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Some Say TJ Holmes is Back on the Chopping Block at<br />
          BET

Some Say TJ Holmes is Back on the Chopping Block at BET

by Dr. Boyce Watkins I recently received a message from one of my most respected colleagues, NBA free agent Etan Thomas.  Etan is one of the most important…

January 22, 2013 / / Read More #

Bet You<br />
            Didn’t Know Beyoncé Lip Synched ‘The Star Spangled Banner’<br />
            at Obama’s Inauguration

Bet You Didn’t Know Beyoncé Lip Synched ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ at Obama’s Inauguration

Beyoncé has gotten a lot of praise for her performance of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ at President Obama’s inauguration, but what most people didn’t know that Beyoncé lip…

January 22, 2013 / / Read More #

Tuskegee Airman:<br />
            Obama is ‘Very Special’, ‘God Put Him Here Just Like He Did<br />
            Moses’

Tuskegee Airman: Obama is ‘Very Special’, ‘God Put Him Here Just Like He Did Moses’

President Obama’s second inauguration was arguably just as important as his first. Had he not been reelected, naysayers would’ve dismissed it as a fluke. So the second inauguration…

January 22, 2013 / / Read More #

White Mississippi<br />
            Teen Runs Over Black Man For Fun, Prosecutor Say It’s Not a<br />
            Hate Crime

White Mississippi Teen Runs Over Black Man For Fun, Prosecutor Say It’s Not a Hate Crime

Sunday School teacher Johnny Lee Butts was intentionally run over by white teens who had been drinking and smoking marijuana all night. Every morning at around 7:00 AM,…

January 22, 2013 / / Read More #

Texas Schools are<br />
            Teaching Kids That Blacks are ‘Descended From Ham’ in the<br />
            Bible

Texas Schools are Teaching Kids That Blacks are ‘Descended From Ham’ in the Bible

The Ku Klux Klan used to buttress its arguments with the notion that blacks were cursed because they were descended from Ham, and thus were chosen by God…

January 22, 2013 / / Read More #

St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church in St.<br />
              Augustine, Florida, is a historical landmark because Dr.<br />
              Martin Luther King, Jr. announced that he would<br />
              participate in a sit-in at a local restaurant in 1964.

CHURCH VISITED BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FACES FORECLOSURE
On June 9, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood before 500 congregants inside the…
JANUARY 22, 2013 | 0 COMMENTS

Fifteen-year-old Nehemiah Griego has been arrested<br />
                for shooting and killing his father, mother, and three<br />
                siblings.

PASTOR’S 15-YEAR-OLD SON SHOOTS AND KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY
Members of Calvary Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are shocked and saddened by the actions of…
JANUARY 22, 2013 | 6 COMMENTS

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BLEAK FATE OF THE CHURCH: CORRELATION BETWEEN INCREASED DIVORCE RATE AND DECREASE OF RELIGIOUS ADULTS
Ayvaunn Penn, All Christian News If you are considering divorce, and you have children,

Job Cuts at U.S. Postal Service Hit Blacks<br />
            Disproportionately Hard

Job Cuts at U.S. Postal Service Hit Blacks Disproportionately Hard

The U.S. Postal Service is reportedly planning to cut even more  jobs, and those job cuts will disproportionately impact African-Americans. The U.S. Postal Service has already eliminated 168,000 jobs…

 

Lou Rodriguez: Financial Literacy is Usually Discussed in the Wrong Context

Lou Rodriguez: Financial Literacy is Usually<br />
            Discussed in the Wrong Context

What does it mean to push for financial literacy?  Do banks and the government even want most Americans to be financially literate?   Lou Rodriguez makes very good…

January 22, 2013 / No Comment / Read More #

Paypal to Make Drastic Changes to Some Really Annoying Policies

Paypal to Make Drastic Changes to Some Really<br />
            Annoying PoliciesOnline payment facilitator PayPal has a comprehensive restructuring in the works on the heels of complaints its fraud safeguards are too stringent.  While security will still be at…

January 22, 2013 / No Comment / Read More #

President Obama Reiterates His Determination to Push Taxes on the Rich

President Obama Reiterates His Determination to Push<br />
            Taxes on the RichIn his inaugural address on Monday, President Obama outlined his goals for tax reform.  While in the past presidents have used their address to put forth similar ideals,…
Does George Stephanopoulos Think All Black People<br />
                Look Alike? Mistook Bill Russell For Morgan Freeman

Does George Stephanopoulos Think All Black People Look Alike? Mistook Bill Russell For Morgan Freeman

By Victor Trammell If you are a national journalist who has been on television reporting stories on your own show as long as George Stephanopoulos has, then you ought to be able to distinguish celebrities from one another. The slight 51-year-old host of ABC’s This Week pulled a mishap on national television that made him […]

January 22, 20132 CommentsRead More

Virginia Republicans Force Through Bold<br />
                Redistricting Plan That Marginalizes Black DemocratsBy Victor Trammell Yesterday afternoon while the country was celebrating Obama’s inauguration on MLK Day, Virginia Senate Republicans were busy pushing through a redistricting plan that divides a majority black district in the state. The plan divides the predominantly district represented by Democratic Sen. Henry Marsh III. (pictured) Sen. Marsh was not present yesterday to oppose the rewrite of the 2011 […]

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