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The latest from the writers in the Your Black World Network
By Yolanda Spivey It is public knowledge that R&B singer Monifah is an openly gay woman. In her new show on TV One, R&B Divas, the 43 year old documents her life with her live-in girlfriend Terez. And while everyone around the soul-singer is supportive of her newly revealed lifestyle, there is one person who doesn’t […]
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V. Stiviano is known for being the young, attractive mistress of Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling. Her name has been dragged through the mud by many and praised by some, since she is the one who recorded Sterling when he said that he didn’t want black people attending his games. Now, Stiviano is in […]
by Dr Boyce Watkins Dr Dre started on the hard street of Compton as a rapper who signed away his life to a few corrupt business people. Now he’s on the verge of becoming a billionaire. TMZ has the report, and our only hope that is that once Dre becomes the richest black person in […]
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 April Taylor The recent botched execution of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett has stirred a lot of controversy over whether or not the death penalty is ethical. TJ Holmes recently debated the topic with a panel on NewsOne Now. The Lockett execution was considered cruel and inhumane by some due to the three drug cocktail he […]
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 By April Taylor In her bestselling book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander makes a poignant case about how mass incarceration is eroding the social fabric of our society without yielding any of the positive results it claims to be pursuing. In a recent interview with FRONTLINE, Alexander […]
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 A Detroit teacher has been fired after cell phone video revealed that she used a broom to breαk up a fιght between students. In the video, two Pershing High School students are seen fιghting and knocking over desks before a teacher intervenes, using a broomstick to try and breαk up the fιght. She hιts one […]
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 When most of us get a chance to see our favorite celebrities, it’s when they’re polished, successful and articulate. We don’t often get to hear from them before the lights, the fame and the money. Beyonce is in rare form in this video, talking about staying humble and keeping God first in her life. She […]
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 By: Krystle Crossman English teacher Dr. Cicely Cobb has filed a lawsuit against the high school that she works at due to racist behavior from her students. She has put up with taunting, teasing, and bullying from the students in her classroom and nothing has been done about it. She said that her dream job […]
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 By: Krystle Crossman Texas judge Jeanine Howard is in hot water after sentencing a rαpist to only 45 days in jail. She stated that she based her sentencing on how promιscuous she thought the victim was according to her history. During an interview with the Dallas Morning News she stated that the victim was not […]
In this video, Malcolm X tells some of the hard truths about black economics. According to Malcolm, the black man commits himself to being a “boy” when it comes to getting what he needs economically. His argument is that black men and women spend all of our time begging for whites to give us what […]
 This might be one of the most bizarre media revelations in quite some time. But according to TMZ, Apollo Nida is going to be serving as a spy for the government. The husband of Real Housewives star Phaedra Parks has, according to the outlet, struck a deal that will help him to avoid 30 years […]
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 Sam Cook helped to transform a generation. He inspired millions of people black and white to never give up and to believe in their dreams. Unlike the corporate-owned artists of today who don’t have a conscience, Cook sang about things he believed in and stood with other civil rights heroes like Martin Luther King and […]
By: Krystle Crossman It seems like there are a growing number of children that are caught bringing weapons to school these days. One of the reasons for this is because there are more and more children being bullied every day. They feel like they are more protected if they bring a weapon into school. Some […]
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By: Krystle Crossman One would think that as students grow and move up in their schooling they would perform better with schoolwork and testing. They are used to the way things are done so by the time they hit high school they should be at their peak performance right? Wrong. Test scores from high schools […]
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