Bad neighborhoods and lack of opportunity are usually blamed for boys joining violent street gangs. But a new study finds that the urge to join gangs might lie, at least in part, in their genes.
Boys who have a variant of the gene monoamine oxidas ...
Posted Thursday, June 18th 2009 at 11:53AM
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President Barack Obama’s fly-swatting act isn’t sitting well with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA says it wants Obama to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he’s bedeviled by a fly in the White House.
PETA is sendi ...
Posted Thursday, June 18th 2009 at 11:30AM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following text is excerpted from a message delivered by the Honorable Louis Farrakhan at The Final Call Administration Building in Chicago, Ill. on Sept. 30, 2008.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan:
I would like t ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 9:46AM
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There once was a young male child who used to travel many places with his father the salesman and throughout their travel the young boy noticed various types of men and the line of work theses men did. His father was an insurance salesman going door ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 9:35AM
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This is what I was expecting to hear at some point and it is now public knowledge.
The following is an excerpt from a column on the site BlackInTheCity.net in regards to an investigation of an African American woman, Margie Schoedinger, who filed ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 12:30PM
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This is what I was expecting to hear at some point and it is now public knowledge.
The following is an excerpt from a column on the site BlackInTheCity.net in regards to an investigation of an African American woman Margie Schoedinger who filed ra ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 12:28PM
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Rap legend Tupac Shakur will be honored on his birthday with a star-studded benefit concert organized by his mother Afeni Shakur.
The event, to be hosted by comedian Mike Epps, to mark her son’s 38th birthday on June 16th. And Epps is delighted to ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 11:53AM
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I SEE...
Life is precious and indeed purposeful,
although the trails and tribulations may be,
But it is also the measuring stick
that proves my purpose and my destiny.
I SEE...
I must continue to focus
on He the Almighty
then an ...
Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 2:35PM
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A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for killing a man during a melee that erupted when someone threw a bottle of hot sauce.
The Kansas City Star reports that 29-year-old Jarvis T. Williams was sentenced Thursday for his con ...
Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 2:13PM
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This is a reply to a posting in my NOI group and now I share it with all the members here.
Your View?
Peace and Blessings Sister Aminah,
I welcome your post on the Blackman's and Blackwoman's relationship with open arms. I value your enthusiam ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2009 at 2:08PM
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A vicious assault on an Oakland hair stylist was caught on camera and is now being investigated by the Oakland police department, reportsKTVU.
The video shows women kicking and beating Melissa Seals, who was convinced by family members to go to th ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2009 at 11:29AM
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I received this forwarded email message today from Senator Mary Landrieu, (D) Louisiana, regarding the cost of oil prices here. Read on:
Greetings Louisiana Citizens:
Knowing that the rising cost of energy is the number one issue facing America ...
Posted Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 12:23PM
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More than half of all Black people in the United States attend church on a regular basis and nearly 82% are members of churches. Currently, there are approximately 85,000 predominantly Black churches in the United States. Blacks could have 1,700 chur ...
Posted Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 9:59AM
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One of the most discouraging things about so many rappers claiming to have been former crack and cocaine dealers is that it shows that Black people far too often have no idea of true wealth. These guys act like moving from crack to rap was a lateral ...
Posted Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 3:11PM
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One night, a father passed by his daughter's room and heard his daughter praying: "God bless Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma. Ta ta, Grandpa."
The father didn't quite know what this meant, but was glad his daughter was praying. The next morning, they fo ...
Posted Saturday, June 6th 2009 at 8:43PM
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It begins with one teenage girl pinning and pummeling another in the dirt in a Sauk Village public park.
But within the space of about two minutes, other girls join the attack, cutting off the victim’s long dark hair with scissors and burning ...
Posted Saturday, June 6th 2009 at 8:10PM
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In this video, Max Blumenthal interviews several Jewish youth in Israel after President Obama’s speech in Cairo. This is no disrespect to Jewish people but there seem to be a lot of negativity going on in Israel and people need to speak up against it ...
Posted Saturday, June 6th 2009 at 7:43PM
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If you have not seen this address, here it is. It is also long (almost an hour) but informative and inspiring. I hope you find it rich and full of those things we all can accomplish and pass along.
If you have taped, copied and seen personally I ...
Posted Friday, June 5th 2009 at 11:43AM
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You remember the playground rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones. But words can never hurt me!” Well, that is SO not true! Weeks ago I did a blog titled "FOR BROTHERS ONLY: 6 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER SAY TO A WOMAN". Today, we're going to turn ...
Posted Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 1:52PM
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The commanding officer on the Fruitvale BART platform the night Oscar Grant III was shot in the back and killed by another officer said Wednesday the 22-year-old victim posed no threat to either him or others seconds before he was killed.
The admi ...
Posted Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 12:28PM
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A new book from Newsweek's White House correspondent Richard Wolffe reveals that Barack Obama held a secret meeting with his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, towards the end of the 2008 presidential primary season.
The purpose, according to Wo ...
Posted Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 11:51AM
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