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The Reverend Al Sharpton said President Obama was right in telling Black people to “stop complaining” at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix awards on Saturday. Sharpton, who spoke to the president shortly after the speech remarked, “He said this is what I’ve done, and it helps Blacks and helps the county and now let’s get to work,” […]

I deal with a lot of non-black people. A lot of Blacks working in corporate or other professional fields do too. It’s not a complaint… I’m just stating my reality. But there’s something that happens when you deal with a lot of non-Blacks and then jump back into Black surroundings. I make references that I […]

Filmmaker Michael Moore is calling for an economic boycott of Georgia over last week’s execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Also read: How Do You Feel About The Execution Of Troy Davis? “I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, [and] to never do business in Georgia,” Moore […]

NEW YORK- Mr. EBT, a rapper who had a viral hit video for his song “Swipe Your EBT,” is defending himself after conservative critics have claimed he is glorifying welfare. Popular conservative blogger Matt Drudge and several other conservative websites have called him someone “leeching off society.” A New Low? “Its Free Swipe Yo EBT” […]

Legendary funk singer Sly Stone is reportedly homeless and living in a van in the Crenshaw section of Los Angeles. The shocking revelation reported by the New York Post talks about the FBI’s hunt for Stone, and the numerous hits out on his life. RELATED: Atlantic City hopes to bus more homeless back home The […]

NEW YORK — A clerk for the ASPCA records department took a photo of a noose in the garage of their offices. The worker, Sanoy Fleming, complained to her superiors when she was told the rope was there for “operational purposes.” Cross With Racial Slurs And “Burn In Hell” Put On Black Man’s Lawn Hate […]

Republicans at the University of California, Berkeley are reportedly planning a bake sale with pricing that depends on race and gender, CNN.com is reporting. The reasoning behind the bake sale is to protest against pending legislation that would allow California universities to consider race or national origin during the admissions process. During the sale, scheduled […]

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain won Florida’s straw poll Saturday with 37.1 percent of the vote. Cain upset Texas Gov. Rick Perry,  thought by many to be the Republican frontrunner, who came in second with 15.4 percent. The mock election run by the state party capped a three-day convention where Cain and former Santorum appeared […]

WASHINGTON — In a fiery summons to an important voting bloc, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and “put on your marching shoes” to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity. And though he didn’t say it directly, for a second term, too. Obama’s speech to the annual […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even if Congress heeds President Barack Obama’s demands to “pass this bill right away” and enacts his jobs and tax plan in its entirety, the unemployment rate probably still would hover in nosebleed territory for at least three more years. Why? Because the 1.9 million new jobs the White House says the […]