Black people with multiple sclerosis are more likely to have vitamin D deficiencies than blacks who don't have the disease, a new study shows.
The study, published in the May 24 issue of the journal Neurology, also said the deficiency is due prima ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2011 at 12:53PM
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MSNBC.com--Even though Black male unemployment is at a record low of 17%, African-American men are still suffering from the fallout of The Great Recession. According to MSNBC, the current unemployment rate for black men is down from last year’s rate ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2011 at 12:49PM
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NEW ORLEANS--New orleans police are searching for a thief who discovered a way to beat rising fuel prices: steal it by the barrel.
Police officers are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 gallons, or 23 barrels, of diesel fuel from a constru ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2011 at 1:37PM
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(CNN) -- A former U.S. congresswoman slammed U.S. policy on Libyan state TV late Saturday and stressed the "last thing we need to do is spend money on death, destruction and war."
The station is fiercely loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and her interview ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2011 at 12:20PM
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NEWSWEEK.com--The Spirit of Rachel Corrie is back in Egyptian territorial waters. The crew and passengers are safe. The Malaysian Embassy in Cairo has advised that the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted permission to the ship to berth i ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2011 at 12:16PM
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TheRoot.com--In a study whose findings are somewhat intuitive but nonetheless significant for the representation of African Americans in Hollywood, researchers have found that movies with black directors are far more likely to have black characters w ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2011 at 12:13PM
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The recent controversy ignited by Cornel West’s critique of President Barack Obama and subsequent critiques of Dr. West reveal a fundamental crisis in Black leadership. Traditionally, African American intellectuals and activists have encountered the ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2011 at 12:10PM
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Greedmont TV presents a documentary by Corey Davis on a group crack addicts in Atlanta who live outside in a small cove behind a Texaco, infamously dubbed as the "Living Room." They share their stories and tell us what it's like to battle with a ...
Posted Monday, May 23rd 2011 at 12:51PM
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Economist Walter Williams knows that minimum wage laws are hurting poor, African-American teenagers and his new book, “Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?”, attempts to dispel the myth that higher minimum wage laws help. Sim ...
Posted Sunday, May 22nd 2011 at 5:33PM
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