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The latest from the writers in the Your Black World Network
By: Stephanie Allen-Gobert Imagine being on death row for 26 years knowing your innocent, but still might be executed. Since August of 1988, Glenn Ford has sat on death row waiting to be set free or executed. On Tuesday afternoon, Ford, 64 walked out of prison at Angola in Louisiana a free man. A judge […]
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By David Bloodsaw Exciting news for Aaron McGruder fans; not only will The Boondocks return for another season, but Adult Swim gave the green light on another project from the controversial and funny producer reports the entertainment website Shadow and Act. The live-action scripted comedy, titled Black Jesus will debut later this year. Jesus will […]
It’s old news that Bill O’Reilly isn’t a fan of hip-hop, but as it turns out he’s not a fan of Beyoncé either. At issue is Beyoncé’s most recent album, which has raunchy songs, accompanied by even raunchier videos. During a discussion on Monday with Russell Simmons, O’Reilly shredded the idea that Beyoncé is somehow […]
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Administrators at South Puget Sound Community College in Washington are now apologizing after a group of employees banned white people from attending a diversity happy hour. Since the…
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By Andrew Scot Bolsinger Police arrested cosmetologist Tamira Mobley of Wood Bridge, N.J. on Monday stemming from a failed cosmetic surgery Mobley performed on Tamara Blaine in 2013 that led to Blaine’s death from a seizure. Blaine paid Mobley to perform a lift of the buttocks in the Liberty Inn Hotel in Manhattan. During the […]
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By Andrew Scot Bolsinger Most photoshop work on is designed to make them look flawless, a practice that is increasingly coming unto public scrutiny and backlash for perpetuating unrealistic and unattainable standards of “beauty.” But Target recently unwittingly joined the debate for something all-together different. The retail giant’s attempt to thin down the thighs of […]
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Reported by Ashley Naples One of the primary challenges of the ongoing gender war is that neither gender is able to empathize with the other’s point-of-view. It’s hard for a man to empathize with women about the pain and prevalence of seχual harassment — even if they are 100 percent against harassment — because they’ve […]
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by Maria Lloyd If you were to survey a diverse group of Black men and women between the ages of 21-54 about their awareness of John Singleton’s film titled “Baby Boy,” I’m willing to bet at least 80 percent of the survey participants will say they have at least heard of the film at some point […]
By Liku Zelleke History seems to be repeating itself in Chicago, the city that gave us President Barack Obama. Just like him, there is a Harvard lawyer that…
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by Dr. Boyce Watkins A total of 13 University of Iowa football players ended up in the hospital after a series of heavy duty workouts that left their…
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March 12, 2014
By Dominique’ N. Reese It’s that infamous time of the year again, tax season. Some of us welcome it, for the almighty refunds, we so eagerly await to receive, while others, dread it, for they know they will owe. No matter which side you seem to fall on, we all have to be more diligent about learning more about taxes. For … Read More »
 By Liku Zelleke March 8th, is International Women’s Day, a day that is celebrated worldwide. Globally, conferences, meetings, commemoration for notable women and awareness programs are the normal…
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 CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson on Monday announced her decision to resign from the network before the end of her contract. According to Politico, Attkisson had “grown frustrated…
by Barry Burch Jr A grandfather in Coden, Alabama, has been murdered and the two women being held responsible could be facing the death penalty. Both of the women were arrested and charged with felony murder in connection with the robbery and shooting. Saraya Atkins (pictured left) and Kymberli Lindsay (pictured right) were arrested a little after […]
After Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, walked into a Maryland skate shop in the mall and took the lives of two employees, no one had any idea of what…
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 By: Krystle Crossman TLC has debuted a new show called “My Five Wives”. It is about a polygamist family in Utah. The man that is the center of the marriages…
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 By: Krystle Crossman When you catch your child lying and want to force them to tell the truth you tell them to look you in the eye and say what…
March 11, 2014
In a recent “Ask the Expert” segment with relationship and marriage coach Martez Layton, Towanna Freeman presented a viewer’s question regarding a new husband’s lack of motivation: “I earn more money than my husband, and I feel resentful towards him. We are both in our 40s, and when we married, I believed in him and all his efforts to better … Read More »
By Andrew Scot Bolsinger Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson and his wife Christina Evangeline are expecting their first child, a daughter due to arrive in June, according to…
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