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Nigerian authorities offered a $310,000 reward for information leading to the return of 276 schoolgirls abducted last month by the Boko Haram terror group. The reward came the same day reports emerged of an attack by the Islamic terror squad that claimed the lives of at least 150 people. Eight more girls were kidnapped during […]

  Floyd “money” Mayweather’s set to make $70 million from Saturday’s fight he won against Marcos Maidana. And the boxing champ wasted no time bragging about his come up on Instagram. 

16-year-old Grace Bush is accomplishing the unthinkable. The South Florida teen is not just set to collect a high school diploma, but one from college as well.

Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has backed out of delivering this year’s commencement address at Rutgers University. The decision follows protests by members of the school’s faculty and student body regarding her role in the Iraq War. 

According to a report released by the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association, U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. The report seeks to call attention to what researchers refer to as the “diversity gap” at elementary and secondary schools in the country. 

    While it appears that producers of the hit sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live took steps to address its lack of diversity by adding one black woman to its on-air staff and two black female writers, the show is once again in the spotlight for its portrayal of blacks. Leslie Jones, one of the writers […]

I almost got distracted from the more significant work I was supposed to do with this blog space when I heard that the one and only Oprah Winfrey was seriously interested in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers. I was going to going on and on about my excitement over the possibility. Can you imagine that? […]

A sixth man has been charged in connection to the murder of 14-year-old Endia Martin. Floyd Evans is accused of illegally obtaining the gun used in the Monday afternoon shooting in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. 

      Ah music. It’s pros and cons are just about even, so pick a side. Either you love it or hate it or want nothing to do with with it. When we add the word “industry” to it, it becomes an even more hateful loving relationship. I liked the fan page for the […]

In a written statement, comedian D.L. Hughley apologized for previous comments made about former Scandal actor Columbus Short’s wife.  Here’s what he originally said: “The star of one of the hottest dramas in the country, chokes the f*ck out of his wife? That doesn’t ever happen. I don’t think it happened first off. Like the time Warren […]

In a conversation that I had with a close friend, we discussed people using the word Nigga/Nigger and what it meant.  There is this new age argument that Nigga now means friend and is a term of endearment.  But is it really? Is a word that has the power to elicit your deepest rage and […]

Project Nia has released a report that provides an overview of juvenile justice in Illinois. The report is intended to offer a brief primer for those who want to better understand how many young people across the state come to end up in the criminal punishment system.