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Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): A new book has suggested that among the disadvantaged people in the United States, the most needy and least helped are probably African-American men. The new book from the

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Saturday that he plans to recruit more African-American and Latino teachers in a bid to narrow achievement gaps among students. African-American males mak

This sign was posted outside a club in New Orleans where a lot of college students hang out. Is this DISCRIMINATION or what? (Click on photo to enlarge and check out the hair rule)...

Tens of thousands descended on Washington today for one of the biggest culture clashes in decades – one that pitted an almost exclusively white crowd against one that was predominantly African-America

By Louise Radnofsky Some African-American leaders are criticizing talk show host Glenn Beck for the date and location of his planned rally in Washington this weekend. The rally will be at the Lincoln

Author, scholar and national news/talk radio show host, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson hosted the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in an in depth and powerful interview which touched on his decision to rele

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 26, 2010 Background on the President's Event in New Orleans for the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Xavier Univ

Latino and African-American homeowners have a disproportionate share of foreclosures nationwide compared with their percentage of homeownership, according to a new study. The study, conducted by t

There are times when quoting rap verses are apropos, then there are times when they are not. Dr. Tyrone Hayes, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, opted for the latter, finding hims

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found. More than o

Harold Dow has died unexpectedly, according to CBS. The veteran CBS News correspondent died Saturday. He was 62. Dow leaves behind a wife, Kathy, and three children, Danica, Joelle, and David.

The ESSENCE Music Festival is here, well on TV One that is. Star-studded, two-hour special produced in conjunction with ESSENCE includes performances by Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J, Earth,

The Schott foundation study showing that less than 50 percent of black males are graduating from high school is astounding and depressing - but not a revelation to many in the African American communi

From FinalCall.com August 18, 2010 This is America, but you wouldn't think so in light of recent events wherein two high-profile, long serving African-American congress members have come under att

A Louisville family filed a lawsuit Monday against Wal-Mart, claiming they found a dead mouse in a milk container they had been drinking from for three days. The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circui

From TheHuffingtonPost August 16, 2010 In the trigger-happy post-9/11 world, the favoured way to instigate a war is to demand that the designated “evildoer” prove a negative. Iraq was invaded

From The Huffington Post August 16, 2010 Where can the Muslim Community Center be built in NYC? To me, the answer is the same as if you asked me where a church, a synagogue, a Sikh temple or an

Peace To All, As my Muslim brothers and sisters and all others who engage in dialogue with me may already know, we Muslims are currently celebrating the month of Ramadan. I would like to take the

President Barack Obama signed into law Friday legislation that will further militarize the US-Mexico border. It includes the deployment of Predator pilotless drones, like those used in Afghanistan and