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Ever since Newark Mayor Cory Booker took office in 2006, he’s dazzled voters with his inspiring rhetoric, down-to-earth mingling with the masses on Twitter, and his ambitious ideals and goals for a city where progress seemed far out of reach. But as the mayor’s popularity has catapulted him into the national spotlight and instigated talk […]

NEW YORK — A surveillance video shows that a Brooklyn mother may have been killed by police bullets five blocks from where the Labor Day parade took place this past Monday. Denise Gay, who was an innocent bystander, was killed in a crossfire of bullets between gang members and policemen. The video, which has not […]

New York — Josephine Harris, a 69-year-old grandmother from Brooklyn whose story of survival during the September 11 terrorist attacks received nationwide attention, has passed away. On 9/11, following the plane attacks on the World Trade Center, Harris descended 50 floors of stairs in an attempt to escape the building. That’s when she encountered a […]

A group of Ohio teens is facing scrutiny by their peers and the local chapter of the NAACP after they hung a racially insensitive banner at a high school football game against a rival school. The sign, which read “You Mad Bro,”  played on the popular Internet meme “You mad?” Still, it sparked a controversy when Black attendees […]

Join Pastor Jackson and Fervent Prayer Ministries this Saturday from 11am-1pm. 10512 E 38TH ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 462351911 If you have ever wondered what your spiritual gifts are this class is for you!

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its most recent unemployment data. We knew that Black folks (especially men) would be at the bottom, we just didn’t know how bad. Well, it turns out that the numbers exceed even the most pessimistic predictions. Black unemployment shot up like a rocket during the month of August, […]

According to researchers at Northwestern University, race and ancestry make Black children twice as likely than white children to be allergic to certain foods like eggs, peanuts and milk. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that about 38 percent of Black children had food sensitivities compared to 22 percent of children. “When the researchers […]

Despite a slumping economy, states like North Dakota seem to be doing fairly well. With an unemployment rate slightly over 3 percent and the highest job growth in the nation, some say North Dakota and its neighboring states (Montana, South Dakota and Minnesota), are the best options for African-Americans looking to find work. But with unemployment as […]

NEW YORK — Police captured a man charged with robbing several banks by tracing posts and pictures on his Facebook page. Jesse Hippolite was charged by the NYPD with 3 stickups and is suspected of 16 others. Hippolite named himself after notorious bank robber, Willie S. Sutton on Facebook. The New York Daily News reports: […]

NEW YORK-Brooklyn City Councilman, Jumaane Williams who was handcuffed and detained by police officers at the West Indian Labor Day parade says racism played a factor is his detainment. Williams was handcuffed and later released after a policemen refused to let him enter a safe-zone near the Brooklyn Museum. The New York Post reports: “I […]

For some time now, white supremacists have been buying web domains relating to Martin Luther King. Now they have managed to get one of their site into the first page of Martin Luther King’s Google ranking. On site that disrespects King has even managed to outrank the official Martin Luther King Site on Google. The […]

Let’s focus on some key points here 1. I’m mad they tried to harmonize so hard and really closed they eyes on certain parts of the song. 2. Do you think anybody told them they were off beat towards the end? 3. Should Juan Manuel Marquez be a tad upset that his opponent is singing […]