by Jeffrey L. Boney
Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times
Back in 2007, an article entitled “Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11″ appeared in USA Today, showing that federal prosecutors started “targeting a rising num ...
Posted Monday, May 26th 2014 at 5:51PM
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Learn the science of getting over jealousy.
by Susie and Otto Collins, Relationship Coaches
As Relationship Coaches, we know that jealousy can be a problem for many people. Whether it's a nagging feeling that is buried inside a person or it' ...
Posted Monday, May 26th 2014 at 4:24PM
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TheRoot.com--Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.
Retired police Sgt. Ron Stallworth's story — about how he, a black undercover Colorado cop, infiltrated one of the nation's most notorious hate groups in 1978 — is one such truth. S ...
Posted Sunday, May 25th 2014 at 8:18PM
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Ramarni Wilfred, of Loom Grove, Romford, England, took a Mensa test and has been told he has a higher IQ level than Steven Hawking, Bill Gates and even Albert Einstein.
He said: “I can’t begin to compare myself to these great men whose hard wo ...
Posted Sunday, May 25th 2014 at 2:47PM
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A Detroit-area woman, a member of a select group of the living to have been born in the 19th century, is celebrating a birthday on Friday.
Her 115th.
Jeralean Talley, who was born May 23, 1899, went fishing last year and still gets around on he ...
Posted Saturday, May 24th 2014 at 3:30PM
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NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Richard Williams, best known as the father of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, has written his first book. It isn’t about how to play tennis.
“There are enough books out about tennis—tired of teaching te ...
Posted Friday, May 23rd 2014 at 11:14AM
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The following text is derived from one of several Mother's Day speeches delivered by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
"Heaven Lies at the Foot of Mother." This quotation was spoken by Prophet Muh ...
Posted Sunday, May 11th 2014 at 3:31PM
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BEAUTIFUL MOTHERS
Your appearance
is so divine
Your fragrance
is so fine
A mothers hug
is all you need
To feel safe,
loved, and warm
A mothers advice is
what helps you through life
She is an angel
sent from above for all ...
Posted Sunday, May 11th 2014 at 3:23PM
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Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad at the Grande Mosque in Oman, in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 11:51AM
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CHICAGO--Jet magazine, the digest-sized publication that has been a staple among African-American readers for 63 years, is getting out of the print business.
Johnson Publishing announced Wednesday that Jet, which has a circulation of more than 70 ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 11:46AM
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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Office Depot is planning to close at least 400 U.S. stores, as its merger with OfficeMax resulted in an overlap of retail locations that can be consolidated.
The combined company's financial results beat Wall Street estimates ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 9:43AM
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Muhammad Ali embraces Sedar Chappelle, 3, and his brother Dave, of Silver Spring, Maryland, during a visit Sedar and his parents paid to the champ's hotel room after a training session for his fight Friday night with Jimmy Young for the heavyweight t ...
Posted Tuesday, May 6th 2014 at 10:55AM
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In this audio, Sterling expresses ideas similar to the ones he did in the original: The world will think certain things if you're seen with black people, he tells his mistress, so you should not be seen with them in public, and under no circumsta ...
Posted Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 6:55PM
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Complete transcript of LeBron's response on Donald Sterling. So powerful. So raw. (Read to very last sentence)
What are your thoughts on Donald Sterling’s comments?
“If the reports are true, it’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable in our l ...
Posted Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 6:47PM
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The Jackson State version of "Happy" features more than 100 participants, including JSU President Carolyn W. Meyers and actor Danny Glover. ...
Posted Friday, April 25th 2014 at 1:55PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Black men locked up in Illinois prisons make up more than half the population and 63 percent of them are fathers with minor children.
Wesley Cooke was one of them. He was just a teenager when he became a father to a baby ...
Posted Friday, April 25th 2014 at 1:19PM
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A male student armed with two knives went on a slashing and stabbing rampage at a high school in Murrysville, Pa., Wednesday, injuring at least 19 students before he was subdued and handcuffed, police said.
At least 8 people were hospitalized with ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 12:58PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Students, faculty and community members packed the Bruce Cherry Theater at Olive-Harvey College on the city’s south side to share views on the importance of education, and to hear solutions to the problems of crime and vio ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 12:54PM
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A video of police bullying at its finest has gone viral on Facebook. The video shows the victim’s, Donrell Breaux (pictured), home seemingly invaded by a Sheriff’s Office deputy who is seen trying to forcibly cuff him without following protoc ...
Posted Saturday, April 5th 2014 at 4:14PM
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"Hurry up, please.”
Like most busy New York City 5-year-olds, Kinsey Saleh is in a rush.
Instead of playing outside with her friends after school, the spunky kindergartner is hooked up to a dialysis machine three long afternoons a week to sta ...
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 at 5:12PM
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Spike Lee is on rant mode once again and this time his discontent is directed at New York Times film critic A.O. Scott who wrote a column discussing the director’s gentrification remarks from February. Thing is, Lee attacked Scott for critiques tha ...
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 at 4:56PM
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