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BROOKLYN, NY — White firefighters’ criminal pasts are often ignored when it comes to hiring decisions, a former New York Fire Department official said yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court. The sworn deposition by Patricia Kavaler, an assistant commissioner for personnel for the FDNY, was entered as evidence in a case where Black firefighters are trying […]
Despite African-Americans being one of the highest groups in the United States at risk of contracting HIV, Black physicians still find it hard to recommend HIV tests to their patients, a new study reports. According to the study, Black physicians are embarrassed to address the social stigmas that Blacks bring into the office of the […]
With Black unemployment at 16.2 percent and no solution on the horizon, the Congressional Black Caucus, who have been vocal about the lack of unemployment programs aimed at African Americans, are launching their own cross-country job fair beginning next week. The CBC will hold job fairs, town hall meetings, job readiness programs, and seminars next […]
CBC Chairman and Missouri democrat Emanuel Cleaver said that if he was a Republican, it would be a night to party, in reference to the debt deal struck between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. Cleaver appeared on MSNBC to speak about the deal — and while he was glad a deal was done […]
What Determines a Successful Relationship? As a life coach, I hear thousands of individuals complain about “failed” relationships. Many women fall into this trap more than men. My first question is “what criteria do you use to determine whether a relationship failed?” And I typically get the same answers; “it failed because we broke up!” […]
While the brutal epidemic of women raped in the Congo has drawn much outrage in the media, lesser known incidents of men being raped by other men in the region and around the world are now coming to light, and apparently, in some places these occurrences are fairly common. Arab news organization, Al-Jazeera, recently reported […]
They’re successful, they’re audacious, they’re conservative — and they happen to be Republican. Love them or loathe them, no one can deny the surmountable impact of the exclusive club of Black Republicans. In honor of their unique, yet undeniable place in politics, NewsOne presents this era’s Top 5 Black Republicans, who are a threat to […]
*Richard Smallwood’s 15th album, “Promises” did very well and debuted no.1 on Billboard’s Gospel/Christian Sales chart, a great accomplishment for the artist. The latest album is arguably his most personal recording project to date. It is Smallwood’s first CD since the 2005 passing of his mother – the artist’s biggest fan and motivator and the […]
Kentucky senator Rand Pau; got into a heated debate this past weekend over the raising of the debt ceiling with CNN anchor Don Lemon. The argument began when Lemon asked Paul to not conduct the interview with any “talking points.” The Huffington Post reports: As the House and Senate again failed to reach an agreement […]
Geneticists in the U.S. have identified a set of “trans-ethnic” genes uniquely linked to Asthma in African-Americans. The findings, which are featured in the latest issue of Nature Genetics, are said to be a significant advance in the efforts to determine the roots of Asthma. “These results suggest that some asthma susceptibility loci are robust […]
The Trinidadian-based Caribbean Airlines pilot of a 737 that broke in half when it landed in Guyana this weekend has flown into the airport for 25 years, officials said. The pilot, whose name has not been released, was among the injured when the plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on Saturday. All of the passengers […]