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Stamford, Conn. police have identified the body of a young woman found naked and dead under a tree this past Saturday. Jasmine Brown, 21, moved to New York from New Orleans a year ago to attend the Art Institute of New York City. Police believe the aspiring designer either fell or jumped to her death […]

A strip club in Houston discriminated against Black dancers and waitresses because they did not appeal to their Hispanic customers. Check out more evidence for the discrimination suit and join the discussion. Reviews around Google+ have been hitting blogs and websites over the past few days. One Social Media consultant blogged about the 2 reasons why you […]

A Republican Congressman from Alabama is making it clear that he has no compassion for undocumented immigrants. Rep. Mo Brooks is seen in a video, which was posted to YouTube, making inflammatory remarks about undocumented immigrants. “As your congressman on the House floor, I will do anything short of shooting them,” Brooks said to reporters […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against a University of New Mexico football player who was arrested after wearing saggy pants on a plane at San Francisco airport. LINK: College Football Player Kicked Off Plane For Wearing Saggy Pants LINK: Video Released Of Athlete Kicked Off Plane For Sagging Pants […]

WALLACE, N.C.–Vishon Murphy ventured to a local Pizza Hut to get some food, but was kicked out because he was wearing a dress. According to the Pizza Hut, Murphy was turned away for being “disruptive.” “I respect people and their boundaries because I understand that everyone does not like my lifestyle and I show them […]

A 14-year-old New York girl will lose sight in one eye after developing an eye infection from wearing illegal vanity contacts she bought in a local beauty supply store, doctors say. Erica Barnes, like many teens, bought the cheap contacts in Jamaica, Queens, without much knowledge of the dangers of doing so. Barnes was told […]

Two study have found that Truvada, a pill used to treat HIV, is likely to prevent heterosexual men and women from catching the virus. One study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on men and women in Botswana. The other study, conducted by a researcher at The University of Washington […]

Rodney King was arrested Tuesday in southern California on suspicion of driving under the influence. King was pulled over and arrested after committing several traffic violations, Moreno Valley officers said. King’s 1991 traffic arrest and beating by four Los Angeles police officers became national news, and subsequently shaped America’s conversation on police brutality. He was […]

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — A Southern California woman remained jailed Wednesday after authorities said she drugged her estranged husband, tied him to a bed, cut off his penis and put it through a garbage disposal. Garden Grove police Lt. Jeff Nightengale said Catherine Kieu Becker drugged a meal and served it to the victim, whose […]

While Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum received media backlash for signing an Iowa pledge that made suggestive comments about slavery, news agencies broadly linked the pledge to a conservative group, The Family Leader. The pledge enjoined GOP presidential candidates to denounce gay marriage, and included a line that read, “Slavery had a disastrous impact on […]

Jimmie Lee Solomon, vice president of baseball operations for the MLB says that if more Black people watched and attended baseball games, the percentage of Black players would increase. In 2011, Black people only represent 8.5 percent of Major League Baseball. “From an anecdotal standpoint and as a black man, I think it makes a […]

SAN DIEGO— Georgia state Congresswoman Simone Bell, the first Black lesbian to serve in the U.S. state legislature, will speak at the 11th annual San Diego Women’s Pride Brunch, Saturday July 16. Bell has spent her entire career fighting for equality as a community organizer, including working for affordable housing, elderly issues and youth empowerment. […]