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CHICAGO — Strip clubs in Illinois will soon have to pay an additional tax to help fund efforts to prevent sexual assault and counsel victims. Gov. Pat Quinn on Saturday signed into a law a measure establishing the tax. Supporters say strip clubs contribute to crime and violence and should help pay for fighting the […]
Benjamin Irwin, the attorney for Teresa Carter, mother of Chavis Carter, joined Roland Martin this morning on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Chavis Carter is the 21-year-old man who police claim committed suicide in the back of a police car while he was handcuffed behind his back. The police have starkly defended this incident and […]
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A woman who had previously admitted blacking out from drug use decapitated her 2-year-old son and put the boy's head in her freezer before killing herself, just five months after having regained custody of the boy from the state's child welfare agency, authorities said Wednesday. Chevonne Thomas killed her son and […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A black farmworker was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the brutal murder of South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche in a case that has been a source of racial tension in the city of Ventersdorp. About 100 protesters sang anti-white songs outside the courtroom in the city just west […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' state crime lab says it didn't perform gunshot residue testing on a man fatally shot in the head while handcuffed in a patrol car because it doesn't do that kind of analysis on victims of homicides or suicides. Jonesboro Police Chief Michael Yates told The Associated Press that the […]
As the seemingly impenetrable Great Recession lingers and the once burgeoning middle-class continues to dissipate, city neighborhoods and communities are becoming more economically segregated than they’ve been in the last three decades, a recent Pew Research Center study finds. According to the report, upper and lower income Americans alike are now living more among […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department is establishing a civil rights unit in Alabama after the state's crackdown on illegal immigration raised broader concerns about compliance with federal laws. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Perez said Tuesday it's the tenth such unit in locations around the country. The nearest is in Memphis, Tenn. Perez said […]
The statistics are sobering. Diabetes is an epidemic among African-Americans, yet it’s also among the most preventable diseases that face our population. According to the National Diabetes Education Program, 4.9 million African-Americans in the U.S. are diabetic and don’t even know it. Yes, it’s true, something has to kill you, but the significantly reduced quality […]
Popular coffee chain, Dunkin Donuts, is facing some heat from former franchisees claiming the company has a racial bias against minority owners. The group claims that Dunkin Donuts executives force franchisees of color to open stores in poor, under privileged areas resulting in lower sales; while white owners are allowed to open in more profitable […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Barack Obama accused rival Mitt Romney of being oblivious to the burdens of paying for college on Tuesday, telling young voters in battleground Ohio that his opponent's education policies amount to nothing more than encouraging them to tap their parents for money or "shop around" for the best deal. "This […]
TALLAHASSEE — Florida A&M University is lining up recording artists to perform at halftime during football games this fall to replace the school's suspended band. The university on Monday announced the performer known as "Future" will be the star attraction when the Rattlers open their home schedule by hosting Hampton University on Sept. 15. The […]
No one should be all that shocked that Todd Akin believes that women’s bodies are biologically equipped to repel the sperm of rapists. The Missouri GOP congressman does, after all, belong to a party in which ideology has been easing out intelligence for a long time. It’s the party that has, for example, long fought […]
