Reporting from Homer, La. -- On the last afternoon of his life, Bernard Monroe was hosting a cookout for family and friends in front of his dilapidated home in this small northern Louisiana town.
Throat cancer had left the 73-year-old retired elec ...
Posted Wednesday, March 18th 2009 at 4:30PM
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WHO AM I?
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
I'm Mary J. Blige giving you the 411
And I won't stop until the war is won
I'm the Salt with a Deadly Pepa
Aiming higher, never settling for lesser
I'm Angela Bassett, Halle, Jada, and Taraji
I'm the one ...
Posted Monday, March 16th 2009 at 6:07PM
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TENAHA, Texas— You can drive into this dusty fleck of a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you’re African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it—at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables.
That’s because the police here allegedly have found a ...
Posted Saturday, March 14th 2009 at 8:57PM
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DETROIT – Welcome to Landlord Nation, where foreclosure notices are plentiful and for-sale signs offer at least 1,800 homes for under $10,000 that once were worth at least 10 times more.
In extreme cases, homes are on sale for $1 or less, which ha ...
Posted Saturday, March 14th 2009 at 5:08PM
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Last night my 12 year-old niece began to complain about doing the dishes. She's a good child who never gave me a moment's worth of trouble so far, never got into fights and the like, but when she began to complain, I told her a story I learned as a t ...
Posted Thursday, March 12th 2009 at 4:28PM
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TAMARAC - A 4-year-old at a Tamarac preschool caused a furor when police say he pulled a plastic bag of pot from his book bag and casually told a classmate, "That's my brother's weed."
Authorities say the incident occurred Friday at Tamarac Presch ...
Posted Thursday, March 12th 2009 at 4:18PM
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This week marks the 12th year of Christopher Wallace’s passing and since then a lot has changed. The slang, the style of dress and even the “pop culture” referenced metaphors have been altered since the Notorious One was laid to rest.
With all the ...
Posted Tuesday, March 10th 2009 at 3:38PM
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This poem is dedicated to the memory of our Sister Katherine, a former member of our BWC community. I have only been a member of this site for 3 months, and I became aware that there were some community members who did not do well by her. And while I ...
Posted Tuesday, March 10th 2009 at 3:05PM
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Most people who are prone to headaches or migraines suspect that certain things, such as red wine or strong perfume, can trigger their head pain. Now a new study suggests that rising temperatures could trigger headaches, too.
According to a study ...
Posted Tuesday, March 10th 2009 at 2:02PM
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MORE THAN JUST RACE
Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
By William Julius Wilson
190 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $24.95
Conservatives have a ready answer. Racism is not the problem; instead, a pervasive culture of instant gratification, ...
Posted Tuesday, March 10th 2009 at 1:32PM
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AS-SALAAM ALAIKUM MY BROTHER!!!
London: Pop singer Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel.
The 50-year-old star pledged his allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a friend's mansion in Los Angeles, the Sun re ...
Posted Saturday, March 7th 2009 at 4:06PM
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The young couple huddled Friday night behind the security bars of their apartment window, their attention fixed on the screams of a desperate young man in a desolate neighborhood.
Garth Kiser and Sarah Handyside said they saw the man knelt on the ...
Posted Friday, March 6th 2009 at 2:03PM
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Peace To All:
The photo to the right was taken in front of a Baptist Church in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Your thoughts on this please... ...
Posted Friday, March 6th 2009 at 1:30PM
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High-caffeine energy drinks have become increasingly popular, but these drinks don't mix well with exercise. While most sports drinks are non-caffeinated and meant to replenish fluids lost in exercise, energy drinks have a large dose of caffeine and ...
Posted Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 at 9:08PM
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PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ALONG TO EVERY BLACK WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU.
Bras sold by Victoria's Secret have been the subject of numerous complaints by women who say they sustained serious and painful rashes, hives and scarring as a result of ...
Posted Monday, March 2nd 2009 at 1:31PM
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If it looks like a lying liar and talks like a lying liar, odds are, it’s a liar.
Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night — about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a local sheriff who was battling ...
Posted Saturday, February 28th 2009 at 1:24PM
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Looks like you Canadians are doing your thing too!
Canada has someone the US isn't telling us about.
The Governor General of Canada is the vice-regal or viceroy representative in Canada of the Queen of Canada , who is the head of state. A vicer ...
Posted Friday, February 27th 2009 at 9:53PM
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