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Sharon P. Carson, a writer who already had a book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man out in 2003, is claiming that Steve Harvey took her idea for his New York Times best sellling book of the same titl

My job is registering students for public school. Each employee is assigned a grade level to register students. In the state of Louisiana the age of consent is 17, so a student can register themselves

By Sister Siebra Muhammad My Butterfly wings. Dancing, shimmering lights. They are the northern lights of the south during the day. Beautiful green. Flash and flutter. Dancing upon the wal

By Sister Siebra Muhammad The day light breaks Another day has begun. still no sleep has come. My body is weary My mind overworked. I lie thinking But what I am unsure. need

By Walter Dellinger John Hope Franklin, who died yesterday at 94, was one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century. He was the master of the great American story of that century, the stor

This was sent to me through my Myspace page and now I pass it on. LIPSTICK INFORMATION: Something to consider Next time you go shopping for Lipstick...... This comes from someone Who works

Beyonce has been tapped to play Black Panther Angela Davis. Franco-Algerian producer-writer-director Rachid Bouchareb is filming a movie based on the early life of Black Panther and FBI renegade Angel

American International Group's corporate security advised employees of the insurance giant, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer money, to take measures "to increase their overall saf

On Townhall.com, a website owned by a popular Christian radio network Salem Communications, writer, Burt Prelutsky has some very offensive things to say about Michelle Obama: After all, in spite of

I'm madder than a crowd on the day Mardi Gras passes Our elders may not be able to pay back their taxes They don't want the 44th president to be our man Hell, they won't even approve of his stimulu

This Old Navy commercial posted below aired last night while my 12-year old niece and I were watching American Idol on New Orleans, Louisiana's FOX affiliate Channel 8. The commercial depicts a white

ALL I CAN SAY UPON READING THIS ARTICLE IS, "HOW RETARDED CAN THIS COUNTRY GET???" The economy may be limp, but condom sales are not. Sales of the contraceptive device have risen five percent th

From WomanistMusings.com March 17, 2009 He could be anybody’s grandfather and in fact he was a great grand father. This 73 year old cancer survivor was enjoying a barbecue and some family time wh

Reporting from Homer, La. -- On the last afternoon of his life, Bernard Monroe was hosting a cookout for family and friends in front of his dilapidated home in this small northern Louisiana town. T

WHO AM I? By Sister Siebra Muhammad I'm Mary J. Blige giving you the 411 And I won't stop until the war is won I'm the Salt with a Deadly Pepa Aiming higher, never settling for lesser I'm An

TENAHA, Texas— You can drive into this dusty fleck of a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you’re African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it—at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables. That’s because the police here allegedly have found a

DETROIT – Welcome to Landlord Nation, where foreclosure notices are plentiful and for-sale signs offer at least 1,800 homes for under $10,000 that once were worth at least 10 times more. In extreme

Last night my 12 year-old niece began to complain about doing the dishes. She's a good child who never gave me a moment's worth of trouble so far, never got into fights and the like, but when she bega

TAMARAC - A 4-year-old at a Tamarac preschool caused a furor when police say he pulled a plastic bag of pot from his book bag and casually told a classmate, "That's my brother's weed." Authorities

This week marks the 12th year of Christopher Wallace’s passing and since then a lot has changed. The slang, the style of dress and even the “pop culture” referenced metaphors have been altered since t

This poem is dedicated to the memory of our Sister Katherine, a former member of our BWC community. I have only been a member of this site for 3 months, and I became aware that there were some communi

Most people who are prone to headaches or migraines suspect that certain things, such as red wine or strong perfume, can trigger their head pain. Now a new study suggests that rising temperatures coul

MORE THAN JUST RACE Being Black and Poor in the Inner City By William Julius Wilson 190 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $24.95 Conservatives have a ready answer. Racism is not the problem; inste