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Community members in Upstate New York are pissed-off and looking for answers as to why a Police Officer used extreme force on a woman who confessed to be pregnant prior to her arrest. On Tuesday night, a YouTube video went semi-viral as Rochester, NY citizens used social media to shout their concerns about excessive force […]

Tracy Martin – father of the late Trayvon Martin – released a series of heartfelt tweets in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict: “Even though I am broken hearted my faith is unshattered I WILL ALWAYS LOVE MY BABY TRAY”

33 year-old Koman Willis has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the shooting on 6-month old Jonylah Watkins, and aggravated battery for shooting her father, Jonathan Watkins.

Nina Buckhalter is on trial for manslaughter in Mississippi after having a stillborn child; traces if drugs were found in her system. The case sets a dangerous precedent, where unintentional pregnancy loss can be treated as a homicide.

  First of all, I love when an artist spits conscious lyrics, which Kanye certainly does on his new song, “New Slaves”. I especially like when he references CCA and how they’re really making new slaves:   “Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now the nation’s largest private prison company, was founded just over 30 years ago in Nashville. Since […]

The identity of a 4 year-old girl abandoned on a stranger’s doorstep has been solved, due in large part to social media. Over 2 million people re-posted photos of the little girl, eventually leading to a tip that identified her as Zoe Brown.

So last week Beyonce gave the people a morsel of her upcoming release and the internet went bonkers. The sonic appetizer is expectedly–I suppose–ratchet, An homage to the city where she was born and raised, “Bow Down” is chopped and screwed Beyonce-style. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4VSG1uullY Of course a whiff of Beyonce and bloggers gotta blog, adding two […]

Six month-old Jonylah Watkins died this morning after being shot 5 times on the South Side of Chicago. Senseless and truly heartbreaking. Our thoughts and prayers are with little Jonylah’s loved ones at this time. The violence must stop.

1. The state of Connecticut sentenced Tonya McDowell to five years in jail in part for sending stealing a free education. McDowell, who was homeless at the time, used a babysitter’s address to enroll her son in a school that was not in the district where she had last lived permanently. McDowell wanted to send […]

16 year old Kimani Gray   Late Saturday night in Brooklyn, 2 undercover NYPD officers shot a killed 16 year old Kimani Gray. According to the police the teen pointed a gun at them, but according to a witnesses in the above video Kimani, was “running for his life” and yelling for the police to “stop”. […]

Tonya McDowell – a 34 year-old homeless woman – has been given prison time for sending her child to a better school out of her district. Should a parent receive jail time for securing a quality education for her child?

After public outcry, the Oxygen network announced they were canceling Shawty Lo’s “All My Babies Mommas.” Well, Shawty Lo is none too please. And he’s launched a petition of his own, calling on Oxygen to air the controversial show. Should “All My Babies Mommas” be allowed to air on television?