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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — An Irvine couple who suspected their 15-year-old son of smoking turned to a man believed to be relied on in their church to violently discipline children, authorities said. SEE ALSO: How Saturday Night Live Has Become The Place For Celeb Damage Control The parents asked Paul Kim, 39, to discipline their […]

We hear so much about college-educated, money-making sistas being unable to get a man. It’s like black women are more likely to share a latte with First Lady Michelle Obama in the middle of Times Square than they are to catch a decent black man in their own hometown, if you let the stat monkeys […]

Businessman and activist, Russell Simmons has criticized hardware company, Lowe’s for pulling their ads from the TLC show, “American Muslim.” Lowes pulled the ads after receiving complaints about the show. “American Muslim” follows five Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan. Entertainment Weekly reports: “This can’t happen in America; [Lowe’s] needs to fix this immediately,” Simmons said, […]

A school in South Carolina is lending belts out to students who arrive to school with saggy pants. SEE ALSO: Ed Lover to NFL Players: Chill With The Celebrating!

A judge ruled that Colorado severely underfunded public school and did not provide adequate resources for poor, minority and disabled students. Judge Sheila Rappaport ruled that Colorado was in violation of the state’s constitutional pledge to provide a “thorough and uniform” education system. The Huffington Post reports: “There is not one school district that is […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. RELATED: Most Generous Cities In America Come New Year’s Day, he’ll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to […]

An activist was beaten and arrested at a Dutch Christmas celebration after attempting to call attention to the racist depiction of Zwarte Piet, a beloved Santa’s-helper folk character in the Netherlands. SEE ALSO: Ed Lover to NFL Players: Chill With The Celebrating! For the last few years, activists have worked to reform or change Zwarte […]

Black women are less likely to develop PMDD, the most severe form of PMS, and have less premenstrual symptoms overall, according to a new study. SEE ALSO: It Wasn’t My Fault: Obama’s Re-election Strategy

Oprah Winfrey, having largely geared her brand towards Middle-American white women over the course of her rising career, is now working to regain her Black audience. SEE ALSO: It Wasn’t My Fault: Obama’s Re-election Strategy Struggling to attract a large viewership nearly eleven months since her fledgling OWN network premiered, Winfrey, the network executives, is […]

The Florida Family Association, a Tampa Bay group, has led a campaign urging companies to pull ads on “All-American Muslim.”