The more education African-Americans have, the more likely they are to marry white people, a new study conducted by the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests. The study claims that an increasing number of college-educated Black people marry outside their race because they have more interactions with those of other races while attending college. Blacks […]
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.”—DESMOND TUTU Unless something God-like and miraculous happens, Troy Davis, 42, is going to be executed tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at 7pm, by lethal injection at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia. Let me say up front I feel great sorrow […]
ATLANTA — Georgia’s pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures including the pope and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday by injection for […]
Barring a last minute stay of execution by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles in a last-ditch hearing scheduled for September 19, accused Savannah, Ga. cop-killer Troy Anthony Davis will be executed. If the execution goes forth, two compelling questions can never be answered. One is: did Georgia execute an innocent man? The second […]
Former music executive Steve Stoute is touting a new book entitled “The Tanning of America: How the Culture of Hip-Hop Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.” And to coincide the book’s release, Stoute — who is best known for linking the music industry with corporate America — is hosting a new video series with AOL HuffPocalled “The Tanning Effect.” Making […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A campus controversy at the University of Akron after a school official sent an e-mail to students, but it only went to some of them. The e-mail was sent out after a rash of crime around the University. The official claimed he wanted to keep students safe, but all it did was […]
Millions all over the world are mourning the untimely death of Amy Winehouse but ask yourself this… If Amy was a black R&B soul singer, would she garner this much sympathy? Does she have a certain level of respect just by being a white artist?
At Richmond Heights High School in Cleveland, the boys’ basketball team has started the season undefeated, at 15-0. But earlier this week, the players and their parents came together to attempt to unseat their coach, Jason Popp, as he allegedly calls them the n-word on a regular basis.
In an interview with CNN LeBron James said that race played a factor in the hate he’s received for leaving Cleveland. “I think so at times,” LeBron answered when asked by Soledad O’Brien if race played a role in the backlash.
Study: Realtor Acts Racist Toward Black Buyers To See What White Buyers Would Do! You will be surprised once you see this video…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A dense parade of pink flowed westward on Prospect Avenue Saturday morning. First it burst forth at the brisk pace of 5K runners, then slower, as tens of thousands people walked — as fast as they could move in a crowd estimated at 20,000. They were all there to raise money for […]
