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The number of hate groups in the United States is surging, up 48 percent since 2000, according to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Now there are 888 such groups throughout the country, which marks an increase of 5 percent in one year.  What is fueling the spread of hate across the country? According […]

Today on the Bernie McCain show, Dr. Marilyn Gaston and Dr. Gayle Porter talk about the Gaston-Porter Health Improvement Center’s mission. They are nationally-recognized experts in women’s health, and health care issues, particularly those issues facing African American women in midlife with expertise at both local and national levels – public and private. Both are […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Long-forgotten photos that show James Earl Ray being brought to jail after his arrest for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. were unveiled Wednesday to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the civil rights leader’s death. Dozens of the striking black-and-white photos, along with letters Ray wrote from jail and other documents, were found […]

The most recent trending topic on Twitter is #thingsblackfolksscaredof Several people on Twitter, including comedian, Chris Rock have used the trending topic to drop humor, stereotypes and the occasional piece of truth. NotChrisRock Chris Rock #ThingsBlackFolksScaredOf Belts. Slavery may be over but as kids we got beat more than the Cleveland Cavaliers KattWilllliams KattNOT Williams […]

WCHB – Bullfrog Films examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the first white woman murdered in the civil rights movement. Viola Liuzzo was a civil rights activist from Michigan and mother of five. Inspired by the efforts of African Americans in the South to obtain the right to vote, she left her home in Detroit […]

Of course, the one thing that keeps America’s poor from acting out in the manner of, say, the French Revolution, is the bang-up job that the American media has done of convincing every single citizen that he or she will, eventually, become rich. Also Read: Lauryn Hill pens letter to ATL fans for late concert […]

A postponement was announced for the case of the former bakery owner who was charged with masterminding the killing of Oakland Post editor, Chauncey Bailey. ALSO READ: Rihanna Reveals Sexual Fantasies May Be Linked To Childhood Abuse Bailey was writing an expose on the bakery’s financial problems and the Black Muslim group that operated it. […]

According to a recent survey conducted by YourBlackWorld.com, 27.3% of African American respondents claim that President Obama’s most recent actions in Libya have reduced their faith in his leadership ability. Roughly 20.8% of respondents claim that the Libyan intervention has increased their faith in Obama’s leadership. Equally interesting is that over half (51.8%) of all black […]

Harlem, New York– President Obama held a fundraiser last night at a recently opened Harlem neighborhood restaurant, Red Rooster;  raising 1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee, and drawing crowds of many neighborhood supporters who hoped to catch a glimpse of the first African-American President. Among the 50 attendees of the $30,800-a-plate fundraiser, Charles Rangel […]

MICHIGAN — Security was stepped up at Michigan’s Port Huron Northern High School after a “hit-list” was found scrawled on the wall of a bathroom that used racial slurs against African-Americans and threatened to injure eight students. ALSO READ: Charlie Sheen, Diddy, and Snoop Dogg to make a song? Superintendent Ronald Wollen said an increased […]