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Shireen Lewis was working on her dissertation for her doctorate and feeling very isolated and alone. She recalls thinking, “There must be other women of color going through the same thing I am.” Lewis put out a call and four women showed up at the first gathering of a support group for women working on […]
Trayvon Martin family attorney and noted civil rights activist Benjamin Crump has signed on as lead counsel in a boiling probe of the Los Angeles Police Department charging officers with gross misconduct and the routine use of excessive force involving minorities. This is a pattern of which has been symbolized by a trio of violent […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An armed man with a military background took a hostage inside an upper floor of a downtown Pittsburgh office building on Friday and posted Facebook updates saying he had "lost everything." Police Chief Nate Harper identified the hostage-taker as Klein Michael Thaxton, who wrote on Facebook that people will "never have to […]
A man in Texas decided to make a statement against President Obama by hanging an empty chair from a tree in front of his Northwest Austin home. A fold-up chair, with an American flag attached to it, was hung from a tree in front of Bud Johnson’s home in the Spicewood Estates area Wednesday night, […]
Another day and another story that proves Mitt Romney is a hypocrite when it comes to abortion. Leave it to TMZ to uncover this interesting piece about Romney’s involvement with his son Tagg (pictured) and his wife using a surrogate to have twins. It’s a little complicated but basically Tagg, his wife and the surrogate […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters won't be charged with ethics violations following allegations she steered a $12 million federal bailout to a bank where her husband owns stock. House Ethics Committee members said Friday at a hearing their investigation found no violation by Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services […]
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick conspired with his father and best friend to turn City Hall into a den of bribes and kickbacks, a prosecutor said Friday as jurors heard opening statements in Kilpatrick's corruption trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Chutkow gave jurors a 40-minute overview of what they'll see and hear […]
My, my, my. Philadelphia, get ready. Singer Johnny Gill, Tamela and David Mann, U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, Dr. Ian Smith, Dr. Robin Smith, fitness expert AJ Johnson, and the entire Tom Joyner Morning Show team will be on hand in Philadelphia for the annual “Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day” Health […]
Today is Alzheimer’s Action Day and Beth Kallmyer of the Alzheimer’s Association wants to educate and inspire you to join the fight against this disease. September is officially observed as World Alzheimer’s Month. There are over five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s–which is the most common form of dementia. African Americans are two times more […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)- California officials have warned 49 school districts that they have an unusually high number of black students in special education programs who are labeled emotionally disturbed. Letters sent by the state Department of Education in July told the districts their special ed classes were "significantly disproportionate" racially during a four-year period ending […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is awarding $228 million in grants to historically black colleges and universities. The five-year grants will go to schools in 19 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Schools can use the money to expand their campuses, acquire science equipment, develop counseling programs and train […]
Known for his intelligence and impeccable coolness under pressure, President Barack Obama represents the U.S. unlike any other president in a number of ways. And every once in a while, the public gets to see another side of him, a hip, youthful man who, in national polls, is the one person people would love to […]
