Study: Putting so many black men in prison is slowing down medical research

The United States’ racially biased criminal justice system is having an unintended consequence on medical innovation, according to a new study published in the Health Affairs journal. Researchers suggest that, due to the mass incarceration of African American men in this country, clinical trials are having trouble getting enough black participants — something that’s preventing […]

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Disabled Man Denied Opportunity to be Recognized During Graduation

Reported by Nigel Boys Tariq Bashir had been looking forward to one of the happiest days of his life: Graduation. After four years of hard work and overcoming major obstacles in his life, including being bound to a wheelchair, he finally earned enough credits to obtain his Associate degree. However, his enjoyment turned to disappointment when he […]

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Phaedra Parks Husband will reportedly spy for the feds to avoid 30 years in prison

This might be one of the most bizarre media revelations in quite some time.  But according to TMZ, Apollo Nida is going to be serving as a spy for the government.  The husband of Real Housewives star Phaedra Parks has, according to the outlet, struck a deal that will help him to avoid 30 years […]

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Anna Belle – Ladies: 5 Types of Men You Should Never Let Inside of You

by Anna Bella Note: This article is in response to another article titled “Men: 4 Types of Women You Should Never Stick Your D*ck In“ Ladies!  If you’re sick and tired of having one failed relationship after another, it’s time that you take off the rose colored glasses and truly assess the type of men […]

How did Sam Cooke really die and why did he die so young?

Sam Cook helped to transform a generation.  He inspired millions of people black and white to never give up and to believe in their dreams.  Unlike the corporate-owned artists of today who don’t have a conscience, Cook sang about things he believed in and stood with other civil rights heroes like Martin Luther King and […]

Rikers Inmate “Baked to Death” in Overheated Cell | breakingbrown.com

A mentally ill inmate at Rikers passed away in an overheated cell just one day after officials at the prison had requested repairs for the heating problem. The Associated Press reports that two requests for repairs were made on February 14 but delayed due to a holiday weekend. Since the following Monday was President’s Day, […]

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Elgin Baylor Says Clippers Owner Liked Showing Off “Beautiful Black Bodies”

Former NBA player and L.A. Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor spoke with CNN on Wednesday about Donald Sterling’s racial views. Baylor acknowledged that he’d had disagreements with Sterling over the issue of race and that Sterling would sometimes bring women into the locker room to show off the bodies of African-American players. “Look at those […]

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People still outraged that SNL thinks slavery and rape are so hilarious

Reported By Liku Zelleke It has been called “tasteless”, it has angered many people and it was meant to be a joke. We are of course talking about the “Saturday Night Live” slavery skit that was broadcasted last weekend. Leslie Jones, a standup comedian who became an SNL writer, performed a monologue about how People […]

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Why Are Public School Kids Scoring Much Lower As They Get To Higher Grades? | The Black Home School

By: Krystle Crossman One would think that as students grow and move up in their schooling they would perform better with schoolwork and testing. They are used to the way things are done so by the time they hit high school they should be at their peak performance right? Wrong. Test scores from high schools […]

 

 

Why Intimacy- Starved Marriages Don’t Have To End Up In Divorce or Cheating | Healthy Black Woman

By: Krystle Crossman One in three married couples have a gap in the amount of s*xual desire that they experience. If you find that this is something that you are experiencing in your relationship don’t fret. You don’t have to sit back and let your marriage have a ho hum s*x life. Leaving this issue […]

 

 

 

More girls keep getting kidnapped in Nigeria as US sends advisory team

Reported By Liku Zelleke It’s been a month since more than 200 girls were kidnapped in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok. It has also been a week since Boko Haram, a terrorist group operating in that part of the country, claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. Now, the US is sending a team of […]

New Show “Little Women” features a “Mini-Beyonce” among other things

Reported By Liku Zelleke Lifetime is set to premier a new “docu-soap” called “Little Women: LA” this summer. The new show follows the life and antics of a group of women who live in, well, L.A. They are funny, they are smart and they are beautiful. They are also little people. Some of the women […]

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Ladies: 5 Ways Your Obsession With Beyoncé Is Keeping You Single

by Ree, “The (Ree)lationship Guide” There’s no doubt it: Beyoncé is a phenomenal woman. She has broken a laundry list of records in her genre and is one of the most wealthy women in the entertainment industry. When she’s not performing in front of a sold-out crowd, she’s gracing the cover of magazines and signing […]

Ladies: 5 Ways Your Obsession With Beyoncé Is Keeping You Single

by Ree, “The (Ree)lationship Guide” There’s no doubt it: Beyoncé is a phenomenal woman. She has broken a laundry list of records in her genre and is one of the most wealthy women in the entertainment industry. When she’s not performing in front of a sold-out crowd, she’s gracing the cover of magazines and signing […]

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Mom Trusts Pastor With Her Teen Daughter, He Rαpes Girl at Church

Reported by Nigel Boys Exactly what has gotten into some pastors and members of the clergy these days? It boggles the imagination to think what must be going through their minds when it seems like every week we are hearing of another woman being rαped by a supposed trusted servant of God. READ MORE via […]

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The last video from Dr. Teleka Patrick before she disappeared

  Ask her parents and her sister to describe Dr. Teleka Patrick, the words will flow from their lips without hesitation. She is beautiful and she is brilliant. They talk of a daughter and a sister who graduated high school in New York City as a National Merit finalist with a scholarship offer from Harvard. She […]

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‘Affluenza’ teen’s family to pay victim $2M

FORT WORTH, Texas AP — The family of a Texas teenager who killed four people in a drunken-driving wreck has agreed to pay more than $2 million to the family of a boy left paralyzed by the accident.Tarrant County court documents show that the liability insurer of Ethan Couch’s parents agreed to pay more than […]

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Three-year old boy shoots himself in the head with his own mother’s gun

If you choose to own a gun, make sure you think carefully before doing so.  Once you get that gun, be sure to teach the basics of gun safety to your child.  These tragedies can be prevented, but this is one that will linger in the mind of the mother for the rest of […]

Boko Haram releases video promising to sell kidnapped girls

Reported By Liku Zelleke Last month, more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their secondary school in Nigeria. Until last week it was anyone’s guess as to who had kidnapped them and where they were being held. Even the Nigerian president admitted to his government being in the dark about the fate of the 270 […]