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  The following post originally appears on The Washington Post under the title, “Stop Blaming Black Parents for Underachieving Kids.” It was written by Andre M. Perry.  By: Andre M. Perry Mayors, teachers unions, and news commentators have boiled down the academic achievement gap between white and black students to one root cause: parents. Even […]

  Donald Sterling has lost a court battle to his wife in an effort to stop her from selling the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Shelly Sterling was awarded a sweeping victory in a tentative oral decision handed down by Judge Michael Levanas, who rejected all of Donald Sterling’s arguments in the […]

  A Change.org petition is calling for the U.S. government to acknowledge slaves with a memorial. The petition, created by Craig Nessan, urges representatives to construct an African American slave memorial to acknowledge the contributions, trials and tribulations of our ancestors to the country. 

  The NBPA (National Basketball Players Association) has elected Michele Roberts as its executive director. Roberts will become the first woman to head a men’s professional athletic association in the US. Roberts was one of three people, and the only woman, who was a finalist for the executive director post. Roberts will take over a position […]

A Canadian woman says she was shocked to find out that a policy at Calgary’s only fertility treatment center restricts patients from using sperm, eggs or embryos from donors who do not match their ethnic background. Catherine, who asked to be identified by just her first name, said she sought invitro fertilization at the Regional […]

  A 23-year-old Jacksonville woman is charged with five counts of child neglect after police said she left five children in a vehicle in 92-degree heat Wednesday. Betty Brunson’s relationship with the children is unclear, but she was getting a job application form at a business at the time of her arrest. 

    The following post was originally published on NewsOne under the title, “According to the Supreme Court Elections Are Indeed For Sale.”  By: Janaye Ingram Why more people need to know about the Supreme Court’s recent decision that will allow unlimited money to be poured into elections and what we can do to address it.

Temple University researchers announced a major step forward in the battle against AIDS and the HIV virus.  Researchers successfully eliminated the HIV virus from cultured human cells for the first time. 

  According the Los Angeles Clippers interim CEO Dick Parsons, coach Doc Rivers will quit if Donald Sterling is still the owner by the start of the next basketball season. Although Donald Sterling’s wife Shelly sold the franchise to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Donald Sterling has issued a lawsuit, claiming that Mrs. Sterling did not […]

  A Chicago mother who lost her 11-year-old daughter when a stray bullet pierced her skull while she was at a sleepover is speaking out. Shamiya Adams was killed when the bullet came through the bedroom window of a friend’s house on the city’s West Side.

  And here’s another story that goes into the “Amazing 101” file. A 19-year-old Chicago teenager may very well be on his way to curing colon cancer! Keven Stonewall, who works at in a Rush University lab while still in high school, revealed a critical age-related drawback in an experimental vaccine aimed at preventing colon […]

The NYPD officer who used a chokehold on Eric Garner minutes before his death has a history of alleged civil rights violations. Daniel Pantaleo has been sued twice within the past two years.