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Rev. Al Sharpton visited the family of a Brooklyn mom yesterday who was killed last week trying to shield children from gang gunfire. In the wake of the shooting of 34-year-old Zurana Horton, community leaders and politicians urged residents to start snitching on their gun toting neighbors. RELATED: Black Travel: Black Afro-Latino Bar Bembe In […]

Legendary Chicago Black newspaper the Chicago Defender laid off numerous staff members this past weekend as the paper continues to struggle financially. Laid off were the only two editors left among its staff of 18 — Executive Editor Lou Ransom and News Editor Rhonda Gillespie Related: Black Travel: Visit The Shrine In Chicago An accounts […]

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has now catapulted himself to the top of the GOP field. According to the latest CBS/NY Times poll, Cain now leads former frontrunner for the GOP nomination Mitt Romney by 4 percentage points. Close to 1700 people were sampled for this poll and 455 said they planned to vote in […]

There’s nothing funny about what comedian and actor Orlando Jones recently said about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, according to many conservatives. Jones went on Twitter this past weekend and said: “Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin(:” This response garnered him a […]

Roland Martin talks with Dr. Maya Rockeymoore and Dr. Julie Ajinka about how the Debt Super Committee’s decisions to cut $1.5 trillion dollars will impact African-Americans.

Roland Martin explains political leaders are trying to score points at the expense of the American people by blocking parts of the American Jobs Act.

Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain has vaulted to the top of the Republican presidential field because GOP voters like his plain-spoken talk and his willingness to bring radical change to the U.S. tax code. And in a year when touting a long career in politics isn’t a good idea, he’s getting points for having […]

The U.S. Department of Justice did not bring any charges against two officers who appeared to have slammed a wheelchair-bound man to the ground during a May arrest that was caught on tape. Also read: When I Studied Abroad: Morocco Also read: Best Places to Travel Alone: Australia Also read: Travel Deal of the Week: […]

President Obama unveiled changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program in a campaign stop in Nevada yesterday. A city which has been hit hard by the housing crisis. Also read: When I Studied Abroad: Morocco Also read: Best Places to Travel Alone: Australia Also read: Travel Deal of the Week: San Juan, Puerto Rico HARP, […]

NEW YORK — Zurana Horton, a Brooklyn mother of 12, was killed in Brownsville last week while trying to shield children from bullets from a shootout. The NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program, the Urban Community Council, and 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement have put up a $15,000 reward for the capture of the person that killed […]

With the increasing scrutiny of major banks, many people are considering leaving their banks for smaller institutions or credit unions. Returning to Black-owned banks may actually benefit many African-Americans who are unhappy with the major institutions, according to BET.com Historically, Black-owned banks were important institutions in the African-American community that provided loans and services to […]

A Baltimore dad is furious after a sex-tape was released of his 14 year-old teen daughter. The video, recorded on Baltimore City school property, has spread all over the internet. It involves a 14-year-old girl by the name of Amber Cole whose father says she had no idea it was all over the Internet. A […]