After months of rumors, Kimora Lee Simmons and Dijmon Hounsou have officially called it quits.
"Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons have officially separated after 5½ years," his rep told People. "Though never married, they have one child toget ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2012 at 12:24PM
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(Black Agenda Report November 22, 2012) The United States plans to permanently station a U.S. Army brigade on African soil, beginning next year. Is this the start of something big – and ominous – or “only a benign creeping U.S. military presenc ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2012 at 10:51AM
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Black Friday Violence: Police and retailers prepare for crowds and chaos
(CBS) - So-called "Black Friday" sales may be catnip for some holiday shoppers, but in recent years they've also become scenes of bizarre - and in some places deadly - violen ...
Posted Thursday, November 22nd 2012 at 5:57PM
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"Some Who Feel No Reason For Thanksgiving"
To this day, I can hardly bear to think of that quintessentially American holiday—Thanksgiving.
When I do, however, I do not dwell on Pilgrims with wide black hats sitting to sup with red men, thei ...
Posted Wednesday, November 21st 2012 at 9:22PM
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By DeNeen L. Brown,
Nov 17, 2012 01:01 AM EST
At age 70, R&B legend Aretha Franklin remains a musical force — still touring and working with director Taylor Hackford on her upcoming biopic. Although there have been recent questions about her h ...
Posted Tuesday, November 20th 2012 at 12:38PM
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11/19/12
In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, john powell, Paul Hudson, Eva Paterson and Roger A. Clay, Jr. published the following open letter:
Although we acknowledge the deep support President Obama received from many groups and f ...
Posted Tuesday, November 20th 2012 at 12:29PM
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She must really love Hostess for her to pull this off...LOL
So much for cupcakes...
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Posted Monday, November 19th 2012 at 1:04PM
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A Three Part series by Dr. Cupid Poe, Ph.D, a Psychiatrist in Nashville, Tennessee, discussing the results of a Metro Jail Study dealing with the Relationship Between Crime and Religion:
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Posted Monday, November 19th 2012 at 12:56PM
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(Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle) – Besides being “in,” yoga is an incredibly beneficial activity for all ages and abilities. The health benefits of yoga are great, and many people are much happier as a result of their practice. ...
Posted Sunday, November 18th 2012 at 6:02PM
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ATLANTA BLACK STAR--They are an unlikely team of educational reformers.
Christopher Emdin is a Columbia University professor who likes to declaim Newton’s laws in rhyme. GZA is a member of the Wu-Tang Clan who left school in 10th grade. When th ...
Posted Sunday, November 18th 2012 at 4:15PM
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2:53 p.m. CST, November 15, 2012--A standoff between Hostess Brands Inc. and thousands of its bakery workers was heading for a showdown Thursday as both sides declared they would not bend and were set to accept the demise of the historic maker of Twi ...
Posted Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 8:48PM
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Known worldwide for her though-provoking, steamy, and sexy novels, Zane is bringing one of her most popular and best-selling books to film! ‘Addicted’ is a story of a highly successful and attractive woman named Zoe who has it all – a loving hu ...
Posted Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 8:45PM
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FinalCall.com--For the celebration of the 17th Anniversary of the Million Man March, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan gave two monumental classes on economics, where he pointed out in very clear terms what the Federal Reserve System has done an ...
Posted Tuesday, November 13th 2012 at 4:05PM
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MSNBC--Move over, Paul Newman: Oprah is going organic. According to five trademark applications filed at the end of October with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the media mogul could make the jump from the magazine rack to grocery store shelves ...
Posted Monday, November 12th 2012 at 8:09PM
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