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de Bel7 · 20 février 2013

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How Women Cheapen Themselves

By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses The funny thing about speaking to women is that if your views sound too conservative, you risk being called a woman who is “stuck in the 50s” and if you sound too liberal, you risk being called a woman who lacks self respect and “has no values”. The key of course is […]

February 19, 20132 Comments Read More

Wendy Show: Alicia Keys<br /><br />
Talks Marriage & Baby, Avoids Question About Cheating

Wendy Show: Alicia Keys Talks Marriage & Baby, Avoids Question About Cheating

By Staff Blogger Alicia Keys was a guest on the Wendy Show recently. She dished about her husband Swizz Beatz and her baby Egypt. Alicia says that she does want more children someday. The singing sensation shared that baby boy Egypt loves the piano already. She also told Wendy that her favorite gift from Swizz […]

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Michelle Obama Explains The Rationale For Her New Hairdo, Says She’s In ‘Mid-Life Crisis’

By Victor Trammell First Lady Michelle Obama had the nation talking last month on her 49th birthday just days before her husband’s second inauguration. The subject of attention was the beautiful First Lady’s new hairstyle. Instead of the usual style she wore throughout her husband’s first term, Michelle appeared before the public at her birthday celebration […]

February 19, 20131 Comment Read More

Georgia Scheduled To Execute A Man Declared Mentally Disabled This Evening

February 19, 2013No Comment

By Victor Trammell The fight to save the life of Warren Lee Hill (pictured) has went on for years and resulted in various stays of execution. Today marks a date that may or may not be the end of the road. Hill, 53, is scheduled to be put to death via lethal injection by the State of […]

Black Men Receive Close to 20 Percent Longer Sentences than White Men

February 19, 2013No Comment

We all know the judicial system has a tendency to railroad African-American offenders. A recent report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission has added validity to the assumption. According to the report, African-American men are, on average, given longer prison sentences than white men. The report reveals that black men found guilty between December 2007 and […]

Spread the Word: Black Men Offered $200K In Grant Money for Community Projects

February 19, 20132 Comments

If you are an African-American man and/or teenager who is working to improve the conditions of crimen-ridden Baltimore, you can receive up to $20,000 for your community engagement projects, thanks to a joint partnership between the Knight and Open Society Foundations. The Black Male Engagement Initiative (BMe) will provide a total of $200,000 in grants […]

White Clergyman Says N**ga In Song Claiming Service to Christ

February 18, 201310 Comments

By Darron Smith Emcee Jim Colerick decided to teach the youth on their own terms by creating an “inspiration” rap song. Here are the first few bars of his song: “Well I wrote this song for the Christian youth “I wanna teach kids the Christian truth.” “If you wanna reach those kids on the street” […]

Your Black History: The Death Of Civil Rights Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson

February 18, 20133 Comments

By Victor Trammell When young black people of today’s generation hear from their elders that people sacrificed their lives for them to inherit the racial progress they see today, some of them don’t realize it. I heard the same words from my elders when I was younger. For me, the words resonated a half-truth. I believe whole-heartedly that the life […]

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