Here are some astonishing statistics: Among pregnant women, 1 in 450 doesn't know her status until week 20 or later (more than halfway through the pregnancy), and 1 in 2,500 is oblivious until she actually goes into labor.
Now that Herman Cain is completely out of the picture, the world knows it is a two man race. Perry comes off like Yosemite Sam. He’s the “rootin’est tootin’est hombre” from Texas alright. Still, I have never seen him own a truly “Presidential moment”. Bachmann was never too impressive (courageous as the undertaking is) and […]
Plots to suppress the African American vote date back to the Reconstruction Era. Prior to the Voter Rights Act of 1965, these were some of the more commonly used tactics by conservatives who wanted to keep blacks from voting. SEE ALSO: Why Newt Scares Me Violence In 1873, a gang of whites in Colfax, Louisiana […]
It seems the executives at OWN have a new bright idea about how to save the ailing network, “target the Black audience.” SOURCES say that new OWN executives are taking cues from a show called “Sweetie Pies” which scored very well in the African-American audience. According to OWN president Erik Logan tells the Hollywood Reporter: […]
Hundreds of American soldiers were cremated and dumped into a Virginia landfill without notifying a majority of the families. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 Biggest Christmas Toy Fads
As African American unemployment hovers at a dismal 15 percent and voter ID laws threaten to undermine the political power of millions of Blacks and Latinos, Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) in a partnership with the labor union AFSCME, clergy, labor and civil rights leaders from around the nation are staging […]
Virginia Tech says gunshots have been reported on campus, and authorities are seeking a suspect.
Following the announcement of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams that Mumia Abu-Jamal “will no longer be facing the death penalty,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu called for further action. “Now that it is clear that Mumia should never have been on death row in the first place, justice will not be served by relegating him to prison […]
According to testimony by new to accusers, Jerry Sandusky allegedly molested young boys at his residence even when his wife was home. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 One accuser, who was 11 or 12 when Sandusky raped or tried to rape him 16 times, testified that he “screamed for help, knowing that Sandusky’s wife […]
You gotta feel sorry for Keyshia Cole...Her mom turned really show joke Frankie decided to put her own off shoot of the popular kiddie dance the "Stankie Leg".
Newt Gingrich criticized President Obama in Iowa recently on the issue of food stamps, saying that the President lavishly gives government aid to people who use the money for vacations. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 Biggest Christmas Toy Fads The presidential candidate compared food stamps to credit cards in his rant at a “slice […]
Herman Cain’s rise and fall would have been more surprising had he not been a Black politician. From Adam Clayton Powell to Marion Barry, from Charles Rangel to David Patterson, many Black voters expect their leaders to be taken down at some point by the powers that be. With Cain, Black America held its breath, […]
