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BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A New Jersey rappper was found shot dead in an SUV in suburban New Jersey. He was also shot before the SUV was torched along with his body. The rapper, Kampane, real name Rhian Stout, was so badly burned it took a day for police to identify the body. The New York […]

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that impeaching President Barack Obama “would be a great thing to do” on a conference call with bloggers on Tuesday night, Politico reports. However, Cain pointed out that doing so would be difficult. HuffingtonPost.com report: “Because the Senate is controlled by Democrats we would never be able to get […]

While the recession hit black men harder than any other group, the economic recovery has shifted that impact to their female counterparts, according to a recent report by the National Women’s Law Center, which shows that black women have lately seen their unemployment rate rise even as other populations—including black men—have finally begun to regain […]

The Progressive National Baptist Convention, an organization that began to support and defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s efforts during the Civil Rights Movement, has come to the defense of President Barack Obama. During the organization’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. this past Friday, members rallied behind the president, calling for the ouster of elected officials […]

Black businesses and residents along the Gulf of Mexico are urging British Petroleum to live up to its promise that it would compensate them for their losses due to the oil spill. Operation People for Peace, an organization advocating for the poor and minority families of the gulf, recently flew to the the company’s headquarters […]

Actor Idris Elba said that he felt that Black men are not considered “sexy” by mainstream America, during a recent interview. Idris elaborated on the issue, saying that Black actors are typically casted much differently than actors of other races, HuffingtonPost.com reports: “Black men, we’re never called sexy. We’re called athletic, intense, we’re described as […]

While statistics describe crisis-like conditions concerning the state of the Black family, not everyone is moved by a particular dimension of this categorization. More specifically, not everyone believes in the data that says upwardly mobile Black women can’t find a husband. Even more troubling are the various solutions offered by authors and scholars on how […]

A number of myths come to mind when we think of adoption. Whether it is the idea that kids coming from foster care are more difficult to raise, or that they’ll have resentment towards their new parents when they get older, these beliefs and others often deter individuals and couples from exploring adoption as an […]

A new article on TheRoot.com talks about the Black community’s relationship with President Obama. The piece talks about how many in the community treat Obama like a father, brother, boyfriend or husband; and how that affects our ability to think clearly about his policies and how they affect us. While many of us feel that […]

The Grio has an opinion piece on the Black Church and its response to HIV and AIDS. They claim that the Black church is affected by ignorance towards virus and its affects. The term Christian Ignorance Virus was coined by Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Barack Obama’s former […]