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by Dr. Boyce Watkins Some have said that the Republican Party has been the primary obstructionist that keeps President Barack Obama from dealing with African American issues. Black Americans have seen their economic condition worsen, while whites have watched their conditions improve. Almost nothing has been done to alleviate the mass incarceration epidemic and the […]
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 (Tripoli, LEBANON) Protesters in a many countries across the Muslim world, including Tripoli, Lebanaon vented furious anger against the West on Friday as the controversy over an anti-Islamic film spread rampant. A KFC restaurant was torched in Lebanon, and violent attacks on U.S. embassies in the Islamic countries of Sudan, Tunisia, and Egypt raged on as well. […]
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 Around 100 people attended a fundraiser and self-defense awareness event Saturday morning. The event was held in memory of a Prince George’s County, Maryland girl who was shot dead in her bedroom last month. Stanley found was brutally murdered in own her bed August 22 in her family’s home in Kettering, Maryland. Witnesses said that Stanley was killed by a […]
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 In Capitol Heights, Maryland, students and faculty at a Prince George’s County high school are paying respects to one of their own who was shot to death this week. A memorial ceremony was held for Marckel Ross on 2 p.m. Friday on the football field of Central High School in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Gatherers wore […]
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Rapper, Earl Simmons, commonly known as DMX, has always maintained that he is a spiritual man but his life as a rapper never seemed to fit that…
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 Venus and Serena Williams started out supporting a documentary that told their life story but now that they have realized that the movie paints a negative picture of their father,Richard Williams, they have withdrawn their support. Until recently, the Williams sisters had the intention of appearing on the red carpet at the movie’s premier at […]
Rapper Tweets about Driving Drunk, then Dies a Few Minutes Later
 by Dr. Boyce Watkins A rapper who thought that it was fun to brag on Twitter about drinking and driving died shortly after sending his last tweet. The tweet by the rapper “Inkyy” was YOLO, which means “You only live once.” It appears that his sudden death confirms his expectation…he’s only going to live and […]
 Since Madea broke into the scene, there has been a growing concern among Black men that society and media are try to “feminize” men. With the high unemployment rate which affects Black men even more than the general population, it may be time for us to reconsider what it means to be a man and […]
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