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Has TV One found two new sirens to join the season 2 cast of "R&B Divas"? There's chatter that Nicci Gilbert isn't the only one leaving the hit TV One reality show! According to FunkyDineva.com, F

WASHINGTON — High school and college students nationwide can win one of five $5,000 scholarships through the “Free to Tweet” competition being billed as a 15-day online celebration of First Amendment

In 1970, Bill Baxley, the new Attorney General of the State of Alabama, reopened the investigation of the 1963 bombing of a church in which four little African-American girls died. For doing so, he re

(Barbados Nation) Leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, will be arriving in Barbados on Sunday for a week’s visit as part of the second phase of a Caribbean tour. The outspoken religious

After months of rumors, Kimora Lee Simmons and Dijmon Hounsou have officially called it quits. "Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons have officially separated after 5½ years," his rep told People.

(Black Agenda Report November 22, 2012) The United States plans to permanently station a U.S. Army brigade on African soil, beginning next year. Is this the start of something big – and ominous – or “

Black Friday Violence: Police and retailers prepare for crowds and chaos (CBS) - So-called "Black Friday" sales may be catnip for some holiday shoppers, but in recent years they've also become scen

"Some Who Feel No Reason For Thanksgiving" To this day, I can hardly bear to think of that quintessentially American holiday—Thanksgiving. When I do, however, I do not dwell on Pilgrims with w

By DeNeen L. Brown, Nov 17, 2012 01:01 AM EST At age 70, R&B legend Aretha Franklin remains a musical force — still touring and working with director Taylor Hackford on her upcoming biopic. Altho

11/19/12 In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, john powell, Paul Hudson, Eva Paterson and Roger A. Clay, Jr. published the following open letter: Although we acknowledge the deep suppo

She must really love Hostess for her to pull this off...LOL So much for cupcakes... (Click on picture to enlarge)

A Three Part series by Dr. Cupid Poe, Ph.D, a Psychiatrist in Nashville, Tennessee, discussing the results of a Metro Jail Study dealing with the Relationship Between Crime and Religion:

(Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle) – Besides being “in,” yoga is an incredibly beneficial activity for all ages and abilities. The health benefits of yoga are great, and many people are

ATLANTA BLACK STAR--They are an unlikely team of educational reformers. Christopher Emdin is a Columbia University professor who likes to declaim Newton’s laws in rhyme. GZA is a member of the Wu-

New Music From KRS-One - "Disaster Kit"

2:53 p.m. CST, November 15, 2012--A standoff between Hostess Brands Inc. and thousands of its bakery workers was heading for a showdown Thursday as both sides declared they would not bend and were set

Known worldwide for her though-provoking, steamy, and sexy novels, Zane is bringing one of her most popular and best-selling books to film! ‘Addicted’ is a story of a highly successful and attractive