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de Bel7 · 26 octobre 2012

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Check out the Janks Morton film, “Hoodwinked,” starring Drs. Boyce Watkins, Marc Lamont Hill, Jawanza Kunjufu, Ivory Toldson and Steve Perry. To see the trailer for this riveting film, click here

The (Ree)lationship Guide: Hollywood Wedding Pokes Fun at Homelessness

by Ree, “The (Ree)lationship Guide” The media has been abuzz about Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s lavish $6.5 million Italian wedding. The cost of the wedding itself…

Mississippi Sued by Feds for School-to-Prison Pipeline

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Mississippi over the state’s…

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Female Graduates Earning 18% Less than Male

According to CNN, a new study shows that the gender gap is real when it…

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Shani K. Collins: Without Regard to Age, Income or Education Level, Domestic Violence Can Happen to ANYONE

By Shani K. Collins Domestic violence is a serious matter. It has existed for years, but often goes unaddressed because of the immense…

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Yvette Carnell: Tavis Smiley Lists Excuses Black People Will Make if Obama Loses… But He Misses a Few

by Yvette Carnell From the beginning, Tavis Smiley has gotten a lot of flack from the black community for holding President Obama’s feet…

D.C. Sniper Says He Was S*xually Abused by John Muhammad

The youngest D.C. sniper, Lee Boyd Malvo, said in a Thursday interview that he was being s*xually abused by his adult accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, when he participated in the…

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President Obama Jokingly Calls Romney a ‘Bullsh*tter’ in Rolling Stone Interview

In an Oval Office interview, Rolling Stone magazine reporter Douglas Brinkley told President Obama that his six year old likes him, to which Obama responded, “kids have good instincts.” President…

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Thief Robs Church’s Chicken With Samurai Sword

This recession has put a pinch in everyone’s lifestyle, but has it gotten so bad that thieves can’t even afford pistols? America is experiencing an uptick in its…

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Texas Attorney General Threatens to Arrest UN Observers During Election

Don’t mess with Texas, even when you think they’re being corrupt. That’s the message being sent this week by Greg Abbott, the Attorney General for the state, who has clearly stated that he is not going to tolerate the presence of UN observers at polling locations for the presidential election. Abbott sent a letter to […]

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BET’s Black Girls Rock: Empowering or Hypocritical?

Last year, after Black Girls Rock, there was a negative backlash. Some people complained about…

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David Stern to Step Down as Head of the NBA

He’s been around longer than most of us can remember and ran the NBA in…

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Prosecutor Sued for Withholding Evidence, Keeping a Man in Prison for 25 Years

by Dr. Artemesia Stanberry Texas Bar Association Sues Prosecutor and Why We Should Care http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-bar-sues-da-wrongful-murder-conviction-17518478 What a headline. It is a welcomed headline for those of us fighting wrongful convictions. Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Before Morton was convicted, then Williamson County, Texas District Attorney Ken Anderson […]

Meet Rodney K. Stanberry: Poster Child for the New Jim Crow

The case of Rodney K. Stanberry is starting to draw attention as one of the leading examples of broad injustices being dealt by the prison industrial complex. Nearly…

Deion Sanders Tweets “Yes Lawd” After Winning Prenup Challenge Brought by Wife Pilar

It’s the divorce that just won’t go away. Deion and Pilar Sanders are right up there with Usher and Tameka Raymond in the…

Video of Rapper Lil’ Reese Viciously Attacking a Young Woman Surfaces on YouTube

Hip hop was once about fun and rhymes, but now, mainstream hip hop is a race to the bottom. Some of it is…

Should Black People Be Faithful to “Western” Religions Like Christianity?

Black people in America have a long history which stretches all the way back to Africa, before many African countries were colonized. Before colonization, Africans had their own beliefs and many of them only adopted Christianity after the missionaries came to Africa. Today, most Black people in America who identify with a religion, identify themselves […]

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Colin Powell on President Obama: “…I plan to stick with him in 2012″

October 25, 2012 24 Comments

Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed President Obama once again. On Thursday morning’s airing of CBS’ “This Morning,” Powell said ”You know, I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012, and I’ll be voting for he and Vice President Joe Biden next month.“ When asked if […]

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Upper West Side Nanny Allegedly Kills 2 Small Children

On Thursday, Marina Krim, came home to a horrific scene. Having left her two small children with the nanny, she came back to find that her two small…

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Woman Sells Virginity For Nearly $800K

Most people host bowling auctions or even fancy galas to raise money for charity. A twenty-year-old student in Brazil auctioned her virginity for charity. Catarina Migliorini’s virginity was…

Virginia High School Daycare Causing Controversy

October 25, 2012 10 Comments

A high school in Richmond, Virginia is drawing lot of attention since the opening of Armstrong Child Care Lab, a daycare center in the school. The district recently opened the daycare center at Armstrong High School in an effort to bring down the number of high school drop outs. The Virginia Department of Education reports […]