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Bought a new laptop recently (a Gateway which runs on Windows 8) and the Norton anti-virus protection expired. I downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials to my computer and now EVERY TIME I go from pa

From National Public Radio June 12, 2014 Rashema Melson lives in the D.C. General homeless shelter with her mother and two brothers. "Because you live in a shelter — that's not who you are, that's

RUBY DEE LEGENDARY ACTRESS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DIES AT 89 47 MINUTES AGO BY TMZ STAFF Ruby Dee -- one of the legendary actresses in Hollywood and on Broadway -- died Wednesday night ... TMZ

DES MOINES--An Iowa mother said this week that the Des Moines school board may have gone easy on a white teacher who told her black son to call him “master.” Roosevelt High School student Jabre Whi

DISCLAIMER: This is the last speech that Dr. King wrote, He was planning to deliver that speech during a Sunday sermon on April 7, 1968. he was shot and killed before he had a chance to deliver this s

NEW ORLEANS -- Herman Cain, who ended his 2012 presidential campaign amid allegations of multiple affairs, said Saturday that he might run for president again in 2016. Cain, in a speech at the Repu

The Huffington Post--The last few years have been tough for Rachel Jeantel. After the death of her friend, Trayvon Martin, she not only had to serve as a witness at his shooter's trial, but she was also subjected to public criticism and ridicule. But the young woman refused to be held down, keeping

ABCNews--It's official: La Toya Jackson and longtime business partner Jeffré Phillips are engaged, and it looks like her husband-to-be started things off on the right foot with her family. Came

Former R&B bad boy Bobby Brown is reinventing himself as a barbecue connoisseur with the launch of his own collection of sauces, seasonings and mixes. The New Edition star reveals cooking has alway

DailyMail.com--A United Airlines flight from Nashville to Houston was forced to turn around on Sunday after a 43-year-old woman threatened another passenger who asked her to turn her cell phone off.

LAS VEGAS--At least three people have been killed in a mass shooting inside Walmart at North Nellis and Stewart in Las Vegas, Local media reported. According to KTNV, two police officers were said

From SocialistWorker.org June 6, 2014 When will James Earl Rivera Jr. get justice? Just one day before his 17th birthday, on July 22, 2010, James Earl Rivera Jr. died in a hail of 48 rounds fir

WASHINGTON--Seating will be limited for Maya Angelou’s private memorial service at the campus of Wake Forest University on Saturday, officials said. But in another sense, the entire world has been inv

June 2, 2014 As-Salaam Alaikum. (Peace Be Unto You) To the Family, Friends, and all those who have been touched by the marvelous life of Dr. Maya Angelou: When I heard the news of her passi

TOPEKA, Kansas - The highly-controversial Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket Maya Angelou’s funeral. According to WGHP, the group asked its Twitter followers for information about Angelo

CAIRO – Making history for the second time, an American Muslim woman is running for the Congress, aiming to advocate women's rights and underserved people by picking a seat at the 11th congressional d

By ROGER SIMON | 5/28/14 5:01 AM EDT CHICAGO — The lion in winter walks into the room. His sideburns and mustache have gone gray. There is a little excess baggage beneath his chin. But Jesse Jackso

FAREWELL TO MAYA ANGELOU By Sister Siebra Muhammad On the pulse of a May morning a brave and startling truth who knew why the caged bird sings left us The rock cries out to us for a phenome