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  According to a study published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, black and Hispanic children have about a 50 percent chance of developing diabetes over the course of their lifetimes. Americans overall have a 40 percent chance of developing the disease. 

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. 

Child marriage should not be legal and most of all, it should not exist. The casualties of child marriage can really hurt the soul as you see many children, primarily girls bought and given away to pedophiles who are primarily men.

The following post originally appears on EBONY, and was written by Ugi Ugwuomo. It’s original title is, “Charlene Carruthers of the Black Youth Project on Liberation.” By: Ugi Ugwuomo The Freedom Side – a collective of young leaders comprised of members of the Dream Defenders, United We Dream, Young People’s Project and nearly two-dozen other organizations […]

17-year-old singer Zendaya Coleman will no longer portray late R&B singer Aaliyah in Lifetime Television’s made for TV movie. The network made the announcement via Twitter. 

The family of the late R&B singer Aaliyah has expressed outrage over news that a film about the star’s life will be made. 

  We previously reported that President Obama had nominated Staci Yandle to preside over the U.S. District Court in Illinois. Today, it was announced that both Yandle and Darrin Gayles have been confirmed as federal judges. Yandle is now the second black lesbian–and the first in 20 years–to be confirmed; Gayles becomes the first openly gay […]

Legendary actress and activist Ruby Dee has died. She was 91.

  In this day and age, some would say it’s hard to find teachers that are committed. But no one could say that about Edouard E. Plummer. He’s been guiding the youth of Harlem for half a century. 

Actress Angela Bassett will be directing a film on the relationship between singer Whitney Houston, who died in 2012, and Bobby Brown. The couple, who shocked many when they married in 1992, were together for 15 years. The film project, currently titled Whitney Houston will be Bassett’s directorial debut. It will air on Lifetime in 2015.

The former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP is coming to the defense of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Leon Jenkins told The Associated Press that Sterling “was a ‘wreck’ and almost crying after a television interview in which Sterling derided Magic Johnson as a role model. 

A 5-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero after making a phone call that saved the life of her 90-year-old caregiver. Mildred Morris has spent most of her life caring for young children, but it was a little girl who cared for her this time.