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UNION CITY — A Union City school district will be forced to pay $725,000 to the families of 12 African-American students who accused the district of not protecting them from racial harassment and violence, leading to the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old classmate. The suit alleged that the New Haven Unified School District ignored years […]

An article on The Root discusses how Black men like CNN News anchor Don Lemon, and Georgia State Rep. Rashad Taylor have recently come out and announced they are gay. The article claims that both men point to the overwhelming hostility of homophobic environments as reasons for not having said anything sooner, but yet make […]

WASHINGTON — After much setback in passing legislative measures to mitigate the unemployment rate among African-Americans, the Congressional Black Caucus will embark on a tour through distressed cities to lead a host of job fairs and town hall meetings. The tour is scheduled to commence this summer in Chicago, and will visit cities including Detroit, […]

When Lisa Jackson was growing up she always dreamed of being a scientist or a doctor. Though the dream never panned out exactly as she imagined, Ms. Jackson has an equally important position as the first African-American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. As part of a series profiling trailblazers in energy innovation, The Huffington […]

NEW YORK — While praising New York state lawmakers as they debated legalizing gay marriage, President Barack Obama stopped short of embracing it. Instead he asked gay and lesbian donors for patience. “I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple in this country,” the president said at a Manhattan […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands. The center says the Thursday evening quake was felt through the central Aleutians and as far east as Dutch Harbor and Unalaska. There are no […]

BOSTON – After 16 long years, the arrest of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger appeared to end a long, frustrating manhunt that had embarrassed the FBI and raised questions about its efforts to find one of its most wanted fugitives. But Bulger’s capture could be only the beginning of a new scandal for the […]

A new op-ed on The Root written by John McWhorter talks about the Black community’s stance on homophobia. McWhorter mentions how many point immediately to the Bible as their defense for being homophobic. He points to comments he’s read in articles he’s written before on the topic. Here’s an excerpt: If the Bible has been […]

WASHINGTON — Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration said Thursday it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the country’s emergency reserve as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Libya. The release from the […]

The Department of Justice has subpoenaed NY Times investigative journalist Jim Risen, to testify in a whistle-blower prosecution involving Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent, whom the DOJ says leaked information to Risen for a story that exposed information on the War on Terror. However, Risen refused to testify, proclaiming it violates his privilege to […]

Reports spread that O.J. Simpson allegedly arranged to sit with Oprah Winfrey to discuss and confess to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown. After a long and grueling trial in 1995, Simpon’s lawyers triumphed and he went free. A controversy that split the country for years seemed to finally be on the brink of […]

The UK Daily Mail is reporting that former NFL great O.J. Simpson allegedly confessed to a producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in an act of self-defense. RELATED: Oprah: “I Have A Dream Of O.J. Simpson Confessing To Me” The report by the National Enquirer, which the […]