleaver said that if he was a Republican, it would be a night to party, in reference to the debt deal struck between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. Cleaver appeared on MSNBC to speak about the deal — and while he was glad a deal was done […]

They’re successful, they’re audacious, they’re conservative — and they happen to be Republican. Love them or loathe them, no one can deny the surmountable impact of the exclusive club of Black Republicans. In honor of their unique, yet undeniable place in politics, NewsOne presents this era’s Top 5 Black Republicans, who are a threat to […]

Kentucky senator Rand Pau; got into a heated debate this past weekend over the raising of the debt ceiling with CNN anchor Don Lemon. The argument began when Lemon asked Paul to not conduct the interview with any “talking points.” The Huffington Post reports: As the House and Senate again failed to reach an agreement […]