MSNBC.com--A church nativity scene featuring a bleeding Trayvon Martin is stirring up controversy in southern California.
The outdoor display at the Claremont United Methodist Church spotlights a black-hooded dummy—in place of where baby Jesus wou ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 4:56PM
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No Scrubs: How to Know if Your New Man Has a Future.
December 28, 2013 by Dr. Boyce Watkins
(ThyBlackMan.com) I speak to my daughters regularly about how to choose a good man. Of course, their preferences often differ from my own, and I accept ...
Posted Sunday, December 29th 2013 at 7:40PM
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The Testimony of Pastor Hagins' Transition from Christianity to Afrikan Consciousness
by Brother Ray Hagins
Hotep (Peace) Brothers & Sisters,
My (birth) name is Ray Hagins. My spiritual name is Sa Ra Ankh Hotep Maakheru Setep En Ra (which ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 6:55PM
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From Houston Forward Times
December 26, 2013
In a story that the Houston Forward Times (HFT) has been extensively covering, we have learned that the preliminary autopsy performed on Alfred Wright that showed that he was not a victim of homicide h ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 6:39PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The year 2013 saw George Zimmerman tried for the killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin and the case kept the country riveted. However, when Mr. Zimmerman was found not guilty, a wave of grief and anger swept over Black Amer ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 6:10PM
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RESPONSIBLY and SMOOTHLY...That's happening with MD's Health Exchange and enrollment is increasing!
One MD YOUNG ADULT reports that health insurance's affordability was well worth the glitches, delays. His savings and no more worries about his pr ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 10:06AM
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WASHINGTON--A bullet fired during what was described as a running gun battle Thursday night on the plaza of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum on U Street Northwest damaged a panel listing names of black soldiers who fought for the Un ...
Posted Friday, December 27th 2013 at 9:58PM
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By Professor Damon L. Fordham, MA
December 24, 2013
Most non historians’ knowledge of blacks during the 1800s tends to be an incomplete understanding of slavery as a time of complete illiteracy and ignorance for African Americans. It may surprise ...
Posted Thursday, December 26th 2013 at 7:08PM
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There are many resistance training exercises you can perform to give your thighs a sleek and shapely appearance. Dumbbells are great for working the thighs and other muscles of the lower body as they are relatively cheap and pretty easy to use.
C ...
Posted Thursday, December 26th 2013 at 5:43PM
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God willing, on this Sunday December 29, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. EST. please join your Relationship Servants, Brother Marcus and Sister Cecelia, as we discuss the topic, “How To Stop Taking Your Spouse For Granted and Show Them Some Real Gratitude in 2014. ...
Posted Thursday, December 26th 2013 at 5:23AM
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I can knit, mostly winter hats and scarves, which just sits up in one of my closets. I have no plans to sell my hats or scarves (I'm so proud of them because they are the first things I made when I learned to knit LOL).
I also do the cross-stitch ...
Posted Monday, December 23rd 2013 at 4:15PM
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This article is taken from LinkedIn and was published in the NYTimes as a series...(sit down before you read...http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/health/as-hospital-costs-soar-single-stitch-tops-500.html?_r=0). Then GET COVERED...
"As Hospital Pri ...
Posted Monday, December 23rd 2013 at 2:58PM
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Paul Mooney says it all. Hate it, love it, or despise it, this is the American justice system, and in some way, this goes on every day.
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Posted Sunday, December 22nd 2013 at 7:23PM
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The Top 10 Reasons Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas
Christmas is a hugely popular holiday celebrated by some 2 billion people worldwide. It's become such an ingrained part of modern culture that even people in nations with little or no Christian hi ...
Posted Sunday, December 22nd 2013 at 5:04PM
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God willing, on this Sunday December 22, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. EST. please join your Relationship Servants, Brother Marcus and Sister Cecelia, as we discuss the topic, “Are we spoiling our children so rotten that they can’t face the reality of their live ...
Posted Sunday, December 22nd 2013 at 10:19AM
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The following is a repost blog to encourage everyone to stay ignited to vote even if you have a mental illness and to keep living in your community to achieve mental health recovery and fulfill your Dreams! We will unite to D ...
Posted Saturday, December 21st 2013 at 8:43PM
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The following is a repost blog to encourage everyone to stay ignited to vote even if you have a mental illness and to keep living in your community to achieve mental health recovery and fulfill your Dreams! We will unite to D ...
Posted Saturday, December 21st 2013 at 8:43PM
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Polaroid & Apartheid: Inside the Beginnings of the Boycott, Divestment Movement Against South Africa
From DemocracyNow.org
We look back at how African-American workers at Polaroid in Massachusetts helped launch the divestment movement agains ...
Posted Saturday, December 21st 2013 at 6:57PM
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OREGON CITY – A jury rejected most of a racially charged lawsuit Friday against the Oregon Liquor Control Commission after a state lawyer argued the black employee who filed it was disliked but not discriminated against.
The 12-member jury validat ...
Posted Saturday, December 21st 2013 at 6:10PM
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CNN--Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments aren't the only part of his interview with GQ causing controversy.
The 67-year-old "Duck Dynasty" star was suspended by A&E Wednesday for calling homosexuality sinful — and putting gay people in same categor ...
Posted Saturday, December 21st 2013 at 6:00PM
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DEFEAT Murphy Bill 3717. Write your U.S. Rep. and tell him/her not to Co-Sponsor this Bill. It is not progressive and is discriminatory against persons with a mental illness. It is another way to attack the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It wil ...
Posted Saturday, December 21st 2013 at 4:54PM
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The Ivy-League educated half-brother of President Obama is publishing his autobiography in which he makes the shocking claim their father dished out alcohol-fueled beatings to him and his mother and in one terrifying instance held a knife to her thro ...
Posted Thursday, December 19th 2013 at 12:23PM
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