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Reporting from Homer, La. -- On the last afternoon of his life, Bernard Monroe was hosting a cookout for family and friends in front of his dilapidated home in this small northern Louisiana town. T

WHO AM I? By Sister Siebra Muhammad I'm Mary J. Blige giving you the 411 And I won't stop until the war is won I'm the Salt with a Deadly Pepa Aiming higher, never settling for lesser I'm An

TENAHA, Texas— You can drive into this dusty fleck of a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you’re African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it—at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables. That’s because the police here allegedly have found a

DETROIT – Welcome to Landlord Nation, where foreclosure notices are plentiful and for-sale signs offer at least 1,800 homes for under $10,000 that once were worth at least 10 times more. In extreme

Last night my 12 year-old niece began to complain about doing the dishes. She's a good child who never gave me a moment's worth of trouble so far, never got into fights and the like, but when she bega

TAMARAC - A 4-year-old at a Tamarac preschool caused a furor when police say he pulled a plastic bag of pot from his book bag and casually told a classmate, "That's my brother's weed." Authorities

This week marks the 12th year of Christopher Wallace’s passing and since then a lot has changed. The slang, the style of dress and even the “pop culture” referenced metaphors have been altered since t

This poem is dedicated to the memory of our Sister Katherine, a former member of our BWC community. I have only been a member of this site for 3 months, and I became aware that there were some communi

Most people who are prone to headaches or migraines suspect that certain things, such as red wine or strong perfume, can trigger their head pain. Now a new study suggests that rising temperatures coul

MORE THAN JUST RACE Being Black and Poor in the Inner City By William Julius Wilson 190 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $24.95 Conservatives have a ready answer. Racism is not the problem; inste

AS-SALAAM ALAIKUM MY BROTHER!!! London: Pop singer Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel. The 50-year-old star pledged his allegiance to the Koran in a ceremon

The young couple huddled Friday night behind the security bars of their apartment window, their attention fixed on the screams of a desperate young man in a desolate neighborhood. Garth Kiser and S

Peace To All: The photo to the right was taken in front of a Baptist Church in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Your thoughts on this please...

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Breast Cancer Awareness

The Queen! Need I Say More?

High-caffeine energy drinks have become increasingly popular, but these drinks don't mix well with exercise. While most sports drinks are non-caffeinated and meant to replenish fluids lost in exercise

PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ALONG TO EVERY BLACK WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU. Bras sold by Victoria's Secret have been the subject of numerous complaints by women who say they sustained serious and

If it looks like a lying liar and talks like a lying liar, odds are, it’s a liar. Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night — about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder

Looks like you Canadians are doing your thing too! Canada has someone the US isn't telling us about. The Governor General of Canada is the vice-regal or viceroy representative in Canada of the Q