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California — Our community may need to step away from the TV screen a bit because a recent Nielsen study shows we are watching more TV than anyone in the country. According to EURweb, in November 2010, when the data were compiled, African Americans used their TVs an average of 7 hours, 12 minutes each […]

Rutgers University recently contacted both Jersey Shore star Snooki and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Toni Morrison to speak at their school. When individuals are contacted to speak at schools, they are usually paid a certain amount. Well, take a minute and guess who will be paid more for their speech? No, not Toni Morrison. Rutgers has […]

Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the 43 years since King’s assassination, African-Americans have made tremendous progress, and the legacy of Dr. King has continued to live strong. Today, a short distance from where King delivered his famed “I Have a Dream” speech, […]

ATLANTA -Black unemployment rose again this past month, while the overall job rate declined to 8.8. percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The report indicates black unemployment surged to 15.5 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The previous rate was 15.3 percent, which was down from January’s 15.7 percent. The rate […]

CHICAGO — Anti-abortion billboard organization Life Always have installed their most recent questionable display in Black communities in Chicago. The latest billboards show an image of Barack Obama next to the words, “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.” ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women To Know ChicagoNow reports: “The sponsors of these billboards […]

ALABAMA — The Birmingham, Alabama police department has placed two of its officers on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into the brutal beating of a black man that was caught on video. ALSO READ: Rutgers Pays Snooki “Jersey Shore” Star More Than Toni Morrison To Appear The assault occurred on March 20 outside a […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is about to make one of Washington’s worst kept secrets official: He wants a second term. ALSO READ: Rutgers Pays Snooki “Jersey Shore” Star More Than Toni Morrison To Appear Democratic officials familiar with the president’s plans said Saturday that Obama intends to file papers as early as this coming […]

ST. PAUL, Minn.  — Lawmakers capped a week of budget debate Thursday with a Senate vote for a school funding bill shifting money away from urban districts and House approval of a crime package that toughens sex offender sentences while slashing the budget for Minnesota’s anti-discrimination office. ALSO READ: Rutgers Pays Snooki “Jersey Shore” Star […]

ILLINOIS — Chicago native Timeica Bethel was just a three-year-old when her crack-addicted mother left her and her siblings at their grandmothers house in the Le Claire projects and never came back. ALSO READ: Rutgers Pays Snooki “Jersey Shore” Star More Than Toni Morrison To Appear Chicago Tribune reports: Yale graduation is May 23. Just […]

NEW YORK-Black historian, Manning Marable has died at age 60 of complications related to pneumonia. Marable was the the director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York. The Root reports: A lifelong Marxist, Manning was a member of Committees of Correspondence […]