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Cornel West, the public intellectual, activist and Ivy League professor, is taking a “significant pay cut” to leave Princeton and return to where he began his teaching career: Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. See Also: Black Travel: Five Tasty Brooklyn Brunch Spots See Also: Are Kermit And Miss Piggy Dating In […]

Tyler Perry took to his website to assure fans that he had received their complaints and asked them to “hear him out.” The film writer, actor, director and producer explained that the movie’s message about the choices young professional women make was a message that the youth needed to see. After casting most of the […]

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters clashed with cops this morning throughout lower Manhattan after attempting to march toward the New York Stock Exchange as part of a massive citywide demonstration marking two months since the movement began. The protest had begun peacefully, but quickly grew tense and escalated as cops made 100 arrests when a […]

Jacksonville’s first Black mayor Alvin Brown is describing himself as the “Jobs Mayor.” The mayor has launched a high-profile campaign to attract international and domestic investors and companies considering a move or expansion. In the three months leading to the end September, Mayor Alvin Brown took eight trips to locations throughout the country to meet […]

Marlon Brown is not unlike the vast majority of educated, ambitious and twenty-something African-American men. He excelled at school, gained a degree in political science followed by a Masters, and now works as a budget and policy analyst for the State of Michigan. What makes him stand out is that he is an albino. See […]

PANAMA CITY, Fla — LB Williams, a 50-year-old Black man, is being charged with burning a cross in his own driveway in an attempt to save his marriage. Williams, who is married to a white woman allegedly burned the cross in his driveway and left a note saying “better not leave that [N-word].” See Also: […]

Campus administrators and officials at an upstate New York university are investigating several racist signs that have popped up on campus this semester. SUNY New Paltz, one of the state of New York’s many universities, has recently been bombarded by racist signs most notably, one by a water fountain that harkens back to the Civil […]

MIAMI  — The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it will investigate whether Miami police violated the civil rights of seven African-American suspects fatally shot by officers in an eight-month span. Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, and Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said the probe will focus on whether there was a “pattern […]

NEW YORK — Members of the Occupy Wall St. movement protested at the New York Stock Exchange this morning on the two month anniversary of the start of the movement. Hundreds of members protested and more than 50 were arrested. The protest failed to delay the opening of the Stock Exchange. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named […]

A TSA agent at O’Hare airport in Chicago has been fired after he posted anti-Muslim and racist comments on his Facebook page. Roy Egan worked at the airport for close to a decade and was suspended in October after TSA found him to be in violation of employee conduct on and off the job. See […]

New Benetton ads for its “Unhate” campaign, featuring world leaders kissing each other has angered the Vatican. The ads feature American President Barack Obama kissing both Chinese President Hu Jintao and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man Alive See Also: Occupy Wall Street Film The New York Daily News reports: […]

Detroit Mayor David Bing held a press conference yesterday detailing the struggling city’s financial troubles. The city of Detroit is on the brink of bankruptcy and Bing vowed emergency budget cuts to avoid an emergency takeover of the city. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man Alive See Also: Occupy Wall Street Film “Simply put, […]