The Huffington Post--The last few years have been tough for Rachel Jeantel. After the death of her friend, Trayvon Martin, she not only had to serve as a witness at his shooter's trial, but she was also subjected to public criticism and ridicule. But the young woman refused to be held down, keeping ...
Posted Monday, June 9th 2014 at 6:04PM
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ABCNews--It's official: La Toya Jackson and longtime business partner Jeffré Phillips are engaged, and it looks like her husband-to-be started things off on the right foot with her family.
Cameras have been capturing the budding relationship ...
Posted Sunday, June 8th 2014 at 6:36PM
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Former R&B bad boy Bobby Brown is reinventing himself as a barbecue connoisseur with the launch of his own collection of sauces, seasonings and mixes.
The New Edition star reveals cooking has always been a passion of his and he is now turning his ...
Posted Sunday, June 8th 2014 at 6:28PM
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DailyMail.com--A United Airlines flight from Nashville to Houston was forced to turn around on Sunday after a 43-year-old woman threatened another passenger who asked her to turn her cell phone off.
Lashonda Lee Williams, 43, is alleged to have to ...
Posted Sunday, June 8th 2014 at 6:19PM
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LAS VEGAS--At least three people have been killed in a mass shooting inside Walmart at North Nellis and Stewart in Las Vegas, Local media reported.
According to KTNV, two police officers were said to have been shot at a local CiCi’s pizza in the ...
Posted Sunday, June 8th 2014 at 6:10PM
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From SocialistWorker.org
June 6, 2014
When will James Earl Rivera Jr. get justice?
Just one day before his 17th birthday, on July 22, 2010, James Earl Rivera Jr. died in a hail of 48 rounds fired by three Stockton, Calif., police officers afte ...
Posted Friday, June 6th 2014 at 11:53AM
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WASHINGTON--Seating will be limited for Maya Angelou’s private memorial service at the campus of Wake Forest University on Saturday, officials said. But in another sense, the entire world has been invited — the proceedings will be live-streamed, ...
Posted Thursday, June 5th 2014 at 12:10PM
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June 2, 2014
As-Salaam Alaikum.
(Peace Be Unto You)
To the Family, Friends, and all those who have been touched by the marvelous life of Dr. Maya Angelou:
When I heard the news of her passing, I was in the hospital having an MRI. When I g ...
Posted Wednesday, June 4th 2014 at 9:00AM
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TOPEKA, Kansas - The highly-controversial Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket Maya Angelou’s funeral.
According to WGHP, the group asked its Twitter followers for information about Angelou’s services as well as tweeted several hatefu ...
Posted Sunday, June 1st 2014 at 4:11PM
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CAIRO – Making history for the second time, an American Muslim woman is running for the Congress, aiming to advocate women's rights and underserved people by picking a seat at the 11th congressional district of California.
“The diverse 11th Co ...
Posted Thursday, May 29th 2014 at 2:47PM
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By ROGER SIMON | 5/28/14 5:01 AM EDT
CHICAGO — The lion in winter walks into the room. His sideburns and mustache have gone gray. There is a little excess baggage beneath his chin. But Jesse Jackson’s stride is still firm and his handshake fir ...
Posted Thursday, May 29th 2014 at 12:31PM
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FAREWELL TO MAYA ANGELOU
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
On the pulse of a May morning
a brave and startling truth
who knew why the caged bird sings left us
The rock cries out to us
for a phenomenal woman
who taught us to take time out
and lea ...
Posted Thursday, May 29th 2014 at 12:02PM
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died.
She was 86.
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker Wednesday morning.
According to WGHP, Ange ...
Posted Wednesday, May 28th 2014 at 9:41AM
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Olive oil is a pantry must-have, but did you know the cooking staple has tons of other uses too? Check out 20 other ways to use olive oil at home and in the garden.
1. Clean grease off your hands. Rub a little bit of olive oil and salt in your han ...
Posted Tuesday, May 27th 2014 at 12:21PM
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One of the most popular healthy plants around, garlic is now commonly used in our cooking and for medicinal benefits. But how many of you actually know what health benefits garlic has?
1. Garlic for Allergies
The antiviral properties in garlic h ...
Posted Tuesday, May 27th 2014 at 12:08PM
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'Family'...From the Perspective of Children
BY THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN | LAST UPDATED: MAY 27, 2014
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
Allah (God) says in the Qur’an that each creature is created in need. The ...
Posted Tuesday, May 27th 2014 at 12:01PM
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HIGHLAND HILLS, Ohio – Sarah Collins Rudolph showed today that she is more powerful than the bomb that took her right eye in 1963 and killed four girls, including her sister Addie Mae.
All five were the victims of white supremacists who blew up ...
Posted Monday, May 26th 2014 at 6:20PM
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by Jeffrey L. Boney
Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times
Back in 2007, an article entitled “Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11″ appeared in USA Today, showing that federal prosecutors started “targeting a rising num ...
Posted Monday, May 26th 2014 at 5:51PM
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Learn the science of getting over jealousy.
by Susie and Otto Collins, Relationship Coaches
As Relationship Coaches, we know that jealousy can be a problem for many people. Whether it's a nagging feeling that is buried inside a person or it' ...
Posted Monday, May 26th 2014 at 4:24PM
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TheRoot.com--Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.
Retired police Sgt. Ron Stallworth's story — about how he, a black undercover Colorado cop, infiltrated one of the nation's most notorious hate groups in 1978 — is one such truth. S ...
Posted Sunday, May 25th 2014 at 8:18PM
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Ramarni Wilfred, of Loom Grove, Romford, England, took a Mensa test and has been told he has a higher IQ level than Steven Hawking, Bill Gates and even Albert Einstein.
He said: “I can’t begin to compare myself to these great men whose hard wo ...
Posted Sunday, May 25th 2014 at 2:47PM
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A Detroit-area woman, a member of a select group of the living to have been born in the 19th century, is celebrating a birthday on Friday.
Her 115th.
Jeralean Talley, who was born May 23, 1899, went fishing last year and still gets around on he ...
Posted Saturday, May 24th 2014 at 3:30PM
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