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NEW YORK — Nearly fifty years ago, Blacks retreated from the South to elude the implications of segregation. Ironically, today many Blacks, in New York especially, are migrating back to the South in search of economic refuge. About 17 percent of African-Americans who moved to the south in the past decade came from New York, […]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is set to sign a bill on Tuesday that eliminates state and federal funding from nine of the state’s Planned Parenthood health centers. If the bill goes through, Wisconsin will become the fourth state to defund Planned Parenthood. “The way the language [of the bill] is written, we also can’t partner […]

A Texas man convicted of murdering two people, and paralyzing another, was executed Tuesday, despite evidence he suffered from metal retardation. Milton Mathis, 32, was convicted in 1999 for shootings that killed a 24-year-old, Travis Brown III, and 31-year-old, Daniel Hibbard. The Texas Correctional system discovered that Mathis suffered from mental retardation after IQ tests […]

Together with Bob Johnson, the founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, Morgan Freeman has created an online auction to support a disaster preparedness program for this summer’s ensuing hurricane season. Called “PLAN!T NOW,” the program works with nonprofit, home-rebuilding, and federal climate science divisions, and offers scholarships to students whose lives have been affected […]

Following his interview on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace this past weekend, Daily Show host Jon Stewart is claiming that the network edited out crucial parts of his interview. On his show, Stewart told his viewers to view the full interview online to see where Wallace admits that the network is pro-Republican. “I […]

WASHINGTON — As the debate on whether President Obama supports same-sex marriage or not continues, a White House official released a statement on his current stance on the matter. “Although the President believes that this is an issue best addressed by the states, he also firmly believes that committed gay and lesbian couples should receive […]

Former New Orleans Mayor, C. Ray Nagin, released a new book called “Katrina’s Secrets,” reflecting on the tragedy from his experience behind the scenes. Nagin reflects on the federal government’s response to the natural disaster, and the struggle to gain federal aid from FEMA, in the book. “We could have all done better, absolutely,” said […]

NEW JERSEY — Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, who served as an Ambassador for the Obama administration, announced his candidacy for president of the United States today in Liberty State Park, N.J., the same location Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy in 1980. “For the first time in our history, we are passing down to the […]

A North Carolina man desperate for health insurance robbed a bank of $1 so he could get locked up for medical reasons. 59-year old James Verone is down on his luck. He has a growth of some kind on his chest, an injured foot, two ruptured discs, carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. Without a job […]

TULSA, Okla. — This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Tulsa race riot of 1921, when a mob of white men killed hundreds of Blacks and left thousands homeless. The few survivors of that riot alive today are still fighting for recognition and compensation. Not many people around the country are aware of the […]

African-American women are increasingly surpassing their male counterparts in education and taking on many leadership roles in the workplace. Katherine Phillips, an associate professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says that Black women are excelling in education and business, due at least in part to the ways that we are publicly portrayed in […]

Protesters are outraged at the lack of Afro-Brazilian and Black models in this year’s São Paulo fashion week. “We cannot accept the world of fashion insisting on being a stronghold for the Eurocentric,” said Frei Davi Santos, the Brazilian race campaigner behind the protests. The protesters are calling for a 20% quota of Black models, […]