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Donald Trump’s rhetoric this week, specifically as related to the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that left 49 people dead, shows that, in politics, literally anything goes. The opportunity for a stagnant or sinking politician to latch on to a tragedy could be compared to a hitchhiker walking along a mostly desolate highway. The […]

If there’s one thing that people who haven’t been living under a rock know, it’s to never, ever come for the Beyoncé. It is a loosing battle. You will not win. But Mike Huckabee didn’t get this message. Huckabee is upset that Barack Obama allows his daughters to listen to Queen Bey.

  Have you heard of Ota Benga? His life and death highlights one of many racially motivated atrocities faced by people of African decent in America. The Congolese native and Mbuti pygmy was captured and part of an exhibit for the St. Louis World Fair. 

  Kim Kardashian was the target of a “comedian” dressed in Blackface as Kanye West at a fancy ball this past weekend. Kardashian appeared at the Vienna Ball as a guest of Richard Lugner, an Australian businessman. But the star’s evening was cut short after  the white impersonator showed up.

  Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been found guilty of corruption. After deliberating for over six hours, jurors decided that Nagin had accepted over $500,000 in benefits in exchange for millions of dollars in city contract work.

In honor of Black History Month, the Republican National Committee announced a series of paid advertisements placed in urban markets. The ads, entrusted to black media outlets for distribution, are the first of its kind that recognizes the accomplishments of African-American Republicans by the committee. 

R&B sensation Trey Songz has teamed up with Chicago businessman and activist Harold “Noonie” Ward to bring smiles to at-risk youth this holiday season. The two formed a bond after witnessing a violent altercation in Chicago. Out of  the altercation, “Christmas in the Hood” was born.

Civil rights activist and ex-black nationalist Chokwe Lumumba has been elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.

N.B.A. hall of famer and businessman Earvin “Magic” Johnson has opened an education center in downtown Atlanta to help youth who haven’t complete school or who are at risk of not finishing: The Magic Johnson Bridgescape center helps give those who have left school, or are at risk of dropping out, the opportunity to earn […]

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America. Churches can aid black community Reflector, Staff Writer, 8/20/12   The […]

There’s just something about Herman Cain He’s sort of unpolished, he’s made some cringe-worthy comments about Muslims, and he’s…well, Black. Yet somehow, an ultra-conservative, often racially-insensitive, Tea Party-tinged Republican Party is all about Herman Cain these days. And who can blame them when he drops gems like this one from a few days ago, regarding […]

Those of us who lament the current incarnation of the NBA despite Lebron James’ and Chris Paul’s (he’s soooo cute — no hetero) greatness do so because we remember the golden age of the league.  (Are you looking for Kobe love?  You won’t get that here.  Move along.)  Those of us born in the 80s […]