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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcus Johnson Jr.’s parents figured a sunny day at a city park was just what their son, a 6-year-old kindergartner, needed while recovering from heart surgery the previous week and a doctor’s visit that same day. Instead, the family will bury Marcus on Thursday after the child was shot in the […]
Years ago, Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, wasn’t quite sure at first about that Barack guy her daughter was dating. Fortunately though, she came around, though she admitted in an interview during Barack’s 2004 Senate campaign, she wasn’t sure if his being biracial would pose a problem for her daughter. She did say that she […]
We certainly do appreciate Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz’s push to talk about America’s race relations, holding large-scale conferences with his company’s employees. After weeks of those…
Hillary Clinton, a possible 2016 Democratic presidential contender, slammed the Republican Party for delaying Loretta Lynch’s confirmation Monday, accusing leaders of blocking the first Black…
The “nice” guys are showing their true colors. A man in New York City punched and tossed a pregnant woman to the ground after he…
Family spokeswoman says 26-year-old Aaron Siler killed in Kenosha officer-involved shooting http://t.co/JqkwwYn0FZ via @fox6now — Deb Ward (@DebWard628) March 16, 2015 A Wisconsin police officer…
The driver of a U-Haul truck who struck a Bronx teenager early Friday morning as he walked across the street, critically injuring him, was high…
Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now” recently spoke with outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder about what he plans to do once he exits the Department…
We don’t know how much more of this girl’s awesome-ness we can take! Girl power icon-in-the-making and Little League champ Mo’ne Davis collaborated with “social enterprise”…
With race relations more shaky than ever, Starbucks is tackling the issue head on with “Race Together,” a new campaign organized by the popular chain it announced earlier this week. Chatting with Forbes.com, the company’s CEO Howard Schultz mentioned, “Race Together came amid racial tension, protests and violence in places such as Ferguson, Missouri, New […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A fraternity under scrutiny because of a racist chant caught on video plans to announce an extensive review of its chapters around the country. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity said it will unveil Wednesday what it calls a “national plan to combat racial intolerance.” The Evanston, Illinois-based organization is holding a news conference […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman accused of decapitating her 3-month-old daughter had been ordered by a court to stay away from the child, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Deasia Watkins had been forbidden to have contact with the baby after she was hospitalized for psychiatric problems, authorities said. The baby had been placed in an aunt’s […]
