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Bishop Eddie Long is back on duty already. After announcing that he was taking a leave from heading New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Long’s appearance at the Watch Night Service at New Birth seemed to mark his formal return. After a month-long absence, Long first appeared on New Year’s Eve preaching from his pulpit with […]

Bernice A. King has been named CEO of The King Center. The announcement follows King’s departure last year from her role as an elder and pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. King also declined to take office as the first woman president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference due to infighting within the organization. […]

CBS News is reporting on a new twist in the Florida A&M hazing investigation, as the parents of a student who was beaten to death in November tell CBS News something previously unknown about him: Robert Champion Jr. was gay. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann met the parents, Robert and Pam Champion, in Orlando, Fla., […]

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Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour announced on Jan. 2 that he’d be running for the presidency of his native country in elections on Feb. 26. Known as Africa’s most famous living singer, N’Dour is hoping that he can turn his popularity into votes. SEE ALSO: Will New Hampshire Have An Impact? Best known among international audiences […]

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Nothing brings family together like a new baby. Rumor has it that Beyonce’s parents Tina and Mathew Knowles were spotted with flowers and pink balloons tied with silver and black ribbons at the hospital over the weekend. Beyonce and her father who were on the outs for almost a year due to the child he […]

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We can stop speculating now. Beyonce and Jay-Z have released a statement confirming the birth and name of his and her baby girl, Blue Ivy Carter! Check out the statement from the happy couple below: Jay-Z Releases New Song “Glory” Dedicated To Baby Girl Blue Ivy Beyoncé Baby Keeps Brooklyn Father From Premature Twins Beyonce […]

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Former fashion model Nicole Weider is leading a Change.org campaign demanding that Cosmopolitan Magazine be sold in a non-transparent wrapper to adults. She feels it does nothing but promote disorder. Read: Pastor Opens A Tattoo Parlor In Church The petition has already gained nearly 18,000 signatures since its launch. Weider hopes to get the attention […]

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Christopher Moorhouse, a Detroit Red Wings fan plead guilty to engaging in a prohibited activity and was fined $200 for throwing a banana at an African American hockey player during a game in London, Ontario. In a pre-season game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers, Moorhouse threw a banana at Flyers forward […]

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By Joy-Ann Reid Responding to criticism over his statement that he doesn’t “want to make black people’s lives better with other people’s money,” Rick Santorum said that far from holding negative views about African-Americans, he worked closely with black former congressman J.C. Watts and former RNC chairman Michael Steele, and was a champion of black […]

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Tavis Smiley was set to deliver the keynote address at an MLK luncheon hosted by the Peoria Civic Center next week in central Illinois until a group of Obama supports demanded that he be replaced or face a boycott, Politico reports. One of Obama’s most consistent critics, Smiley has often accused the President of not […]

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Only two days after Beyonce gave birth to his baby girl, Jay-Z released “Glory” dedicated to little Blue Ivy. “Baby I’ll paint the sky blue, my greatest creation was you,” raps the proud dad. He even claims that they conceived Blue, in Paris before Beyonce made her “album package” 4 . You can even hear […]