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The more education African-Americans have, the more likely they are to marry white people, a new study conducted by the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests. The study claims that an increasing number of college-educated black people marry outside their race because they have more interactions with those of other races while attending college. Blacks […]
Arizona Cardinals running back Jason Wright has turned down a contract with the NFL to attend business school at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business to allow him to start a charter school for inner-city children. The Northwestern graduate had a contract with the Cardinals that would pay him upwards of a million dollars […]
Halle Berry broke her foot in Spain this morning, according to TMZ. However, her injury won’t stop the production on the new film she’s shooting, “Cloud Atlas.” Cameras will just have to work around her. Halle was on the property where she’s staying when she took a misstep and heard a crack. She was taken […]
Below is a letter from Troy Davis who is scheduled to be executed tonight in Jackson, Georgia in one of the most controversial death penalty cases of the century: I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such […]
Burglary charges against one of the men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual misconduct, have been dropped after Long refused to testify. Anthony Boyd, who accused Long of sexual coercion, was accused in 2010 of breaking into the office of Bishop Eddie Long’s offices and stealing over $100,000 worth of property. Boyd told the […]
Cynthia Tucker has an op-ed on The Grio in which she speculates that Troy Davis is not only a victim of racism, but of class discrimination as well. Tucker argues that class and not race was the critical factor in Troy Davis’s conviction and execution, and that if Davis was a middle class African American, […]
On his MSNBC show yesterday, Reverend Al Sharpton called the decision to execute Troy Davis, “a bleak day for anyone who cares about justice in this country.” Sharpton will be leading a march in Atlanta today to protest the execution and will also lead a vigil outside of the prison in Jackson where Davis will […]
Though Taraji P. Henson stars in the new CBS drama “Person Of Interest,” TV Guide has left her out of the cast photo that will appear on the magazine’s cover. And she’s not happy about it. She expressed her disappointment on both her Facebook and Twitter pages, saying: Facebook: “WOW!!!! TV Guide is NOT including […]
From Kindergarten to High School, College to the working world. “It’s not the dumb kids who cheat,” said one Bay Area prep school student. “It’s the kids with a 4.6 GPA who are under the pressure of keeping their grades up in order to get into the best Colleges.” The InfoGraphic below shows that 8 […]
Marriage between black people and white people is on the rise, according to a recent study by Journal of Marriage and Family. In 1980, only 3% of black people were married to white people, and in 2008 more than 10% of black people were married to white people. Poll Shows That 86% Of Americans Approve […]
That’s it. Cornel West has officially gone too far in his misguided criticism of President Obama. Newsone reports that West is leading a grassroots online community known as the New Progressive Alliance (NPA) in an effort to name a candidate as a primary challenger to President Obama. West has also teamed with consumer advocate Ralph […]
The chances of a Black woman finding a “Good” Black man are extremely slim, according to a study by Best Black Dating Sites. The study claims that only about 3% of Black men fulfill the criteria of being a good, qualified partner. The criteria was primarily based on data compiled on whether the eligible Black […]