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Pretty Brown Girl Doll Galvanizes Movement
NEWS ONE: Sheri Crawley noticed a strong change in her daughter’s behavior as she entered kindergarten. Not only was Laila Crawley becoming more isolated at school, but she also began commenting that she wanted the same blond hair that her classmates had — Laila was...
Nestlé CEO Says Water Is Food That Should Be Privatized – Not A Human Right
Do you believe water is a basic human right? According to Nestlé CEO water is a foodstuff that should be privatized, not a human right. Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck says that with the global population rising water is not a public right, but a resource that should be...
The Central Park Five (Documentary)
The Central Park Five is a 2012 documentary film about the Central Park Jogger case, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon. It was released in the US on November 23, 2012. Critic A. O. Scott of The New York Times said of the film, which he ranked as...
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Should officer have used the Travon Martin target poster as a training method [VIDEO]?
Do you think this officer should have used the Travon Martin's target poster as a training method? He says it was meant to teach other officers what not to fire at as appose giving into the negative reaction which in so many officer's case is to shoot when they see a...
Jamie Foxx Blasted with Racist Remarks Over Travon Martin Shirt
The shirt Jamie Foxx wore to Sunday's MTV Movie Awards displayed the phrase "kNOw Justice" above photos of Trayvon Martin and the children killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. The reference to victims of gun violence was certainly designed to attract...
Should African Americans (non-immigrants) get reparations?
Note: UI attached the phrase "non-immigrants" to the title. This descriptor cannot be attached to any other people. That single word has the power to bring forth memories of slave screams, blood-shed, lynching, raping and the unrepentant theft of generations of...
One School’s Answer To Poor Kids – Let ‘Em Eat…Nothing
Wendy Gittleson - If there’s one thing almost universally agreed upon, it’s that children are better little citizens when they have food in their bellies. They perform better in school. Truancy goes down and as anyone who has spent more than five minutes around a...
Accidental Racist: LL Cool J Makes Debut On A Country Song With Brad Paisley!
Of course it was no accident that Brad Paisley’s well-intentioned, but predictably inflammatory new single, “Accidental Racist,” began making the rounds on the Internet on the Monday before his ninth album,Wheelhouse, was to be released today. Of course a direct...
Jay Z, Warren Buffet, Shaq the voices of a new animated series entitled “Secret Millionaires Club,”
One of the world's richest men, Buffett is also the voice of a new animated series entitled "Secret Millionaires Club," which offers kids tips on investing and basic business concepts. "The more you learn, the more you’ll earn,” Buffett says in the series, which also...
Black Teens Abort Babies 4 Times More Than General Population
There has been a lot of talk in the news about legislation surrounding women’s rights to choose what they want to do with their bodies. A significant part of the debate centers on abortion. Now, we have learned that the rate at which young Black girls are having...
Ivy League Reject Lashes Out In Open Letter, Some Call It Borderline Racist, Homophobic
Getting rejected from college can bring out the worst in anyone, but in some cases perhaps the worst was already on the surface. Suzy Lee Weiss’ frustration was hardly different from anyone else’s when it comes to getting into a good school, however Weiss’ public...
Republicans Demand Investigation Into Beyonce’s Cuba Vacation
Two Florida Republicans are prompting the Obama administration to open an investigation into Beyonce and Jay-Z’s recent trip to Cuba, arguing that the couple may have violated sanctions against the communist country. Former House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman...
