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Debra Dodd, who is white, says she was fired from her job as secretary at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville after she revealed she married an African American man. Dodd is suing the all-white church for $500,000 in punitive damages for what she refers to as racial discrimination. Religious News Service Reports: Dodd said […]

To help African Americans improve their health and eating habits, Oldways, a nonprofit food and nutrition education organization along with an advisory team of experts, recently unveiled The African Heritage Diet Pyramid. Read: Yolanda Adams Shares Family Fitness Tips The pyramid draws from the culinary traditions of the American South, the Caribbean, South America and […]

The Air Force is investigating a photo in which several airmen posing with a man in an open casket with a noose and chains on. The airmen pose with their hands crossed and under the photo is written “Da Dumpt, Da Dumpt …. Sucks 2 Be U” and was posted on Facebook. The Air Force […]

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich clashed sharply with one rival, took pains to compliment another and said it was laughable for any of them to challenge his conservative credentials Thursday night in the last campaign debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses kick off the 2012 primary season. SEE ALSO: […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents “neither sought nor obtained any information” […]

Winning: From Walk-On to Captain, in Football and Life by Gary Brackett, Tony Dungy (Foreword by) Overview Framed within the frenzy leading up to a Super Bowl, Gary Brackett flashes back to the defining moments and lessons in his journey leading to the threshold of a championship season. With his heart metaphorically on his jersey […]

Days after Forbes columnist Gene Marks wrote the highly controversial and viral “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” article, numerous pundits and opinion leaders from around the Web have weighed in. SEE ALSO: If Obama Loses, What Will He Do Next? Writer and Director of Digital for The Onion, Baratunde Thurston offered a satirical retort, underhandedly accusing […]

A 28-year-old Florida woman who was desperately in need of a kidney transplant found a donor on Craigslist. SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?

MEDIA ADVISORY December 15, 2011 MEDIA CONTACTS: Stephanie Mathes, Indianapolis Colts, O: 317-808-5144 / C: 317-997-6900 Kit Werbe, Indiana University Health, O: 317-963-7692/ C: 317-217-0422 Steve Cooke, for Indiana Blood Center at Bose Public Affairs Group, O: 317-684-5417 / C: 317-627-9955 Gary Brackett’s Drive for Life Bone Marrow Registry Calls for Help Hoosiers asked to […]

PHOENIX — The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination and carrying out heavy-handed immigration patrols based on racially charged citizen complaints. SEE ALSO: Fast Food Bandit […]

A D.C. woman says she was unlawfully accused of indecent exposure after breastfeeding her infant in a public building. SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?