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James O’Keefe, best known for hitting the community organizing group ACORN with an undercover video sting, hoped to get CNN Investigative Correspondent Abbie Boudreau onto a boat filled with sexually explicit props and then record the session, those documents show.

President Barack Obama, in a rare discussion about his religious beliefs, described himself on Tuesday as a “Christian by choice” who arrived at his faith in adulthood because “the precepts of Jesus Christ” helped him envision the kind of life he wanted to lead. Obama talked about his beliefs when he was asked, “Why are […]

Jamal Parris, one of the men accusing Bishop Eddie Long of sexual abuse, has spoken to the Fox 5 Atlanta. He said he called Bishop Eddie Long “daddy,” said he was a predator and said he had to shower to get the smell of his cologne off his body among other things. RELATED STORIES Site […]

The African-American poverty rate rose to 25.8 percent in 2009. That the poverty rate would increase from 2008 to 2009 was not a surprise. Black workers lost jobs in 2009. When blacks lose work black poverty increases. Alternatively, when blacks find work poverty declines. The highest employment rate for African Americans on record was in […]

President Obama hit out hard at Fox News in an interview with Rolling Stone. In the interview, which was released Tuesday, Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner asked Obama, “What do you think of Fox News? Do you think it’s a good institution for America and for democracy?” Read more at HuffPo Share this post on […]

In the video, you can hear the pain in Jamal Parris’ voice as he describes the nature of the relationship with the pastor and spiritual mentor he once referred to as ‘Dad.’ Jamal describes how at age 14 that Bishop Eddie Long took on the role of father figure in his life.He was provided with […]

A decade ago, Brockton High School was a case study in failure. Teachers and administrators often voiced the unofficial school motto in hallway chitchat: students have a right to fail if they want. And many of them did — only a quarter of the students passed statewide exams. One in three dropped out.

In our course on urban inequality at Harvard this semester, we want our students to understand the roots of the social conditions in America’s inner cities. To that end, we get some help from Bodie, Stringer Bell, Bubbles and others from HBO’s The Wire.

This morning, Yolanda Adams spoke to Marvin Sapp in his first interview since the passing of his wife MaLinda. He discusses how he and his children are doing, and also releases his new single “He Has His Hands On You.” Find out why this song is especially significant for his family, and hear him explain […]

First African Lodge established by Prince Hall (1784). Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas (1918). US merchant ship Booker T. Washington gets its first Black captain, Hugh Mulzac (1940). President John F. Kennedy sends federal troops in to aid the integration of University of Mississippi (1962). Lt. Gov. […]