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From Houston Forward Times December 26, 2013 In a story that the Houston Forward Times (HFT) has been extensively covering, we have learned that the preliminary autopsy performed on Alfred Wright

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The year 2013 saw George Zimmerman tried for the killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin and the case kept the country riveted. However, when Mr. Zimmerman was found not guilt

WASHINGTON--A bullet fired during what was described as a running gun battle Thursday night on the plaza of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum on U Street Northwest damaged a panel lis

By Professor Damon L. Fordham, MA December 24, 2013 Most non historians’ knowledge of blacks during the 1800s tends to be an incomplete understanding of slavery as a time of complete illiteracy an

I can knit, mostly winter hats and scarves, which just sits up in one of my closets. I have no plans to sell my hats or scarves (I'm so proud of them because they are the first things I made when I le

Paul Mooney says it all. Hate it, love it, or despise it, this is the American justice system, and in some way, this goes on every day.

The Top 10 Reasons Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas Christmas is a hugely popular holiday celebrated by some 2 billion people worldwide. It's become such an ingrained part of modern culture that eve

Polaroid & Apartheid: Inside the Beginnings of the Boycott, Divestment Movement Against South Africa From DemocracyNow.org We look back at how African-American workers at Polaroid in Massachu

OREGON CITY – A jury rejected most of a racially charged lawsuit Friday against the Oregon Liquor Control Commission after a state lawyer argued the black employee who filed it was disliked but not di

CNN--Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments aren't the only part of his interview with GQ causing controversy. The 67-year-old "Duck Dynasty" star was suspended by A&E Wednesday for calling homosexuali

The Ivy-League educated half-brother of President Obama is publishing his autobiography in which he makes the shocking claim their father dished out alcohol-fueled beatings to him and his mother and i

NEW ORLEANS--High rates of incarceration and criminalization of communities affected by poverty and racial discrimination are increasingly common problems in America, social justice activist Angela Da

In what's being called a medical record in India, a 28-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh miscarried 10 babies in one night this week. The Indo-Asian News Service reports that Anju Kushwaha delivered nine of the babies late Sunday night before she arrived at a hospital, where she delivered the 10t

A family is struggling with the painful decision of whether or not to take their daughter off life support after the young teen was left brain dead following routine tonsil surgery. To make matters wo

40-year-old fetus found in 82-year-old woman: report VIA THE TELEGRAPH A 82-year-old woman went to the hospital with stomach pain and doctors discovered something astounding: she was carrying a

CROSS THE RIVER JORDAN The River Jordan is chilly and cold Reach the other side and God warms up your soul You've got to do the work He sent you here to do And you will get there so lo

Nia Long REQUESTED her love interest be changed to a white actor despite the story being written with a Black actor in mind. Obviously she can care less about Black actors needing work. Nia Long c

After two days of deliberations, 12 jurors reached a verdict in the retrial of a former New Orleans police officer David Warren. The jury found Warren not guilty on charges of violating Henry Glove

(FinalCall.com) - As the world mourned the passing of Nelson Mandela, the great freedom fighter, remembrances poured in from all sides. Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, writing for the Jewish Daily Forward,

ST. CLAIR COUNTY • A woman whom prosecutors called the ringleader in the kidnapping and murder of an elderly Belleville woman in 2011 after she left a bingo game was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum p