NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man convicted of raping a woman in 1981 but cleared last month by DNA tests was freed from a Louisiana prison Friday after nearly 30 years behind bars.
Henry James was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola a ...
Posted Monday, September 30th 2013 at 3:07PM
(more)
Mary J. Blige's foundation just caught a $200,000 break on a defaulted loan, TMZ reports. TD Bank reached a settlement with Blige and entertainment bigwig Steve Stoute's Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN), agreeing to knock down the ...
Posted Monday, September 30th 2013 at 2:57PM
(more)
by Barry Burch Jr.
A full four years has passed since the official end to the recession, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the results of a recent poll conducted by Gallup.
The poll shows that a great many people, 1 in 5 actually, are having ...
Posted Sunday, September 29th 2013 at 1:27PM
(more)
With the recent suicide of Lee Thompson Young, The Famous Jett Jackson star, who most recently played Detective Barry Frost on TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles, I felt compelled to write this post. He was 29. Young black men are dying at such an alarm rate from ...
Posted Sunday, September 29th 2013 at 1:24PM
(more)
FOR THE NAMES SEE PIC AND FOLLOW THE LINK
http://jecarter4.tumblr.com/post/62446946046/33-members-of-congress-who-have-benefited-from-farm ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 11:11PM
(more)
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT!........POWERFUL!!
Slavery by Another ( this is the full program )
http://video.pbs.org/video/2176766758/
Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: th ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 1:59PM
(more)
It’s no secret that the United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world or that the population of our prisons has literally exploded since the 1980′s when Ronald Reagan first declared the “war on drugs.” What might not be as we ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 1:56PM
(more)
Plan to join your fellow alumni at the Washington Square campus on Saturday, October 19, 2013. Register by October 1 to receive a discounted registration fee of $10 (the fee will be $15 after October 1). Your registration fee includes:
A contine ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 1:50PM
(more)
WBLS 107.5
Is this a good idea?
The New Harlem East Merchants Association wants to pay the homeless to clean up trash-strewn stretch of filthy E. 125th St. The merchants group has started raising money for the unconventional plan, which will invo ...
Posted Friday, September 27th 2013 at 1:42PM
(more)
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has welcomed a new addition to the Romney clan.
On Friday he tweeted, “Our 22nd grandchild was officially adopted today: Kieran James Romney,” alongside a photograph of a cute African-American b ...
Posted Thursday, September 26th 2013 at 11:24PM
(more)
,convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for firing a gun over the head of her husband in order to stop physical abuse, has been granted a new trial.
The Florida mother was sentenced to 20 years in prison in May 2012. Alexander testif ...
Posted Thursday, September 26th 2013 at 10:34PM
(more)
HIV Among Youth - HIV/AIDS is a serious issue among young African-Americans. http://bet.us/1b60OZ8 ...
Posted Thursday, September 26th 2013 at 12:49PM
(more)
Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Be Saved? - George Cooper discusses HBCU fiscal challenges. http://bet.us/18qdfwx ...
Posted Thursday, September 26th 2013 at 12:48PM
(more)
Scare tactics on Obamacare
OUR OPINION: Ted Cruz and other tea party conservatives in the U.S. Senate toy with obstruction at the nation’s peril
BY MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL
HERALDED@MIAMIHERALD.COM
It wasn’t the longest speech on the Senate ...
Posted Wednesday, September 25th 2013 at 11:20PM
(more)
In so far as divisive political issues go, welfare is the gift that just keeps on giving. Mainly, that’s because some on the right have done a masterful job of convincing ordinary white people that slothful African-Americans and Latinos are eating at ...
Posted Monday, September 23rd 2013 at 9:54PM
(more)
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755822/ns/msnbc-the_ed_show/vp/53088210
Calling on Pope Francis to visit WashingtonThe Ed Show ...
Posted Monday, September 23rd 2013 at 8:47PM
(more)
Quentin Tarantino’s DJango Unchained was met by a mostly receptive African-American audience, but the trend of hiring white filmmakers to create black films has many insiders worried. Among those criticizing this trend is Boyz ‘n the Hoyd director J ...
Posted Monday, September 23rd 2013 at 6:05PM
(more)
THIS BUM BROAD GANELLE GET BUSTED BY HUBBY SNAKE ,,,BRINGS THE OTHER GUY TO SEE HER ,,,,SEE VIDEO ,,HO SNAP ! ...
Posted Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at 7:36PM
(more)
This Girl Has An Amazing Voice: Ashly Williams Sings "I Will Always Love You" Straight From The Heart At X Factor USA 2013! ...
Posted Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at 7:23PM
(more)
WBLS 107.5
Man Claim He Was Hired To Control Blacks During The Reagan Administration. Death Of Tupac And Tapes To Prove It . Released Tape Of Michael Jackson Voicemail (Video)
THIS IS SHOCKING!
CHECK OUT VIDEO HERE: www.FeverEyes.Com ...
Posted Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at 12:25AM
(more)
Dr. Llaila O. Afrika is a lecturer and author. He can help you understand and become aware of natural remedies and treatments. He is a nutritional consultant; massage therapist, historian, certified addictionologist, acupuncturist, writer and Doctor ...
Posted Saturday, September 21st 2013 at 11:52PM
(more)
This is an authorized video, produced and selected by Ashra Kwesi and his company, Kemet Nu Productions for viewing on YouTube. Brother Kwesi provides an eye-witness account at the Ramesseum in Kemet (Egypt) and explains the origin of ancient African ...
Posted Saturday, September 21st 2013 at 11:49PM
(more)
