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A disturbing thirty year trend has resulted in a disproportionate number of incarcerated black male youths in U.S. prisons. A new study shows that the conditions that contribute to this trend begin ea

Tyler Perry is is Glenn Beck's hero??? When asked to list his modern day heroes, Beck doesn’t rattle off a predictable list of names like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Newt Gingrich. After giving

Three charged in the murders of Jersey City couple, Michael Muchioki & Nia Haqq: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Katie Washington, first black valedictorian at Notre Dame. In the 161 years Notre Dame has been awarding degrees, never had there been an African-American as valedictorian. Until this year.She’s Ka

Conservative Magazine has forum on black unemployment without any black panelist. The conservative magazine The National Review held a forum on black unemployment. They just forgot one thing. That wou

In Rocky Mount North Carolina 8 bodies of 10 missing African American women have been found. All 8 are believed to have been killed by Antwan Maurice Pittman who is currently in the Edgecomb County Ja

Heart disease is the #1 killer of black women. Heart disease takes the lives of thousands of minority women every year. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, black women are 35

Ground breaking TV Show The Wire being taught as a college course at universities like Harvard and Duke. Some sociologists and social anthropologists, believe The Wire has something to teach their stu

In a very sad story a young college educated couple were gunned down. Micheal Muchioki and Nia Haqq a college educated couple with a bright future were gunned down hours after their engagement party

More black candidates seeking republican nomination to run for congress. At latest count, 33 African Americans are running for Republican nominations to Congress. The bad news in this story is that no

Video: President Obama discusses Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. On CBS Early Show President Obama discussed the level of vitriol leveled at him by Beck and Limbaugh. Watch the video by using the lin

President Obama picks African American on census form: He may be the world's foremost mixed-race leader, but when it came to the official government head count, President Barack Obama gave only one

Video: NY Senator Eric Adams ask kids to pull up their sagging pants: An elected African American official in NY State has reached out to black kids to ask them to take pride in their image and pul

Fox News uses LL Cool J in false advertisement for Palin's Show: In an commercial for Sarah Palin's Fox News show Real American Stories LL Cool J is featured as if he was interviewed for the show.

2010 National Urban League's State Of Black America Report. The book offers Jobs Plan to Put Urban America Back to Work. Read a summary of the book here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsb

When Marie Meggs walked into Christ the Cornerstone Community Church in 2006, Pastor Otis Adams was surprised. Elderly white women don't drop by black churches often, and he assumed her first visit wo

Black republican candidate refers to President Obama as "Buckwheat": Corey Poitier a republican candidate for congress in Florida recently made remarks in which he called President Obama "Buckwheat

President Obama gets 4 billion in aid for black colleges ( HBCUs ) In line with his stated commitment to help HBCUs President Obama has gotten 4 billion for these colleges tucked in side the healthcar

Black Marriage Day 2010 will celebrate its eighth year of Black Marriage Day activities in cities across the country with the release of two marriage-themed films as part of this year’s Black Marriage

A group of black pastors is looking to spread biblical teaching and quash the prosperity gospel teachings that have been proliferating in their churchesThe prosperity gospel is a highly criticized the

Case of the missing Clinton Avenue 5 solved. The case of 5 missing black teens from Newark NJ who went misssing over 30 years ago has been solved: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/missingblackwo

Healthcare protestors use N-word and spit at black democrats including civil rights icon John Lewis in washington DC: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

"The fact that middle-class black children lag behind their white and Asian peers" remains a mystery to many researchers, says Travis Gosa, Cornell assistant professor of Africana studies People are

An Open Letter to Tavis Smiley: Anthony Coley an African American is the former communications director and chief spokesman for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy and former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. He

Dr. Ron Walters a political analyst and Professor Emeritus at the Univeristey of Maryland College Park ask if now is the time for a "Black Party". Read his article by using the link below: http://w