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Newsweek.com--Monday's Supreme Court decision ordering California to reduce its overcrowded prisons by 30,000 inmates is as welcome as a ray of sunlight streaming through prison bars. State officials

Newsweek.com--In Zayed Military City, in a training camp in a desert area of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a secret army is in the making. This secret army of mercenaries, which is slated to be

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Black people with multiple sclerosis are more likely to have vitamin D deficiencies than blacks who don't have the disease, a new study shows. The study, published in the May 24 issue of the journa

MSNBC.com--Even though Black male unemployment is at a record low of 17%, African-American men are still suffering from the fallout of The Great Recession. According to MSNBC, the current unemployment

NEWSWEEK.com--The Spirit of Rachel Corrie is back in Egyptian territorial waters. The crew and passengers are safe. The Malaysian Embassy in Cairo has advised that the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Aff

TheRoot.com--In a study whose findings are somewhat intuitive but nonetheless significant for the representation of African Americans in Hollywood, researchers have found that movies with black direct

The recent controversy ignited by Cornel West’s critique of President Barack Obama and subsequent critiques of Dr. West reveal a fundamental crisis in Black leadership. Traditionally, African American

Greedmont TV presents a documentary by Corey Davis on a group crack addicts in Atlanta who live outside in a small cove behind a Texaco, infamously dubbed as the "Living Room." They share their st

Economist Walter Williams knows that minimum wage laws are hurting poor, African-American teenagers and his new book, “Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?”, attempts to dispe

USAToday.com--The First Lady hit the campaign trail Thursday addressing a group of 550 supporters at the Grand Hyatt in Washington. Mrs. Obama told the predominantly female audience "Now, more than e

Johnathan Rodgers, president and chief executive of Silver Spring-based TV One, is retiring at the end of July from the cable channel that caters to African Americans. The network, a joint venture

Although 18-year-old student Courtney Thomas has been charged with ethnic intimidation after admitting to writing racist graffiti at Seaholm High School, the leadership of the local branch of the NAA

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Michelle Alexander, an associate professor of law at Ohio State University, worked in and around the criminal justice system for years–clerking for Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackman, and leading th

BET.com--Al Sharpton may have mellowed - but he still won't apologize for the Tawana Brawley debacle. A quarter-century later after he whipped up racial tensions over the incendiary case, Sharpton

Based on recently released reports, there is a slim chance that many Black children will be able to join or increase the size of the Black Middle Class. Becoming lower middle class is the bare mini

The following article contains excerpts from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's April 1, 2011 interview on WPFW-Pacifica Radio with Spectrum Today's Askia Muhammad, along with regular panelist W

Princeton University professor and author Cornel West has many followers who admire his pro-Black progressive ideology. His wit, historical research and insight into Black political and cultural life

HuffingtonPost.com--Robert Fitzpatrick does not lack conviction. The 60-year-old ex-MTA employee has plunked down $140,000, his life savings, to help spread the word that the world will end on May