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African American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says the drivers of problem solving and job creation in the world depend on whether American students demand scientific literacy. “Math needs better marketing,” deGrasse Tyson told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien during an intimate sit down on the subject of  math and science in American education. Tyson’s interview is a […]

For a very long time we believed: that early to bed, early to rise  keeps a man or woman all the wise. New research is proving just that. If you’re among the millions who get up before dawn or worse, arrive at work before dawn because your shift starts between 3:00 am and 4:30 am, […]

ATLANTA — If there is an early crowd favorite in the Republican race for president, it may be Herman Cain. The businessman, author, talk radio show host and tea party darling knows how to wow a conservative gathering. Now the 65-year-old Cain will try to see if he can use that grass-roots enthusiasm to turn […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative has awarded UC Riverside a $156,417 grant to mentor and encourage more African American undergraduates to enroll in UC graduate programs. A total of 18 African American students from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) will spend eight weeks at the Riverside campus […]

NEW YORK– Popular blogger and People.com editor Janet Mock  goes on the record in a candid interview revealing that she was in fact born a boy in a recent interview with Marie Claire.

Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, the first African American woman to head a Fortune 500 company, believes it is time to get back to basics when it comes to American schools. “We took our focus away from excellence and performance and accountability,” Burns told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien about the dilemma of science and math education in […]

LONDON– Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa, a lecturer in the London School of Economic’s management department is under fire for an article he published on Psychology Today claiming that black women were rated to be less attractive than women of other races.

FEARLESS FRIDAY TOPIC Got Change? Change is growth – so why do we fight so hard against it?  We all have areas in our lives we desire to see change; areas we know we need to rise higher or addictions and strongholds we need to break.  God has given us the power to change! Scripture […]

NEW YORK– May 21, 2011 will mark the end of the world and the second coming of Christ, or at least that’s what some Christian groups believe. For months, Christian network Family radio has trumpeted the coming of  judgement day on more than 2,000 ads around world. The network’s president, 89-year-old  Harold Camping claims to […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Montgomery’s former Greyhound Bus Station is reopening as a museum honoring the Freedom Riders on the 50th anniversary of the day they were attacked in Alabama’s capital city. Several of the original Freedom Riders are attending the dedication Friday. One of them, Jim Zwerg of Tucson, Ariz., says the new museum is […]

A teen mom faces life behind bars after she was caught on tape  attempting to smother her baby at a Forth Worth Tex. hospital. Shantaniqua Nykole Scott, 18, was convicted Thursday in  Forth Worth, after a stunned jury watched video of Scott try to smother her 4-month-old son on two different occasions. VIDEO: http://www.kcentv.com/global/video/videoplayer.js?rnd=612199;hostDomain=www.kcentv.com;playerWidth=485;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=5866888;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.kcentv.com%252Fcategory%252F170056%252Fvideo;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript_EMBEDDEDscript The […]

BROOKLYN-A photo exhibit in Brooklyn, of foster children is helping them find permanent homes. The exhibit is in the busy Atlantic terminal in Brooklyn and the pictures were taken my world known photographers. The New York Daily News reports: For the next month, commuters passing through downtown Brooklyn’s busy Atlantic Terminal will be greeted by […]