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I'M GLAD I WASN'T FITTING ANY OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS BEFORE READING THIS... There are a lot of successful Brothas out there and during your dating escapades, you may need some help in separating the

Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with swine flu: 253 Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with AIDS: 468,578 Amount of people who have died from swine flu this year in the U.S.: 1 Amount

The cool thing about being a minority and a Republican is that you’re likely going to get some face-time, your fifteen minutes in the spotlight. The party, during these uncertain times, seems to be un

There is a letter I received, titled "POETRY IS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL". The letter happens to be from a white girl named "Ms. Williams" from Wichita, Kansas. In the letter, she says that poetry is not

A genetic map of Africa - the continent from which all modern humans originate - has provided information about its huge diversity of language and culture. It is the result of the largest African

The following is Michael Moore's entry on Bernie Madoff for Time Magazine's issue of The World's Most 100 Influential People. Elie Wiesel called him a "God." His investors called him a "genius." B

Do not clean your hands with hand sanitizers.. Now I never thought I would have to use the information I learned from Biology 101 but now is the time. One important thing I learned was that hand sanit

During his press conference last night, Barack Obama took a question from Andre Showell of BET. Showell asked about African American Unemployment: As the entire nation tries to climb out of this

Although I watched this series on my cable TV, I finally was able to finish watching my DVD copy of CNN'S Black In America this week. CNN ended its documentary with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and his inca

The Obama administration is asking Congress to close the big gap in prison sentences for dealing crack versus powdered cocaine, a law that critics say is unfair to blacks. Such sentencing reform ef

The issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation’s highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice

The achievement gap between white and minority students has not narrowed in recent years, despite the focus of the No Child Left Behind law on improving the scores of blacks and Hispanics, according t

Rodney King’s famous line, “Can we all just get along?” still resonates with us today. On this day, seventeen years ago, approximately 53 lives were lost with as many as 2,000 people injured. At the

Fox became the first broadcast network to turn down a request by President Barack Obama for time, opting to show its drama “Lie to Me” on Wednesday instead of the president’s prime-time news conferenc

Peace To All: The following letter was placed on a desk inside my cubicle at work, and I would like to share it with the BIA site members. Brothers and Sisters, please take a moment of your time to

BET, the leading network tailored for black teens and young adults, will be joined by a new channel aimed at an older black audience. Named Centric, it’s scheduled to debut in October. Viacom, w

Sojourner Truth, a former slave who met with Abraham Lincoln and was an early crusader for women’s right to vote and an end to slavery, is the first black woman to be honored with a bust at the Capito

A young girl who told police her father forced her to help as he cut up her mother’s body with an electric saw said she could only look away when the head fell to the floor. The girl is the chief w

Hey Sisters, The following advertisement was sent to me through my Google account today. If you know of anyone who could benefit from this person, please tell them to be on the lookout after June

I truly believe that we dodged a serious bullet this year with the election of Barack Obama. While I cannot say for certain what would’ve happened if John McCain had won the election this year, here i

A Jacksonville researcher has developed a way of sewing up patients after hysterectomies that stands to reduce the risk of complications and simplify the tricky procedure for less-seasoned surgeons.