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Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross announced his plans to meet with Jonathan Martin on Wednesday. The owner vowed to get to the root of allegations of bullying that led Martin to walk away from the team two weeks ago.

A jury in New York has awarded $30,000 in punitive damages to Brandi Johnson against her employer at STRIVE agency, Rob Carmona. Just last week Johnson was awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages, as well. According to Johnson, while working at STRIVE Carmona repeatedly used the N-word when speaking to Johnson, making her feel uncomfortable and […]

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 […]

“WE THE JURY FIND GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, NOT GUILTY” As you watch CNN & HLN for post verdict dialogue do you cringe when the re-play of the verdict is televised? Are you finding yourself emotionally wrecked, not really knowing how to express your thoughts? For me, I can taste the animosity at the tip of my tongue. […]

Tennessee police chief Shane Sullivan uses lie-detector tests to keep racists off the force. Experts say it’s a first in the law enforcement application process. And Sullivan says it’s working. Should departments across the country use polygraph tests to weed out racists?

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli is embroiled in controversy after using the word nigga in a tweet last week. She has defended herself on the grounds that “nigga” and “nigger” are two different words, and that context matters. Thoughts?

UCLA is investigating a series of racist, sexist signs recently posted around their campus. One sign said “asian women R Honkie white-boy worshipping Whores,” and was attached to a Vietnamese Student Union poster. Another disgusting statement – “Asian Women are White-Boy Worshipping Sluts” – was found written on a bathroom wall.

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 Youth don’t see black is beautiful Mbali Judith Meyers, IOL News, […]

Angry over Obama’s reelection, some disgruntled University of Mississippi students took to the campus streets. The angry protesters made it very clear that they weren’t happy with the re-election of a black president. Way to go, Ole Miss. We wish we could say we’re surprised.

During a debate on the MSNBC show “The Cycle,” journalist Toure asserted that the Romney Campaign was using coded language in order to “niggerize” President Obama.

Last Friday, two white Tulsa, Oklahoma residents went on a murderous rampage in a black section of the city, shooting five people, killing three of them. Police and FBI officials say it is too early to call this incident a hate crime; do you agree?

Poor George Zimmerman? Some in the media actually want us to feel sorry for George Zimmerman. Yes, the self appointed neighborhood watch captain, habitual 911 caller, police officer assaulter, domestic abuser, black child stalker, 911 operator ignorer, racial slur user, and unarmed black teenager killer. The same George Zimmerman who still hasn’t been arrested after […]