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Dallas Pastor Caught Burglarizing Parishioner on Christmas Eve

Stories about criminals are getting more bizarre by the day. This one may be the best I’ve heard this year. It certainly reinforces the need to be very careful who you select for spiritual guidance. Here’s the story at By Valerie Wigglesworth, The Dallas Morning News Dallas pastor accused in Oak Cliff burglary maintains innocence […]

Surviving, Thriving, and Holiday Kwanzaa

By Julianne Malveaux – When I look at the data that define the reality for African Americans in the economy, I am often alarmed and discouraged. One in four African American lives in poverty. Nearly one in three is out of work, according to unofficial data (official data says one in six). African Americans have […]

Black Farmers Finally Get Justice

By Marc H. Morial – As many as 80,000 Black farmers received an early New Year’s present from President Obama on December 8th, when he signed the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 into law. This legislation, which has been debated in Congress for more than a decade, funds a $1.5 billion lawsuit against the U.S. […]

How Florida Governor-elect Rick Scott Should Cut the Corrections Budget

By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – Florida Governor-elect Rick Scott recently has garnered praise from Florida Tax Watch and the Southern Poverty Law Center for his plan to cut the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice budget by ending incarceration for certain juvenile offenders. While I join in the applause, I go further and suggest that the […]

Singer-songwriter Teena Marie dies at 54

(CNN) — Teena Marie, an award-winning R&B singer-songwriter, was found dead Sunday at her California home, her manager said. Born Mary Christine Brockert in Santa Monica, California, the 54-year-old artist famously paired with late funk legend Rick James and was nominated four times for a Grammy Award, according to her official website. Marie was found […]

The Race for Racial Understanding- A Race Relations Symposium

Atlanta-Is racism a thing of the past? Is it real or imagined? Is it behind us or still with us? Are we there yet? We know racism is a reality in our society and while the “whites only” signs that once hung over water fountains, bus waiting rooms and lunch counters are found only in […]

Trailblazing Entrepreneur Dante Lee’s New Book Praised As The “Black Business Bible”

New York, NY – Do you have what it takes to separate black business facts from fantasy, build your entrepreneurial muscles with a real business plan, and endure short-term failure to achieve long-term success? Let Dante Lee teach you how. As a 20-year-old college student, Lee developed a promising business concept. And by 30, this […]