Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence
By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches
What is a good enough reason for divorce? Well, according to Rick Warren’s Saddleback church, divorce is only permitted in cases of adu ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 11:46AM
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Happy Fathers Day
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
This is a day that other than you say its the day to honor you.
Father means first and further
You Blackman have proven to be the Father of all
By taking such a willingly and mighty fall,
Yo ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 11:36AM
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Bill Cosby: A plague called apathy
The star on what’s wrong with our communities — and why the revolution needs to begin at home
By BILL COSBY
Last Updated: 2:46 PM, June 10, 2013
Posted: 10:29 PM, June 8, 2013
In terms of health, two things s ...
Posted Friday, June 14th 2013 at 12:17PM
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Shea for Arthritis
An extract from the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) may help improve symptoms of osteoarthritis, researchers report.
Shea butter has anecdotally been used as an anti-inflammatory cream to help alleviate symptoms of arthritis ...
Posted Friday, June 14th 2013 at 11:43AM
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NPR--Twenty Feet from Stardom, filmmaker Morgan Neville's new documentary, is a reminder that most of pop music's catchiest hooks, riffs and refrains were sung by voices harmonizing in the background. Neville says he wanted to put backup singers — bl ...
Posted Wednesday, June 12th 2013 at 12:42PM
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MEMPHIS, TENN. — The Memphis Police Department has suspended an officer for social media statements deriding the Ku Klux Klan.
The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/11cibRA ) reported the FBI was monitoring social media during a March 30 rally by t ...
Posted Tuesday, June 11th 2013 at 11:00AM
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NEW ORLEANS--Drowning was the cause of death for Terrilynn Monette, the missing West Bank teacher whose body was discovered in Bayou St. John on Saturday, according to the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office. There were no signs of trauma to her body, sa ...
Posted Tuesday, June 11th 2013 at 10:48AM
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(CNN) -- A car with a body inside believed to be that of missing teacher Terrilynn Monette was found Saturday in a bayou in New Orleans, authorities said.
The car and body were found in Bayou St. John by a diver with the Slidell Police Department ...
Posted Sunday, June 9th 2013 at 11:09AM
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Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 6:46PM
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CNN--Fourteen slaves who petitioned the New Hampshire Legislature for their freedom during the Revolutionary War were granted posthumous emancipation Friday when the governor signed a largely symbolic bill that supporters hope will encourage future g ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 4:20PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Final Call)- Black-owned businesses still face an uphill climb in terms of financing, investment and support but the enthusiasm, resolve and willingness to grow was evident at a recent Black business conference.
Over 1,000 budding ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 10:27AM
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Tamar Braxton welcomed a healthy baby boy Thursday (June 6).
"The One" songstress and her husband, Vincent Herbert did not reveal the name of their newborn, however, she did announce the news of his birth via Twitter.
"#tamartian friends HE'S f ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 10:23AM
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Foods4BetterHealth.com, a new food and nutrition web site that believes in using food to heal and prevent disease and illness and help you live a long, happy life, has launched a new healthy weight loss program, designed by its health experts, called ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 12:53PM
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AP--After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was speeding through the Carolinas on Friday morning, promising sloppy commutes and waterlogged vacation getawa ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 12:07PM
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CHICAGO--A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to the maximum 10 years in prison for setting fire to the home of an African-American family that moved onto the street of his residence.
Brian James Moudry was sentenced Wednesday in C ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 12:33PM
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MONTGOMERY--Black leaders in the state said Tuesday an upcoming caravan in support of keeping the Voting Rights Act of 1965 intact will be historic.
They say it will unite black leaders, including Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam and those r ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 12:27PM
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LOS ANGELES – The daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson made headlines Wednesday, after news broke that the 15-year-old Paris Jackson, who was just 11 when her dad died suddenly in 2009, was rushed to a hospital after attempting to take her own ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 11:44AM
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Whitney Houston's Daughter Gets Evicted, Leaves Neighbors a Nastygram
TMZ--Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has been out of the news since she reaffirmed her love for her adoptive brother Nick Gordon last month, but it appears she's ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 11:53AM
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I recieved an email last night from a dear friend informing that Sister Gertrude Ross had passed away at her home in Seattle. The email was sent to me at 10:15 pm Monday. They said the cause of death has not yet been determined.
Sister Gertrude w ...
Posted Tuesday, June 4th 2013 at 12:11PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan typically speaks to standing room only crowds in large arenas and auditoriums, with his words beamed across the globe via Internet webcast.
Although he had just finished speaking sev ...
Posted Friday, May 31st 2013 at 12:45PM
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MARYLAND--Cornell Harvey, 26, and Eddie Tarver, 20, have been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 16-month-old Carter Scott, reports the Baltimore Sun.
The child’s father, Rashaw Scott, 22, who was critically injured in th ...
Posted Friday, May 31st 2013 at 12:41PM
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Two Florida Papa John's employees were fired after accidentally leaving a racist voicemail on the machine of a customer who allegedly tipped him poorly.
On May 19, a black Papa John's customer from Sanford, Fla., received a message on his iPho ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 12:07PM
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VIRGINIA--An altercation between an off-duty Arlington County Sheriff's deputy and a man in Alexandria Wednesday morning left a 22-year-old man shot to death, police say.
The incident happened shortly after 12:45 Wednesday morning in the 100 block ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 11:29AM
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