Erica Garner may seek to avenge her father's untimely death by launching a congressional campaign against Rep. Dan Donovan.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a presidential race reshaped by national security fears, Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed over U.S. military intervention, government spying on Americans’ communications and immigration Tuesday night, as front-runner Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States. Struggling former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush found […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster has picked a small but powerful suffix as word of the year: ism. But not just any ism. The top isms to earn high traffic spikes and big bumps in lookups on the dictionary company’s website in 2015 over the year before are socialism, fascism, racism, feminism, communism, capitalism and […]

When a controversy erupted over Black female Marine’s hairstyles last year, some observers thought Black women in the military were asking for special treatment. But the argument was this – that Black women in the military were prohibited from wearing many of the natural styles including locs and cornrows that might make it easier for them to […]

The Carolina Panthers football team has taken everyone by storm this 2015-2016 football season. With the team currently undefeated, many credit this success to their…

VH1 is taking a break from producing ratchet reality shows featuring black women snatching back manes, and will focus instead on the “golden-era” of 90’s hip-hop with the movie The Breaks, starring Mack Wilds, Method Man, Wood Harris and Afton Williamson. According to the network, the film is set against the backdrop of a New […]

Racial profiling and the mass incarceration of Black people will always be an important topic to address. But according to an op-ed in The New York Times, the issue may also be connected to the growing number of women who are dying from AIDS. As for the specific cause of the increase, it is unknown. […]

I am tired, angry, and discouraged with the number of deaths by gun violence over the last 2-3 years. As a mother with two sons, I thought about how I would feel if my sons were shot or killed randomly by another young Black male or by police. I mean, nowadays, there is such a […]

Common has been recruited to join Kate Mara and Edie Falco in Leavey, a film based on the true story of Megan Leavey and her military combat dog Rex who saved lives searching for roadside bombs during two tours in Iraq from 2004 to 2006. The LD Entertainment film is being directed by “Blackfish‘s” Gabriela […]

UPDATE: 5:13 EST Jurors in the manslaughter trial of a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray said Tuesday they were deadlocked, but the judge overseeing the case told them to keep deliberating. The jury sent a note to Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams after about nine hours of discussions over two days. […]

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Supaken has your sports report straight from the streets! Serena Williams was named the player of the year by the WTA! Click the audio player to hear more about that and other stories in this clip from The Russ Parr Morning Show! Keep Up With The Russ Parr Morning Show … LIKE Him On Facebook!