Politics

Four boys ranging from ages 9 to 14 took turns raping an 8-year-old girl behind a shed for more than 10 minutes. Phoenix police say it’s the one of the most horrific cases they’ve seen. According to the Associated Press, the incident sparked further outrage after police said the victim’s parents blamed her for the […]

E. Lynn Harris, the best-selling Arkansas author known for contemporary stories about African-Americans, died today during a West Coast book tour. His latest book was called “Basketball Jones.” Click here for more.

A federal inspector general released a report Thursday slamming FEMA for failing to address the formaldehyde problems in the mobile trailers they provided to Hurricane Katrina victims. The 80-page report claims that FEMA declined to address the matter in a timely fashion being overly concerned with its already tainted public image. The report says FEMA […]

311 graves in a historic Georgia graveyard will be moved in August after fierce feuding from the Georgia NAACP and county board members. The Clayton-County Board of Commissioners voted seven months ago to have graves in the Union Bethel A.M.E. Church Cemetery moved to a graveyard in Riverdale, Georgia to expand a landfill. The cemetery […]

Ruled Wednesday by a New York judge, the city has been informally charged with discriminating against minorities when it comes to hiring firefighters. As it stands now, the department’s work force is comprised of a mere 10% of Blacks and Hispanics. There was an agreement across the board between U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis […]

The tiny town of Paris, Texas was the site of one of the most combustible racial clashes in years on Tuesday. State police, clad from head to toe in riot gear, were on hand to keep the peace between two of America’s most notorious groups in the Ku Klux Klan and the New Black Panther […]

New Orleans former city technology chief was fired from City Hall, according to a spokesman for Mayor Ray Nagin. The former chief named Anthony Jones was responsible for overseeing the crime camera program of the city. This would serve as the final nail in the coffin for Jones who was already serving a 120-day suspension […]

President Barack Obama will hold his fifth press conference since taking office tonight. The main push of the conference is the health care reform bill that is being vehemently denied by some Republicans and Democrats in Congress. In the midst of a monumental economic crisis, the bill advocates for more insurance options but also will […]

A Black Missouri teen that survived a harrowing brush with death has a new fight to undertake, with losing meaning the potential loss of his freedom. Walter Currie, Jr. of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was nearly burned to death after an altercation with two teens of which he had previous history. Several weeks after the incident, […]

The First Black Miss England was crowned in London on Monday night. 20-year old Rachel Christie took the crown at London’s Metropole Hilton Hotel beating out 14 other finalists. During the pageant Christie won the Helen E Cosmetic Award which guaranteed her a spot in the top 15. Her crowning does not come without controversy […]

New developments are surfacing in the trial for Bonita Jacks, the woman accused of killing her four daughters. In a Washington D.C. court room Monday, LaShawn Ragland, a friend of Jacks’ boyfriend, testified that Jacks gave her children marijuana. According to the Associated Press, Ragland told prosecutors she observed Jacks and her boyfriend Nathan Fogle […]

The disorderly conduct charge against Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was dropped today by a Cambridge, Massachusetts prosecutor. A joint statement was released by the city of Cambridge and city police saying that they recommended to the District Attorney the charge be dropped. As previously reported, , Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested Thursday […]