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Washington — First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will launch a national initiative to support and honor America’s service members and their families.  The initiative aims to educate, challenge, and spark action from all sectors of our society — citizens, communities, businesses, non-profits, faith based institutions, philanthropic organizations, and government — to ensure […]

Houston– Twin brothers who left their 89-year-old mother to die in their home have been charged with murder. Also read: Live-In Girlfriends Unhappier, Have Lower Self-Esteem Than Wives? [STUDY] Edwin Larry Berndt and his brother, Edward Christian Berndt, both 48 were arrested after police found their mother laying face down dead in a night gown.  […]

WASHINGTON D.C. – The recent budget passed by President Obama and congress will have very negative effect on the poorest and most vulnerable citizens of our nation. Also Read: 25 Black Women You Should Know The Huffington Post reports: Key highlights include: $600 million in cuts to community health centers. $414 million in cuts to […]

HADDONFIELD, New Jersey — A transsexual New Jersey man has sued the drug-treatment center where he worked, claiming it discriminated against him when it fired him from a job that only a man can do: watching men urinate. Also Read: Is Hip-Hop Homophobic? Experts believe El’Jai Devoureau’s case is the first in the U.S. where […]

New York — Rev. Al Sharpton appeared on the Ed Schultz show last night on MSNBC a day after appearing on a panel in which he was in a heated discussion with Princeton Professor Cornel West over President Obama’s lack of a “Black Agenda.” Last night Sharpton spoke about the debate with West and what […]

New York– Tight hair braiding or weaving may contribute to a type of permanent hair loss that commonly affects African American women, a new study has found. Also read: 7 Celebrity Eye Makeup Looks To Steal [PHOTOS]

One teen won’t have to tell his parents about a fight he got into earlier, because his father apparently arranged it. Also read: GQ Magazine May Never Put Chris Brown On A Cover

Washington — In 2008, Barack Obama rode the backs of Blacks and Hispanics to the presidency at high voting rates. But will he duplicate his high voter turnout come 2012 with high Black unemployment, and the record breaking number of deportations of illegal immigrants by his administration? A new poll shows that President Obama’s support […]

WOBURN, MA – Chanequa N. Campbell, the Harvard student who was implicated in the 2009 murder of Justin Cosby on Harvard campus has testified against Jabrai Copney, the boyfriend of her friend, Brittany Smith, who is accused of killing Cosby in a drug deal gone bad, has admitted to selling cocaine and marijuana while at […]

New York– Authorities reportedly are considering the possibility that an ex-cop is a suspect in a rash of unsolved murders of female prostitutes in Long Island New York. Also read: Woman Who Blamed Acid Attack On A Black Woman Apologizes