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CHICAGO — Though Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center is ran by an African-American man and the majority of its employees and patients are Black as well, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class-action suit for discriminating against Black, female employees. According to the lawsuit, Black female employees “were subjected to different […]
KANSAS CITY–An alarming murder reputation plaques the 64130 zip code area of Kansas City, earning the moniker “The Murder Factory.” While its 26,000 residents make up about 6 percent of the city’s population, it accounts for 20 percent of Kansas City citizens in prison for murder or voluntary manslaughter. Your Black World Reports: Victims ranged […]
For the last installment in our interracial dating series, we went to the streets to get folks’ opinions on the perennially charged topic of interracial dating and marriage. In the last part of our series, we ask the question: Who is more adventurous in bed? Are you comfortable dating someone outside your race? Peep the […]
CALIFORNIA — More than 1, 700 California prisons, held in maximum isolation units, have gone on a hunger strike in protest of their penance, which is met with no explicit crime. The strike began with inmates in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison. Your Black World Reports: Their isolation, which can last […]
NEW YORK — Rikers island jailers let $130, 816 worth of odious meat rot into a mess that let one boss think it was still good enough to feed inmates. The 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat was discovered on July 11 after smells seeped from two freezer-trailers and caught the attention of a correction captain. […]
CHICAGO – A father and son duo are accused of killing the father’s girlfriend in a shocking crime. Devin Bickham Sr. allegedly orchestrated the killing and then called 911 after his girlfriend died, blaming unknown assailants. ABC reports: In his frantic 911 call, Bickham Sr. claimed ignorance of the shooter’s identity, crying, “My girlfriend got […]
Rapper Ja Rule has been formally sentenced to two-years in prison for failing to file tax reforms between 2004 and 2006. The rappers, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is already serving a two-year prison sentence in New York on a gun charge. Ja Rule has been ordered to pay back $1.1 million in unpaid […]
In light of the News Corporation scandal, Rupert Murdoch has been called almost every name in the book. Some have even characterized him as the devil himself. Media outlets, Fox News adversaries and liberal pundits alike have taken advantage of the media tycoon’s tumultuous fall. Certainly, the bias and somewhat racial-innuendo reporting of Murdoch’s Fox […]
A group of protesters from the NAACP stood outside the U.S. Airways ticket counter at the San Francisco International Airport Monday, demanding justice for Deshon Marman. Marman was arrested in the San Francisco International Airport last month after refusing to exit a U.S. Airways plane over his “saggy” jeans. The charges were later dropped after […]
A white New York City man is claiming that a gang of Black youth attacked him on a subway because of his race. “Everyone on the train was egging them on,” said Jason Fordell, 29, of the early-morning attack on the 4 train. Fordell said he was returning home on the train at 5 a.m. […]