From The Wall Street Journal
September 18, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Black people have been emptied from the City of Tawergha in Libya, their homes razed, and that the words "slaves" and "negroes" are scribbled on their aban ...
Posted Monday, September 19th 2011 at 1:02PM
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than a half-century after federal troops escorted nine black students into an all-white school, efforts to desegregate Little Rock's classrooms are at another turning point.
The state wants to end its long-running payments ...
Posted Sunday, September 18th 2011 at 9:51PM
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This past week in a grand deficit cutting bargain the Senate Finance Committee explored “Tax Reform Options Promoting Retirement Security.” The excuse is to make 401K plans more efficient; to keep Social Security afloat and to switch funds from these ...
Posted Sunday, September 18th 2011 at 9:46PM
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The following article contains only excerpts of the inspirational message to women delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday, September 11, 2011 before a packed audience full of M.G.T. and G.C.C. Vanguard and female guests at Mosq ...
Posted Saturday, September 17th 2011 at 6:15PM
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HOUSTON-- Recently joining the race for the 2012 Republican nomination for president is Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Perry, in his third and final term at the helm of the state, has rapidly moved to the front of still fluctuating field of candidates.
Pe ...
Posted Friday, September 16th 2011 at 11:48AM
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Just when we thought Beyoncé and hubby Jay-Z were about to become parents for the first time, the couple have been hit with rumours stating the rapper already has a secret son.
Long before Jigga married Bey, Star magazine has reported that the 41- ...
Posted Thursday, September 15th 2011 at 1:29PM
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Chicago Sun-Times--On Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb set by KKK members killed four young black girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
The 16th Street Baptist Church was known as a gathering place for civil rights leaders including M ...
Posted Thursday, September 15th 2011 at 1:09PM
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Newsweek.com-- The government and corporate media are pumping out more propaganda on vital economic statistics to mask the severity of our economic crisis. Deceptive unemployment, GDP, inflation and poverty measures are easily exposed with some resea ...
Posted Thursday, September 15th 2011 at 12:58PM
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USAToday.com--R&B singer Kelis has lashed out at the British after experiencing racial hostility at a London airport.
The Milkshake hitmaker, was heading home to America after performing at the Bestival music festival on the Isle of Wight at the w ...
Posted Tuesday, September 13th 2011 at 2:16PM
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial has a new date set for its official dedication ceremony, after Hurricane Irene forced organizers to postpone the event, planned for late August.
Organizers are expected to announce a new dedication date of Oct. ...
Posted Monday, September 12th 2011 at 1:09PM
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By Akindele Akinyemi
http://onedetroitnetwork.blogspot.com/
Asserts the conservative in Michigan, who argues that neither the Republican Party nor U.S. President Barack Obama is at fault on this issue.. He wonders: why is Black America not effect ...
Posted Monday, September 12th 2011 at 12:36PM
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Global Research Editor's Note
We bring to the attention of our readers the following text of Osama bin Laden's interview with Ummat, a Pakistani daily, published in Karachi on September 28, 2001. It was translated into English by the BBC World Mon ...
Posted Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 7:08PM
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BUTTERFLY WINGS
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
My Butterfly wings.
Dancing, shimmering lights.
They are the northern lights
of the south during the day.
Beautiful green.
Flash and flutter.
Dancing upon the walls.
Making such a clutter ...
Posted Saturday, September 10th 2011 at 6:12PM
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Jury selection began yesterday in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray today and court documents obtained this afternoon reveal that Michael Jackson's children may be called to testify in the trial.
Blanket, Paris and Prince Jackson ...
Posted Saturday, September 10th 2011 at 4:59PM
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September brings with it Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, a rare and often-deadly disease that can strike at any time in a woman’s life.
According to the American Cancer Society, every year almost 22,000 American women are diagnosed with ovarian c ...
Posted Saturday, September 10th 2011 at 4:35PM
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NYDailyNews.com--The Rev. Al Sharpton swooped into the middle of another controversial Brooklyn shooting Thursday that pits the grieving family of a beloved mom against the NYPD.
Denise Gay was killed on her stoop by a stray shot as cops were lock ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2011 at 1:01PM
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Vancouver, British Columbia. -- An upcoming planned speaking engagement in Canada by former President George W. Bush is again generating a wave of protest.
Bush is reportedly scheduled to speak on October 20th at a gathering in Surrey , British ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2011 at 12:50PM
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Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a black psychiatrist suggests:
Choosing a mate for a black person is like choosing a person to share a foxhole, during a battle. A foxhole mate is chosen based on qualities which promote mutuality in the foxhole.
A fo ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2011 at 12:42PM
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The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan spoke out publicly after the tragic events of 9/11. His prophetic words during a September 16, 2001 press conference held at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Illinois should be studied in light of events that have tran ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2011 at 12:37PM
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1. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to n ...
Posted Thursday, September 8th 2011 at 1:32PM
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