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WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration announced Thursday that adjustments will be made to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), requiring services to extend the forbearance period for unemployed homeowners from 3 months to 12 months, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Expected to become a standard for the mortgage industry, these adjustments […]

“Yup, I’m a Racist” T-shirts were being sold this past 4th of July at a Tea Party gathering in Lexington, Kentucky. While the shirts sported the provocative phrase, the list of things on the back of the shirt have nothing to do with racism at all. Check out the video below: Read more at Wonkette […]

Crime rates in American cites are falling and according to new research diversity may be the reason. Researchers at the University of Toronto believe the growing trend of racial diversity in American cities is contributing to the downward trend. From TheGrio: “The association between crime and community characteristics — like the proportion of the population […]

WASHINGTON — As negotiations on raising the debt limit persist, reports say President Obama is willing to reduce significant spending in Medicare and Social Security in exchange for Republican support in fresh tax revenue. This deal may upset many Democratic policymakers, however, Obama is set to argue in a meeting Thursday morning that a consensus […]

Tearful jurors from the Casey Anthony trial spoke out to reporters, and claimed while they wanted to convict the acquitted mother, there was not enough evidence to do so. “It doesn’t feel good. It was a horrible decision to have to make,” said Jennifer Ford who identified herself as Juror No. 3, according to ABC […]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The planned execution Thursday of a Mexican national has prompted a flurry of appeals on his behalf, including a rare plea from the White House, because of what it could mean for other foreigners arrested in the U.S. and for Americans detained in other countries. Humberto Leal, 38, is awaiting a ruling […]

Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, former member of famed R&B group TLC, published an article on The Root, encouraging more African-Americans to donate bone marrows for patients suffering with sickle-cell disease. The singer battled with the disease since the 1990s, and while she has managed to treat it, she urges others to  play a role in saving […]

Rep. Tim Scott said that if President Obama should invoke a clause in the 14th Amendment in order to bypass Congress and borrow beyond the debt limit, the Republican lawmaker would consider that an act worthy of impeachment. “This president is looking to usurp congressional oversight to find a way to get it done without […]

In a recent Your Black World survey, readers were asked to ascertain the racial implications of the case of Casey Anthony, a mother who was recently exonerated in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. After the surprising not guilty verdict, people across the nation were wondering if Casey would have received the same treatment […]

Casey Anthony’s jailhouse letters are surfacing a day after the 25-year-old was found not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee. In the letters, Anthony describes life behind bars, what she misses and wanting more children when she’s finally released. “It was like having Cays all over again,” she wrote, referring to her dead daughter, Caylee. […]