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The most prominent Black foe of affirmative action is being accused of financial mismanagement of donations to his own cause. Ward Connerly, for years the champion of white conservatives and the bane of Black liberals, is alleged to have received excessive compensation on behalf of his American Civil Rights Institute, which is under investigation by […]

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Oh Beyonce! The latest promotional image for Beyonce’s album 4 has folks in an uproar! Why so, you may ask…the new mother looks stunning in the visuals. Her body curves effortlessly over a leopard throw like a bent Twizzler. And her Victorian styled hair is flawless as always. What’s wrong with the photo is that […]

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On Monday night, President Barack Obama reminded many why they fell in love with him when he took part in a tribute for former “Golden Girl” Betty White. SEE ALSO: The Case Against Liberal Despair Sitting in the Oval Office, President Obama writes a congratulatory note to White: Dear Betty, You look so fantastic and […]

Praise 102.5 would like to congratulate Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church for winning our Church of the Month contest! Check out photos of Darlene McCoy at the presentation ceremony below: RELATED: Most Influential Ministers Changing The World 2012 Stellar Award Winners! [PHOTOS]

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church plans to reopen its New Birth Christian Academy this Thursday (January 19), according to Channel 2 Action News. It was announced at New Birth’s Sunday service that New Birth Christian Academy will reopen through a cooperative agreement with Aurora Day School. Aurora has campuses in Tucker and Roswell. New Birth Christian […]

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Researchers have found that walking with headphones can have serious consequences since accidents have tripled in recent years, according to a recent study. SEE ALSO: The Case Against Liberal Despair The number of people killed or seriously injured has jumped from 16 to 47 between 2004 and 2011, says a study from the journal Injury […]

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Dallas Mavericks basketball forward Lamar Odom admitted to ESPN.com recently that he would have walked away from his NBA career this past summer if his wife, Khloe Kardashian, hadn’t talked him out of it. SEE ALSO: Muhammad Ali’s Top 10 Fights Odom has been coming to grips with some tragedies that left him in a […]

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In her first interview since having her daughter Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce is every bit the gushing new mom you’d expect. But she also defended the precautions she and husband Jay-Z took to protect their privacy during the birth. In the wake of the birth there were several reports that other parents were kept from […]

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WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren’t going to preschool. SEE ALSO: Gingrich Faces Tough Crowd At Black Church Kids from low-income families who start kindergarten without first attending a […]

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Taye Diggs aka “sexual chocolate” says that he did not accept his skin color until he saw model Tyson Beckford’s rise to fame. The actor/author says that he did not think he was good looking at first because he had a complex about his skin color: “When I got into high school I started to […]

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Let me preface this article by unequivocally stating that this is not an attack on Christians. To paraphrase Dr. Maya Angelou, “people will forget what you said, but they never forget how you made them feel.” So, it is only in the spirit of intellectual debate and historical examination — not Jesus bashing — that […]

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After recent reports surfaced that a new strain of marijuana has been named for Jay-Z and Beyonce‘s daughter Blue Ivy, there’s another blatant attempt to capitalize on the name of the famous couple’s baby. RELATED: “Blue Ivy” Weed Named After Beyonce And Jay-Z’s Baby New York designer Joseph Mbeh is attempting to trademark “Blue Ivy Carter NYC” […]