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(Upper Marlboro, MD)  —  The Prince George’s County Council is getting set to vote on a budget for the 2012 fiscal year.  The budget plan for the next fiscal year does not include raises for any of the county’s six-thousand or so workers.  But it does include a raise for the council, as well as […]

(Manassas Park, VA)  —  A Manassas Park man has been arrested on charges that he had sex with a 15-year-old runaway.  Twenty-six-year-old Hugo Ernesto Benavides Diaz is charged with two counts of carnal knowledge of a child, and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Manassas Park Police say Diaz had sex with the teen between December […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Charges have been dropped against a wheelchair-bound man who tussled with Metro Transit Police.  The State’s Attorney’s Office is reviewing the incident, which was caught on video.  It appears to show the officers lifting Dwight Harris out of his chair and forcing him face-down on the sidewalk.  The confrontation happened last week […]

(Washington, DC)  —  DC emergency crews rescued a man who fell into the Potomac River near Georgetown last night.  Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer says the man had been taking pictures as he walked along the river’s edge near the Washington Harbour development when he fell in the water and was unable to climb […]

The jobless rate is a topic that is not only weighing on the minds of many African-Americans, but with Black scholars and politicians across the country too. But despite the fact that the jobless rate is something affecting all, many Blacks have to deal with discriminatory hiring practices as well. With this as an issue, […]

In a country where Black men face their highest unemployment rates since 1972, Black men are finding it tough to cope with the idea of not being able to not only provide for themselves, but their families as well. Even as the economy improved last month, the percentage of black males over 20 who are […]

A new study by researchers at Tufts University and Harvard Business School shows that whites believe they are victims of racism more often than Blacks. While that may elicit a raised eyebrow from most people, the title of the study “Whites See Racism as a Zero-sum Game that They Are Now Losing,” shows that many […]

YORK, PENNSYLVANIA – Tea Party member Andrew Tome attempted to invite members of the York, Pennsylvania NAACP to a Tea Party “Advancing The Honor” rally , but his invitation was rejected due to the organization’s views on racism in the Tea Party. But a majority of the NAACP members at the May 10 meeting disagreed. […]

NEW YORK — Donald Trump said he is unhappy with the state of the Republican presidential primary field and is signaling that he may be once again be interested in making a presidential run, in an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning. “The ones that have announced, I just don’t see it,” he […]

BALTIMORE- Star Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis told ESPN that an NFL lockout will lead to an increase in crime because of the free time NFL players are given along with the large amount of people who depend on them. ESPN reports: “Do this research if we don’t have a season — watch how much […]