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Thanks in no small part to your incredible work and dedication, we have taken another step towards creating jobs and rebuilding our struggling economy. Last week, the budget I submitted to Congress

Just ten weeks into Barack Obama's presidency, partisan voices and leaders like Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and Indiana Congressman Mike Pence are already trying to turn the Americ

When it comes to issues plaguing Black and low-income communities, a White senator from the South is the last person we'd expect to go out on a limb and sound the alarm. Senator Jim Webb from Virginia

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The government and corporations are aggressively collecting information about your personal life and your habits. They want to track your purchases, your medical records, and even your relationships.

CNN went further than any national media outlet ever went when it recently implored viewers and its website readers to help Los Angeles police hunt down the Grim Sleeper. That’s the macabre play on th

ESSENCE magazine was granted exclusive access into the White House for its May 2009 issue, which features First Lady Michelle Obama and her mother, Mrs. Marian Robinson, on the cover. Before you pick

FYI: This blog is elongated due to the weblink... I have been reading this book online and it is a really interesting book!! I tried to post the link to the original blog in the news sections o

BOSTON - President Barack Obama's aunt will remain in the United States until at least next year as she awaits a chance to make her case before an immigration judge in her bid for asylum from her nati

By Patrik Jonsson Patrik Jonsson – Mon Mar 30, 5:00 am ET Atlanta – Four Oakland, Calif., police officers shot down. An Alabama man strolling a small town with a rifle, looking for victims. Seven eld

Who would have predicted that the GOP would be handing out training manuals to their very own members advising them on how to reach out and engage with the Latino community? And even more amazing, who

(Taylor Media Services) President Barack Obama last week scored a major congressional victory with the approval of his $3.5 billion budget. Obama will now be able to pursue his expansive agenda which

(Taylor Media Services) Singer Natalie Cole remains in desperate need of a kidney transplant donor after it was recently determined that a kidney from her 31-year-old son would not be suitable. The 59

(Taylor Media Services) Shortly after the news became public that superstar singer Madonna was planning to adopt another child from a poor African country, the British charity Save the Children UK ann

(Taylor Media Services) Hip Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been spending a lot of time and money in recent months trying to sharpen his image as a debonair Black playboy who should take the l

April 4 *The founding in 1988 of the organization Amer-I-Can is celebrated on this date. Amer-I-can is composed of a non-profit organization, The Amer-I-can Foundation For Social Change and a for

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Maybe Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle forgot this: Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 2.131, “A peace officer may not engage in racial profiling. Law enforcem

On the last episode of T.I.’s Road to Redemption, T.I. slipped up and said that Janet Jackson and JD are already married. During a scene where he visited a class of elementary students, he allowed the

"African Queen" Yeah, yeah, you are my african queen, oooh lord, oooh lord Just like the sun, lights up the earth, you light up my life The only one, i've ever seen with a smile so bright And just

Jimmy Jean-Louis is a Haitian actor and model best known for his role as The Haitian on the NBC television series Heroes. Born in Petionville, Haiti, he moved to Paris at a young age to pursue a model

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I must say that although the Diary of a Tired Black Man wasn’t what I expected initially, I really enjoyed it!! The film had an easy to follow story line. The Diary of a Tired Black Man is comprised o

Single Mothers raising their children alone...here's to you!!

LONDON - President Barack Obama has arrived in Europe, with a hefty economic and political agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago. The first stop for the p

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