LOS ANGELES — Two teens were shot and wounded in an apparent gang shooting Thursday outside a Los Angeles recreation center that is part of the city’s program to reduce violence in the streets by keeping public parks well-lit and open at night, police said. A 15-year-old girl was shot in the back and a […]

NEW YORK- Dan Cooper, a former executive for Fox News, is claiming that Fox News had a “Black Ops” squad that would illegally obtain records for “enemies” of Fox News. The UK Telegraph reports: He first alleged that the records were obtained by researchers in the “brain room” in 2005 in an article on his […]

I received an email today from the White House stating that President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with NAACP President Ben Jealous and Urban League President Marc Morial.   President Obama’s schedule (which can be seen here) shows that the meeting will be roughly 25 minutes, giving these three important black men a little […]

WASHINGTON — Five congresswomen demanded Rep. Allen West (R-Fl) apologize for his tirade against fellow Florida lawmaker Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Reps. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Donna Edwards of Maryland, Jackie Speier of California and Lois Capps of California denounced West for calling Wasserman Schultz “vile, despicable and cowardly” in […]

Black Republicans are a rare breed — a select group of individuals who have pledged their votes to conservative politics despite Black America’s overwhelming allegiance to liberals. Blacks and white liberals alike have challenged the seemingly hypocritical nature of what it means to be a Black Republican, posing the question: “Are Black Republicans the biggest […]

A Texas teen claims he shot and killed a mythical creature called the Chupacabra. In South-American folklore, the chupacabra is believed to prey on livestock by sucking the blood out of animals. Scientists suspect that the hairless creatures are actually sick coyotes or other wild animals. CHUPACABRA PHOTOS : Carter Pope, 13, spotted the animal […]

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating Michael Walter Fitzgerald to serve as a judge on the federal court for the Central District of California. Fitzgerald is the fourth openly gay person to be nominated as a judicial candidate. Huffington Post: “I am honored to nominate Michael Walter Fitzgerald to the United States […]

Topeka, Kan. — Negro League players were more than athletes. They were activists, who, through their work on the field, challenged the popular belief at the time proving that African Americans were equal to whites on and off the field. Still, few Negro League legends received the fanfare that white players received for their accolades. […]

The 9th circuit Federal Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a man who posted internet messages threatening President Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. Walter Bagdasarian was convicted in 2009 of two felony counts of threatening a major presidential candidate. Bagdasarian posted several messages to a Yahoo Finance message board, including one that […]

Members of the South Central Los Angeles Tea Party and hundreds of others will rally against the NAACP on July 24th. BOND Action is a non-profit organization focused on community-based activism. “Their a political pawn of the liberal-elite, white, racist Democratic Party and not really for the people,” Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of BOND […]