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New York– Three of Malcolm X’s six daughters are feuding over Betty Shabazz’s estate. There have been charges of irresponsibility, mental incapacity and fiscal mismanagement of an estate estimated at about $1.4 million, according to the New York Times.
Washington, D.C.– AFRO.com announced that they partnered with Google to digitize the newspaper’s historic archives and make them searchable on-line and available to everyone on the web. Link to Afro-American/Google archive
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants to cut $2.5 billion from a $5 billion home heating aid program for the poor, two people familiar with his 2012 budget proposal said Wednesday. The proposal would cut the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to its 2008 level of about $2.5 billion.
Roland Martin appears on JKUSA with Erick Erickson, Dana Bash and host John King to discuss Sen. Jim Webb decision not to run for office in 2012 plus the Tea Party’s desire to obtain the vacant seat. WATCH:
A recent study revealed that only 12% of African-American boys are on grade level. Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu joins Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss the topic. Dr. Kungjufu details where our education system is failing young African-American males and what can be done to fix the problem. For more information about […]
New York — Republican Rep. Christopher Lee of New York resigned his House seat Wednesday following a report that the married congressman had tried to meet a woman on Craigslist. “It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Western New York,” said a statement by Lee posted on his website. “I regret […]
Los Angeles–An LA Times correspondent recently criticized they way Huffington Post compensates their writers and journalists. LA Times’ Tim Rutten believes that the Huffington Post’s editorial quality will decline after the AOL acquisition, because the writers are allegedly underpaid.
NEW YORK-Rep. Christopher Lee a married Republican Congressman from New York State has had racy pictures and texts that he sent to woman on Craiglist revealed. You can read all about it at Gawker and see other photos. In the pictures, Lee appears in his bathroom taking a pictures with a cell phone camera making […]
Chicago– According to the U.S. Census, Black owned businesses have risen by 60% from 2002 to 2007. ABC News reports: The number of black-owned businesses in the U.S. increased by 60.5% to 1.9 million between 2002 and 2007, more than triple the national rate according to U.S. Census data released Tuesday. The number of businesses […]
A young Dominican woman was busted at Boston’s Logan Airport after cops said she swallowed nearly 50 condoms full of cocaine. New Jersey resident Luisa Gill, 21, was stopped by security officials when she seemed jittery. She was then taken in for questioning, and admitted to swallowing nearly 50 condoms of cocaine carrying a street […]