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New York — A nun’s bogus claim that she was choked and raped by a black man has angered – but not surprised – African-American men in her Brooklyn neighborhood. Detectives combed through East Flatbush investigating the “rape” of Sister Mary Turcotte, a member of the rogue Christian sect Apostles of Infinite Love, which has […]

NEW YORK-After the Tuscon tragedy, activist Al Sharpton has called on the FCC to regulate racism on the radio, particularly Rush Limbaugh. The Hill Reports: We’re not telling Rush don’t say what he wants to say. Say it at home,” Sharpton said in December. “Don’t get on publicly regulated radio and television that are selectively […]

Last year, Vanity Fair found themselves in hot water after releasing a “lily-white” actresses cover for their ’09 New Hollywood issue. Many African Americans in the entertainment community felt disrespected by the idea that the magazine couldn’t find any viable Black actors or actresses on the cover. This year, things have changed as the people […]

Ohio — On Monday grand theft charges were dismissed against Kelley Williams-Bolar and her father, Edward Williams, in the school residency case that has outraged the nation. But both still face felony counts of tampering with records, and the case continues to be a key part of the national debate over education reform. The 40-year-old […]

BATON ROUGE, La — About 230 current and former employees at a Louisiana-based oil services company have filed a civil rights lawsuit, saying they were forced to work in facilities where racist graffiti, slurs and discrimination are commonplace. The lawsuit was filed this week in a Texas federal court against Turner Industries Group LLC, which […]

NEW JERSEY-In a stunt reminiscent of James O’Keefe’s Fake Pimp prank on ACORN, a young African American male visited planned Planned Parenthood and told them about his underage sex workers and received advice on how to have them treated for STD’s, while the woman that they talked with, Amy Woodruff, told them how to avoid […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. –- A woman who said she strangled her 18-year-old daughter because she “pushed my last button” pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter.

North Carolina — The White House used First Lady Michelle Obama to roll out news today that Charlotte, N.C., will host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. “I am thrilled to make sure you are the first to hear some very exciting news,” Obama wrote in an email to members of President Obama’s campaign organization, Organizing […]

Philadelphia, PA– Police arrested six teenagers at a school in suburban Philadelphia after a video one of them shot showed them beating a 13-year-old boy, tossing him in a tree and then hanging him from a wrought-iron fence by the hood of his coat.

NEW YORK-Mary Turcotte, a white 26-year old Nun from the Apostles of Infinite Love in Brooklyn has admitted that she lied about being raped by a Black man in the snow to cover up for a consensual sexual encounter she had at with a bodega worker. The New York Daily News reports: After a police […]