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The Obama Administration has expressed extreme disappointment over U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen‘s rulings against President Obama‘s deferment of deporting young immigrants, which was set to solidify this Wednesday and before its May 19 date. MUST READ: The 5 Things You Need to Know from President Obama’s Immigration Speech In the original decision, President Obama had proposed a reprieve for young […]
Rapper Talib Kweli has been one of few celebrities to actively support the non-violent movement for justice and fair laws since last fall in Ferguson. In October, along with rapper Tef Poe and activist Autumn Marie, Kweli initiated the Ferguson Defense Fund with a goal of raising $25,000 for the legal aspects the protests. Today it […]
Haiti recently celebrated Carnival in Port au Prince and tragedy struck the celebration when a man on top of a float was electrocuted. He was apparently trying to move a wire so the float could pass underneath it. It’s being reported that many victims were instantly electrocuted through many sparks. Other people on the float […]
A Mississippi Judge is seeing himself on the other side of the bench after allegations surfaced he attacked a disabled man nine months ago. Madison County Justice Court judge Bill Weisenberger who is white, is being accused of hitting and shouting “Run, n!$#%r, run” at a 20-year-old Eric Rivers, who is black and mentally disabled at […]
The United States Postal Service paid tribute to the first Black graduate of MIT by dedicating the 2015 Black Heritage stamp in his honor. According to WUSA9, the late Robert Robinson Taylor had a stamp commemorated by the USPS to recognize his educational achievement at MIT and for being the first academically-trained Black architect in […]
While President Barack Obama is away in California discussing cybersecurity his number one supporter is still showing him love back in Washington, D.C. First Lady Michelle Obama sent out a sweet message to POTUS to remind him of Valentine’s Day. Earlier today, Mrs. Obama posted a picture of herself and the president sharing a close moment with […]
Jackie Robinson West has been stripped of the U.S. Little League Championship that they worked so hard to earn at the Little League World Series last year. Someone out there just doesn’t want Jackie Robinson West to be great. ESPN Little League International is now taking away the Chicago team’s hard-won victory on a geographical […]
An Alabama Police Department has just released horrifying dashboard camera video of a grandfather visiting from India being slammed to the ground by an officer. Sureshbhai Patel, came to Madison, Al from India for a visit with his son’s family, was out for a walk in the neighborhood when he was approached by Field Training Officer Eric Parker […]
A federal jury awarded nearly $15 million to seven warehouse workers who filed a complaint against a trucking company of separating black workers from their white counterparts and hurling racial epitaphs against them. Six of the plaintiffs who are black and from Mali were fired due to their race and a white whistle-blower was fired from Matheson […]
What was Brian Williams‘ big mistake has become Lester Holt‘s big opportunity. Since Williams was suspended for six months by NBC for “misremembering” events in Iraq and during Hurricane Katrina (and possible others) that did not happen, his chosen replacement for The NBC Nightly News will be Holt, a long-time correspondent of the show. MUST READ: Stevie Wonder […]
Marie Holmes is one of three winners of Wednesday’s Powerball, adding $188 million to her bank account. Holmes is a unemployed mother of four and one of those children has cerebral palsy. Holmes’ story sounds like many lower middle class stories of struggle–she was working at Walmart and McDonald’s but needed to quit to take […]
Leah Still isn’t letting cancer slow her down. The daughter of Cincinnati Bengals player Devon Still strutted her stuff for Fashion Week with her proud dad cheering in the audience. Leah first gain the attention of the public after her father was cut from the Bengals’ roster and re-signed to their practice squad once the […]
